More than 150,000 U.S. federal employees leave at the end of September

According to several media reports, about 154,000 US federal government employees have accepted the conditions offered by the current federal government and will officially leave on September 30. Reuters said that this means that 2025 will be the year with the largest number of US government departures since the end of World War II. After Republican President Donald Trump took office in January, he tasked entrepreneur Elon Musk to lead the "Department of Government Effectiveness" to make large-scale cuts to federal agencies and employees. According to the US "Washington Post" report, about 154,000 people who formerly served in dozens of federal agencies accepted the federal government's plan, voluntarily resigned under the condition of accepting certain financial compensation, and officially terminated their employment relationship with the federal government on September 30, which is the end of this fiscal year. According to the Office of Personnel Management, many of the employees left their jobs months ago and were effectively on "paid leave" during this period. Reuters reported on the 30th, citing several trade unionists and government governance experts, that as these employees leave, "a lot of expertise and skills in the US federal government will also be lost".