The new Trump administration’s effort to both get a grip on and dismantle the federal workforce has also been a dystopian farce.

The Trump administration is offering buyouts to federal workers. Read the memo the Office of Personnel Management posted for employees.

The government’s human resources agency also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and ominously warned of future downsizing.

There’s also a deep suspicion, especially among people who think they may be on the chopping block, that this is the last lifeboat in town,” said an employee.