“A REALLY HARD DECISION”
Jennifer Mercer, 46, of Hollywood, Maryland, who works on contracts at a naval base, called taking the buyout “a really hard decision.”
“I spent many days in tears,” she said.
Mercer said she accepted the offer because she is worried about getting laid off eventually and was unable to go into the office five days a week as Trump ordered. She is a single mother to a 10-year-old son, and could not be at the office at 8:30 a.m. and drop her son off at school at the same time.
On Friday Mercer, who also was looking for approval for a hybrid schedule, was still waiting on confirmation that her resignation had been accepted.
“It’s an extremely difficult position to put us in, because I don’t trust them, the administration, or Elon Musk,” she said, referring to the billionaire and close Trump ally who is leading the administration’s massive government cost-cutting effort.
