Stephani Cherkaoui is one of more than 150,000 federal workers who took the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” buyout offer. She’s one of more than 150,000 federal workers who took the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” buyout offer, resigning with pay and benefits through at least Sept. 30. Back in the spring, President Trump called the government buyout “a very generous offer.”Cherkaoui would put it differently. After passing on the first buyout offer, things changedCherkaoui did not take the Trump administration’s first buyout offer, in late January. A newcomer to the government leaves before really getting startedWhile a large share of the people who accepted the buyout offer were close to retirement, some were just starting their federal careers.