President Donald Trump was already in the midst of a moment like when Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers as a deadly aviation disaster struck. Except Trump was trying to remind federal employees who is the boss much more broadly than Reagan was as he stared down an illegal strike.

Big financial decisions made in haste are often followed by regret, especially when the terms leave you with no guarantees or options.

The Trump administration offered two million federal workers eight months of pay in exchange for their resignation, sparking confusion about what the buyouts mean for workers and whether they’re even legal.