The Trump administration is trying to reassure federal employees that an offer to resign while receiving eight months of paid leave is genuine and generous. Emails with the subject line “Fork in the Road” went out last week and include an offer to be paid in full through Sept.

In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal employees received an offer by the Trump administration to resign and be paid through September.

Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary outlines why big financial decisions made in haste are often followed by regret, especially when the terms leave you with no guarantees or options.