Trump wants federal workers back in the office. It may be a tall task.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Trump wants federal workers back in the office. It may be a tall task.
President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for a return-to-office mandate for federal workers will face stiff resistance and union contracts that guarantee remote work.

Updated
December 26, 2024 at 2:14 p.m. EST yesterday at 2:14 p.m. EST
By Lisa Rein

President-elect Donald Trump warned federal employees last week that they must return to the office — or else “they’re going to be dismissed.” ... The threat was the latest and loudest signal yet that Trump, his allies and Republicans in Congress are committed to ending a remote-work culture that became widespread for the civil service of 2.3 million during the coronavirus pandemic but that many conservatives now decry as an outdated taxpayer-funded perk that has hurt performance across the government.

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By Lisa Rein
Lisa Rein covers federal agencies and the management of government in the Biden administration. At The Washington Post, she has written about the federal workforce; state politics and government in Annapolis, and in Richmond; local government in Fairfax County, Va.; and the redevelopment of Washington and its neighborhoods.follow on X@Reinlwapo

[bucolic_frolic]

1. 30% will stay home to run their home gigs and remote sidelines

So the bureaucracy will stall. Migrant labor will be exported. Industries on pause. We are in for a hosing.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. "Return to the office" could mean relocation to a new office

far, far away from their original place of employment. And many will not want to move.

Which gives Trump an excuse to fire them.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. "Honey, I'm not going back to the office to work for Eloon and The Moroon!"

[The Madcap]

4. Somedays

I think t**** just wants to destroy everything and everyone.

[odins folly]

5. The problem is

Productivity didn't suffer in some cases it increased. But facts schmacts my perception is greater than reality.

And the loon wants this so federal workers quit.

Fuck that guy.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Says the guy who during the last term spent his morning watching Fux Noise and called it "executive time".