Eighteen months after the pandemic ended, nearly two-thirds of the country's 2.2 million federal workers are still approved to work from home.

Summary

Vivek Ramaswamy, alongside Elon Musk, plans to push federal workers back to the office full-time, aiming to reduce telework and downsize bureaucracy.

Ramaswamy claims requiring in-office attendance could lead to a 25% reduction in federal staff.

Critics, including federal worker unions, argue many jobs, such as healthcare and law enforcement, don’t qualify for telework and warn the move may hurt recruitment and retention.

Meanwhile, costly underused federal office space has drawn attention, with many agencies utilizing only a fraction of their space.

  • NegativeNull@lemmy.world
    92·
    2 days ago

    As always, this is just cover to force people to quit and not give severance. It’s a layoff without having to call it a layoff.

  • Lasherz12@lemmy.world
    54·
    2 days ago

    This is an entire section of Project 2025… Encourage/force career employees in the government to quit so you can replace them with unqualified Sycophants.

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    2 days ago

    he said. “You don’t even have to talk about you’re in a mass firing, a mass exodus. Just tell them they have to come back five days a week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.”

    Even with a 1 hour lunch, 8am to 6pm would be a 9 hour work day. So, bro is expecting folks to just accept a 45 hour workweek along with a complete return to office. Pretty sure he’s going to get his 25% reduction. It’s just going to be all of the most talented people saying “fuck that”.

  • ATDA@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 days ago

    If only real estate had some form of value other than using it ourselves… Hmm

    If only we knew of a candidate, perhaps even a president that knew about real estate renting and sales.

    Nope let’s make people quit and replace them instead!

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Are there that many remote government jobs? I checked at the beginning of the Biden administration and all of them required me to be in the office and in *shudder* business casual

    • chilicheeselies@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 hours ago

      Most are hybrid, my fiance has one. Administrative type stuff that doesnt require you be in the office (like most office jobs), but requires travel. We’re worried about this honestly.

    • BigPotato@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 days ago

      A government building I visit regularly has a help wanted that claims the government is a leader in innovative solutions like telework meanwhile, the workers in that building have to work weekends in the office too!

      And, of course, telework is actually is strictly forbidden at my location.