Federal workers are being rushed back to the office. It’s causing chaos.
Some need to win a coin flip to use a desk. Others say they’re killing time when workstations aren’t available amid the administration’s return-to-office mandate.
Thousands of Federal Workers Given Return-to-Office Deadlines
As for the VA, non-unionized employees must return to offices by February 24. According to its website, more than 20 percent of the VA's 479,000 plus employees currently have telework or remote work arrangements.
Trump’s return to the office order prompts 20,000 federal workers to quit in favour of ‘buyouts’
Donald Trump’s return to the office order has prompted 20,000 workers to quit in favour of buyout offers. The president’s administration is offering buyouts to federal employees in an unprecedented move to shrink the US government at breakneck speed.
Federal workers ordered to return to work may find no office space exists
Many federal workers are struggling to grasp how they’ll comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring them to return to in-person work when they don’t have any designated office space.
Federal Employees' Return to Office May Pose a Problem for Private Workers
At the moment, only 6 percent of federal employees work in person, according to the White House. A different report using government data found only roughly 228,000 federal workers were fully remote, and only 46 percent, or 1.1 million, were eligible for remote work.
Federal workers forced to return to offices with no desks –– and plenty of chaos: report
Federal workers forced to return to offices by Donald Trump's administration are showing up to facilities lacking desks and equipment allowing them to do their jobs. According to a report from the Washington Post,
Trump’s Return-to-Office Mandate Could Drive Out the Wrong Workers
The Biden administration tried a less demanding office requirement. Its results are instructive, Gleb Tsipursky writes in a ...
Trump ordered workers back to the office. They ask, where, exactly?
The clock is ticking for federal workers to comply with Trump’s directive to return to in-person work, but many say there ...
From return-to-office to federal layoffs, how Trump policies are affecting DC housing market: report
Housing markets in Washington, D.C. and other areas with high concentrations of government workers have already been impacted ...
Housing markets with a lot of federal workers have been thrown into disarray by Trump’s RTO order and layoff fears
Return-to-office mandates and potential layoffs are upending housing markets as employees deal with job insecurity and ...
Biden’s in-office work policy harmed federal employee retention. Trump’s could destroy it.
President Trump’s return-to-office mandate could lead to an even worse brain drain, as experienced employees leave and those ...
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Return-to-Office Demands Don’t Benefit Employees or Businesses
Donald Trump has joined big firms in demanding workers end remote work. But the evidence suggests that hurts both workers and ...
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Military spouses working remotely exempt from return-to-office mandate for federal employees
Spouses of active-duty service members and overseas foreign service officers are exempt from return to the office mandates, ...
‘What happens if we’re not there?’ Florida’s federal workers worry about Trump
President Donald Trump is making good on his campaign pledge to “dismantle the deep state,” with a return-to-office mandate ...
Trump administration’s firing of federal employees hits multiple agencies
The Trump administration’s move to fire thousands of federal employees could have a swift and severe impact on public ...