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| Remote work crackdown: How Trump's DOGE could push federal workers to quit |
| 2024-11-21 |
| [CNN] President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, a nongovernmental entity helmed by billionaire Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, is expected to make a push for an end to remote work across federal agencies as a way to help reduce the federal workforce through attrition. Both Musk and Ramaswamy have recently publicly lamented the number of employees working remotely across the government. A source familiar with early discussions about the focus of DOGE, as the initiative is known, told CNN that while nothing is final, early priorities include an effort to immediately end remote work across federal agencies, making a five-day work week a requirement for all federal employees. "It’s a no-brainer step and many companies have done this. So why shouldn’t federal employees who are paid with taxpayer dollars be required to be in office?" the source said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 In cases where productivity can be monitored and there is a savings for the government, I am not against some remote work. The current percentage is ridiculous and has not resulted in infrastructure savings. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-11-21 12:45 |
| #2 If they implement this, it will be a beautiful thing watching federal employees fire themselves. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-11-21 12:41 |
| #1 Why is the Dept of Agriculture in DC? Move it to Kansas. Dept of Forestry? Montana. Tough to fire Fed employees, but they can be reassigned. The Northern Border CBP needs help updating the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Northern Border Activities. Send the Greenies for data gathering and assessment. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-21 12:38 |