Remote work crackdown: How Trump’s DOGE could push federal workers to quit

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-20 21:33:20 | Updated at 2024-11-21 16:05:55 18 hours ago

Remote work crackdown: How Trump’s DOGE could push federal workers to quit
CNN ^ | November 11, 2024 | Rene Marsh, Kristen Holmes and Tami Luhby

Posted on 11/20/2024 1:23:51 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

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.

The thinking is this kind of mandate, coupled with moving agencies out of Washington, DC, would cause many federal workers to voluntarily leave, helping the new Trump administration thin out the federal workforce ranks and save the government money.

Ending remote work across government is being considered a potential “early candidate” for executive orders that members of DOGE will recommend to Trump, the source said. “It’s definitely on the table,” the source said, though it’s unclear how much they believe this will save the federal government.

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To: MinorityRepublican

To: All

Moving the HQ to Northern Alaska with mandatory in office attendance will weed them out in a hurry.

3 posted on 11/20/2024 1:26:01 PM PST by BipolarBob (Enough of this talk about narcissists, let's get back to talking about me.)

To: MinorityRepublican

I assume the workers will sue, and it will be dragged out in the courts for years.

4 posted on 11/20/2024 1:26:08 PM PST by Angelino97

To: MinorityRepublican

Most Federill “workers” are too lazy and/or dysfunctional to get a job in the private sector.

And they know it.

5 posted on 11/20/2024 1:26:30 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)

To: MinorityRepublican

That's outsmarting the smart. Go for it.

I see pink in a lot of gov workers future.

6 posted on 11/20/2024 1:26:51 PM PST by Sacajaweau

To: Angelino97

Let the workers sue—in their new offices on Guam.

7 posted on 11/20/2024 1:28:35 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)

To: MinorityRepublican

No-show jobs are deeply saddened.

8 posted on 11/20/2024 1:28:43 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)

To: MinorityRepublican

“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.

Works for me. January 20th can't come fast enough!

9 posted on 11/20/2024 1:28:55 PM PST by nutmeg (Proud irredeemable deplorable bitter clingin’ piece of garbage)

To: MinorityRepublican

That should be a day one EO. Give them a week to report to work and after that 5 days a week at the office.

10 posted on 11/20/2024 1:30:49 PM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)

To: Sacajaweau

How many have moved over the past several years and now live nowhere near their office.

They can loaf in the office as well as at home.

11 posted on 11/20/2024 1:32:58 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Before you post a nasty, stop and think: "Would that person slap me if I said it in person?" )

To: MinorityRepublican

They’re also going to give 2 year salary separation packages to people. It will still save money. There are many ways to skin a cat.

12 posted on 11/20/2024 1:33:05 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)

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