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for the civil service of 2.3 million during the coronavirus pandemic but that many conservatives now decry as an outdated taxpayer-funded perk that has hurt performance across the government.
A quick return to pre-pandemic – or even stricter – federal office policies is not likely to happen with the stroke of a presidential pen.
Trump’s expected return-to-office mandate faces furious resistance from federal employees, many of whom are covered by union agreements that guarantee work-from-home policies – including some contracts extended in recent weeks by outgoing Biden officials eager to blunt Trump’s impact on the workforce.
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