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
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    923 months 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.

    • themeatbridge
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      563 months ago

      It’s not even a cover, it’s the stated intention. They want a reduction in staff.

      • Atelopus-zeteki
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        133 months ago

        25%, literally what they say they want.

        • @[email protected]
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          43 months ago

          Got to appease those shareholders and make the stock go up.

          • @AngryRobot
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            73 months ago

            Wait…

            • @[email protected]
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              33 months ago

              I know I’d like to start seeing some dividends (UBI).

    • @chilicheeselies
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      43 months ago

      Its not going to work out the way they think it will, because government jobs have a good pension that you dont want to walk away from. This is just going to disrupt peoples lives needlessly and destroy morale.