Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Plan to End Work from Home for Federal Employees | Firstpost America

[@Mugsy-14]

Then the same rules should apply to Senators and House members. Need to be in Washington 5 days/week. Instead of three

[@tj1486]

CEO's as well. He runs 5 companies and is constantly jumping around doing whatever he wants.

[@akmurf7429]

`absolutly!

[@eggsnspam]

@@tj1486 He's owner of the companies. He's not the CEO for each one of them, FYI.

[@tj1486]

@@eggsnspam he is an exec for most including being in a c suite role.

[@heart_soul50]

⁠@@tj1486. Musk runs 5 companies at HIS EXPENSE. If he wants to run his business from his recliner (which he doesn’t)…that’s on his dime…not yours or mine. He doesn’t take pay by the U.S. and should be respected instead of condemned. As far as government employees,…I agree 100%. WTH should they get paid their high salaries while working at home in their pajamas!!! If I had known this was going on, I would have been protesting long ago. Also…if this is allowed, EVERY government employee should have the same working conditions instead of these select ones.

[@scoty_does]

Return to office is a good way to get people to quit.

[@tj1486]

it's also unethical for anyone that actually does the job. And was told that they were allowed to work from home.

[@kaceym6903]

Yeah return to office just to dress up, spend extra gas money, and attend pointless meetings that you can enter in a zoom call.

[@scoty_does]

@@kaceym6903 So just quit?

[@danbenz6362]

They will just work in the office 😂

[@SherryGraham-h6b]

@@kaceym6903 There is more to it than that. Working from home has been proven over and over to be less effective.

[@Eveningbreeze721]

My entire department in private industry works completely at home and did before covid. We get a lot of work done and a very productive part of a huge international organization. The government had many many jobs that do not require long commutes and sitting in an office.

[@psych0hans]

The “no more WFH” policy is just a trick to get employees to quit on their own accord.

[@Philadelphiamalayale]

Good for you and stay home.

[@vinc-e01]

That’s because private industry is not publicly funded like government and lazy employees can cost your business whereas government would just increase taxes or inflation.

[@Eveningbreeze721]

@vinceonyoutube you missed the point. Working from home does not mean someone is lazy. And the federal government had this as an option since the 90's. I was in. High-school class of 93. My mom worked from home all my high-school years for the usda 3 days a week. And later it was encouraged for more federal employees.

[@psych0hans]

@@Eveningbreeze721 it’s just an excuse to force people to quit on their own.

[@tallspicy]

There is no proof that people who work from home are less productive, none at all. And these two can afford a lot of help.

[@ahoneyman]

My town does traffic court via Zoom. The pfficer doesn't have to come to court, the judge doesn't need to come to court, and the stenographer doesn't need to come to.court. They can do their jobs just fine wherever they are. The officer can then go back to policing. It saves time,money, and increases public safety.

[@mrssmithh]

The thing that hurts a work from home argument are the multitude of trash employees who screw around at home and don’t produce. Some agency’s might fair better working at home but many do not.

[@SherryGraham-h6b]

More than not are less effective.

[@beechnut8779]

Allowing federal workers to stay home has resulted in reduced costs for running government offices, vehicles, infrastructure, utilities, etc. I thought Vivek and Musk were interested in becoming more efficient...

[@mojoquip]

The building is still there the lights and heat and A/C are all on even when you are not there for the other 2%, nothing saved, loss of efficiency, employees at the beach, jacking off at home, productivity has dropped 500%

[@beechnut8779]

@@mojoquip You clearly have never been a federal worker running a federal office. I have.

[@ronaldlamascus1944]

@@beechnut8779so?

[@l19719]

@@mojoquip The government offers work-from-home options to ATTRACT workers, similar to how the military offers free college education. Most people with 5-10 years of work experience prefer working in the private sector, where they are paid more. Vivek is stupid.

[@mojoquip]

@@l19719 You are probably missing his point, there is no productivity, no accountability, no oversight on government workers at home. I deal with them everyday, no one is there, less service, 5 times longer to accomplish anything as they are paralyzed by the fact that they do not do jack doodlie. Government workers are equal to Union workers you get about 55-60% productivity out of the best of them. Sad but true. If you want to work from home start your own business.

[@lmf6139]

Let them stay home but have them on video and track their work. Many companies do this…employees hate it but it works. I deal with federal govt and some of these employees that are remote literally only work a few hours a week.

[@USA_MAGA_WWG1WGA]

Exactly

[@patrisio3]

No big deal. My agency mandates the use of Microsoft Teams and supervisors are keeping track of employees better while teleworking than when in the office because there are excuses to use when working in the office (when Teams indicates you have been away for a long time) than can't be used when working at home. And number of hours worked depend on what agency. I'm in a STEM-related agency and before telework I probably worked OT 20 weeks in 10 years. Since telework, I have probably worked OT 120 hours in 4.5 years. Telework means no more water cooler talk, hallway talk, stopping by someone's cube/office talk, going to a local restaurant for 90 minute lunches, and leaving computers at the office at 5pm never to be near them again until the next day. This means people are producing more which means they are producing more deliverables for others to work more just to keep up. Going back to in office full time means I go back to working just 40 hours.

[@sasca854]

Most work is easily quantifiable. e.g. do X number of tickets per week to meet your quota. If they're meeting or exceeding the quota with quality work, why do you need to video them?

[@SherryGraham-h6b]

Working from home is less effective.

[@Lilrock2033]

​@SherryGraham-h6b it's less effective for you because you are probably one of those employees that "looks" busy in the office and relies on us "doers", to get the mission done. Remote work just exposes the lazy person you are.

[@sasca854]

What, all of them? Even the high performers? Why should being remote automatically disqualify you from doing a job that you excel at? That's idiotic. If you were specifically hired as a remote employee (IE, this is negotiated into your contract) and meet or exceed expectations, you should keep your gig. 10000%.

[@beatrizrangel4496]

About time

[@susangendron6096]

I am for working from home. It saves money no need for a building!

[@outerlimitz67]

Well, Get ready then. Lol

[@ML-te6qv]

get ready, no more laziness

[@Philadelphiamalayale]

If your job is making widgets, you could work from home. If your job needs any creativity, better come to work.

[@calebkang5544]

There's no job in the world where working from home will boost effectiveness and efficiency.

[@BondJFK]

​@@Philadelphiamalayale You're the wrong old mallu man most creativity needs a better environment, An office space can't offer it but government employees should work in office

[@finfanfifteen9659]

This path is a challenging one.

[@kunals.1161]

That's really a great for fedaral employees

[@Krisoz-l4s]

All those who loss their jobs in Govt will never buy a tesla in their life😡😂

[@georgiarose3811]

I say don’t buy Tesla there are probably plenty of electric vehicles that offer better.

[@originalmxg]

I dont think Elon cares ! Lol

[@larslover6559]

Working from home is so common, even in private sector. That wfh is by default bad seems a strange and very un pragmatic position to take.

[@johnnytran800]

says the people that outsources their work overseas

[@hordyaba]

What does working overseas have to do with americans working from home?

[@jeongsungmin2023]

Don’t listen to this parrot

[@KimEsty-mi8wc]

I think he's talking about Elon's workers building cars out of US?

[@sinepari9160]

They are globalists.. bottom line.. It's how they make their money. America first was a scam.

[@akmurf7429]

Did you notice the union official weighed 300 lbs? When I worked for the FAA in aircraft maintenance, we had to be there five days a week, and if a plane was broken, on the weekends working. The pilots could telecommute so they seldom showed up to fly because the supervisor didn't want to fly any longer (skeleton crew). Also, they would start engines, shut them down several minutes later, and write some BS up. By the time we could verify nothing was wrong, they would be gone home telecomuting. What a scam! The head office let them get away with it for years. Most of it should be contracted out. I would have worked for the contractor no problem. I did all the work being a junior hire anyway. Also, I loved working on aircraft. I didn't mind work. The others would tell me how to do my job but would never lift a finger to help. So let them cry! They did it to themselves in my opinion.

[@LindaSirmeyer]

Government now telling you where to work?

[@hordyaba]

Yah just like it has been since forever lol. I have multiple friends that work for the government and they just sit at home all day and smoke weed. I think working from home is fine but only if its being monitored. And you know none of these govenment agencies give a fuh

[@seanbellfort2298]

💪💪💪💪 Excellent initiative

[@KamolthipPatarapan]

Thank you very much fr firstpost America to present this interesting news and I think good idea no federal government work fm home work in the office like in the old year better

[@lisao1863]

Im pretty certain federal employees can file suit against these two.

[@mathejoh]

Oh wow, people have to go to work. such tyranny!!!

[@sasca854]

They're already working. I don't know why some people equate "working from home" with "not working at all". Work is quantifiable, and if an employee is meeting or exceeding the expected workload, why should they be terminated for simply being remote?

[@ChrisSauer-oe5ve]

👍🤣🤣🤣

[@rcas350pilot8]

I was a federal employee for several years. Was a constant rollercoaster and always seemed difficult to make any long-term plans. I don't envy the current employees one bit.

[@valeriavonsperling6126]

Great idea

[@devondevon4366]

If he cut 2 trillion from the budget, many people would lose their jobs. I am confident of the party many would vote for in 2028 if they lose their jobs.

[@PicassoPicard]

So you are happy with Private citizens shoveling out money on reckless spending that does next to nothing for this country and is highly inefficient and redundant, where we even have multiple departments performing the same job simultaneously or playing tennis passing government documents back and forth between all the red tape, for no other reason than to waste your money? When was the last time you applied for any government regulated license, government documents, passport, etc... How long does it take for the government to do their job? Usually at least a month or longer isn't it? That is a serious problem that needs to be fixed, and all the tangled mess of government agencies doesn't help. Imagine now all the agencies you never even heard of, because they do not have public interaction and they are throwing away billions to trillions of your tax dollars every year on inefficiency. If the public interaction is extremely bad, you can only imagine how bad the hidden agencies are The obvious solution is to transition government workers over to the private sector so they can have meaningful jobs that actually help society especially the U.S., not just spend money wastefully. I don't even know how you think you can justify the amount of wasted money we use in the U.S. on needless government jobs and red tape. Have you even lived in this country for any extended period of time at all? Have you had to deal with the government directly at all? They are criminally slow and highly wasteful, and everyone knows and sees it every single day.

[@devondevon4366]

@@PicassoPicard, I didn't say I was or that there isn't a lot of wasteful spending. There certainly is. I just said they would seek to elect the other party if they lose their jobs due to these cuts. Everyone thinks their job should be safe, and if there is any downsizing, others should lose their jobs, not them.

[@mollyanne9697]

Good plan, lazy workers love to work from home.

[@jimantonino4394]

Non union private sector workers are always at risk of losing their jobs. Many of us suffered substantially during Covid. Our employers weren’t just paying us anyway when we got shut down. So, govt workers, welcome to the free market. YOU’RE FIRED!

[@nirorit]

I’m an engineer, and I’m wondering when or if we’d ever be the next target. On one hand I prefer working from office, on the other hand I like it when it’s more quiet.

[@1bbbbbaaaaa]

Washington DC has horrible infrastructure for commuting. This is my only pushback. Major veins in and out are two-lane roads, there are childish speed limits and draconian speed limit camera fines, traffick lights on counters up to 2 minutes, and recently they poured cement and paint everywhere narrowing 2 lane roads to one.

[@ChrisSauer-oe5ve]

Buy a motorcycle or maxi scooter, better for environment & no waiting in traffic 💯

[@stevecarter8810]

Translation: if we WFH they won't be able to justify their big office blocks, and the property management industry with decline, reducing demand for buildings, and the oligarchs who actually own all the assets might see a drop in net worth.

[@anderslarsen8546]

It is difficult to see how this would work. First of all they are two private billionaires and not government employees. They cam maximum have a advisory role. And the unions will fight Trump , not Musk. Musk will only becomes more hated than he already is. And thousands of workers that is being laid off are veterans. How will that look for Trump with thousands of unemployed veterans as a result of two private billionaires ?

[@broal122]

I don't know people realize this but we are broke the nation is broke. What is anybody else suggest

[@Run_Domo]

They voted for it 🎉

[@kathybirkland1212]

I believe in Musk and Vivek, they will make the right decisions.

[@shreehari2589]

Hell to the fkkkk no

[@islandboi2130]

😂😂😂

There are 3rd party companies that specialize and are trained, and they are called EFFIENCY EXPERT SERVICES, PLANNING, CONSOLIDATION surveyors. They don't need ramaswamy or Musk to do the slashing of positions in departments that they don't even know what they do! Let the professionals conduct and investigate the departments, not friends of Trump!

[@markclipsham9199]

Because it is too efficient? I'm self-employed and have worked effectively and efficiently from home for 35 years. No commuting, no second office etc. If two people weren't inefficient enough MTG is coming on board? I want stability - that is efficient. He/they want to change everything - that is chaotic. Serious duh stuff. That is the opposite of conservative - it is radical.

[@obajuluwaoluwatomisin3883]

You are self employed and work from home. I call you a liar. Having a small knitting business is not the same as working from home chief.

[@adventurer6352]

​@@obajuluwaoluwatomisin3883 literally everyone on youtube works from home and are self employed.

[@PicassoPicard]

So you disagree with ever changing literally anything? Literally anything at all, including things that are extremely stupid or bad for your company/country because that's the way we have always done it and if we change it, it will cause chaos? No matter WHAT you do in any case to try and change and make things better, it is going to kick up dust and you are going to have things become unsettled for a time, but the goal is to find a better resolution that fixes the problem. You know who else has run their own business? Both Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, and they have done it so well they both now have billions in networth. Literally both of them are multi-billionaire entrepreneurs who have figured out how to run things efficiently and profitably. You should understand as a business person, that if you have a leaky pipe or you are bleeding money somewhere in your organization, you need to stop the money bleed and plug the hole or you will swiftly go broke and go out of business because you can only take so many leaks before the whole boat is flooded. That principle doesn't just apply to the private sector, it applies to countries as well, and now we have this multrillion dollar debt hanging over our heads and SOMEONE has to have enough boldness to do something to fix it. We spend LITERALLY trillions of dollars more than we need on things WE DO NOT NEED at all as a country. Especially the federal government. Stability only comes after you find a way to make the boat float, but if the boat is sinking and you want your sailors to stop bailing water and closing up holes just because you want a "sense" of calm, then you are fooling yourself. That is false stability. That false stability will only last until that boat has sunk and everyone is drowning.

[@markclipsham9199]

@@obajuluwaoluwatomisin3883 Good one priscilla screen name. Do you know how to do an internet search? I'm not a scared little person and use my name. Any thing else?

[@markclipsham9199]

@@PicassoPicard You've done a fine job of mangling what I said. I am regulated heavily by the very red state I'm in with onerous requirements to keep my license. I will not attempt to explain because it is something you would not understand. I want to get something out of my cont ed not get out of it - I am no longer able to do what I have for decades (attend the conferences put on by the power cooperative about safety, building failures and energy efficient equipment) as they tighten up what they see as acceptable - it has little to no value to me and takes a lot of time and money. It has become a profitable business. I tried to get a waiver to continue doing what I have done in the past as it is immediately applicable to my work. Denied. I transferred my license to another state - I have no control over their desire to control me. I gave up trying to build my affordable, innovative, energy efficient, highly disaster resistant buildings (including fire and earthquakes) in California. This will not change with the trump admin. Look up the definition of conservative - that is how change should happen. It is the opposite of how change is being proposed now by repubs - not conservatives - not the same at all. It is simply bad practice. One of my sayings learned from decades of experience is don't change things until you know why it is done that way and how it is connected to earthing else. See the environment - many things are being undone that were done in haste that have caused incredible damage. I don't care what they do to make their billions (musk has malappropriated much of his IP) if it doesn't have to do with running a gov. I would not have a great plumber do my electrical -unless maybe they took a lot of time to understand it first ideally consulting with the person who installed it initially. Reality and gov is a spider web not a bunch of disconnected entities. The proposed admin cabinet reminds me of people hurriedly assembling a platypus/hyena. I was hoping for a gazzelle or cheeta.

[@MicheleEllis-pj1dq]

Love these smart guys. Both are TRUE genius.

[@beechnut8779]

Being very smart is not the same as being wise, sensible, perceptive, or emotionally intelligent. I would much rather have a wise person making decisions that affect my life than a smart one.

[@AdityaKrishna-k8w]

Did you just call 2 people who make a living by grifting smart? Laughable. Ramaswamy makes a living off Roivant which repeatedly is trying to beat FDA restrictions which are in place to prevent the next Thalidomide. Also it's a brainless business model, buy patents and develop them a little and resell. He's a little smart but also super evil as he intends to lay people off without explaining how he plans to reintegrate them into the job market. I call Vivek Ramaswamy Hoover 2.0. Elon stole Tesla, lied about his degree, stole his brother's accomplishment of making paypal, and faked the entire Robotaxi event. No kidding. The robots were RC and the bus has ZERO ground clearance. I think for this reason he's like the Theranos CEO in terms of grift. An actual DOGE leader would be good at efficiency and only allow remote work and recycle useless office space as rentals where homeless can live, work, and sleep.

[@timelyferry]

Thats showing your level of intelligence. To me they are both dumb

[@Flash3-22]

They just want to control other people's lives. Elon believes in work and nothing else.

[@rugby9440]

Get your government job out your house and get to work in a government office, with cameras to hold you accountable for not doing your job.

[@teresaboone893]

What a joke 😂

[@Cartier-bb]

Thank u for saying what I’ve been saying, just better! 👏🇺🇸

[@tj1486]

Sure yeah why don't we have the government put a camera in your home while we're at it to ensure you're not breaking the law on any given day. Idiot.

[@big70booty]

O.k. but where physically are you going to place the a civilian who was hired remote (working from home) (i.e., accountant, financial analyst, etc.) to support a military division such as the Coast Guard, Army, Navy for multiple locations? Just using them as an example. Also, who is going to pay to relocate that person? Or are Elon/Vivek going to make that person pay out of pocket to relocate in order to keep his/her job? Elon/Vivek will need to delete entire agencies first before they can move remote people into those offices. It's not just an easy/plug and play solution. However, I think Elon & Vivek have a completely different plan. I think they plan to fire all government employees and have their companies' employees work as subcontractors and make money as Elon is doing now with government with Space X subcontracts.

[@ChrisSauer-oe5ve]

Yes 👍 💯

[@mlal83]

This decision alone will boost up the economy.

[@TheToxicP]

#1 Federal Employees saw a 12% increase in productivity due to telework - not LESS. #2 Federal Workers receive transit benefits (the metro, buses, rail). The more they have to go in, the more taxpayers pay. It's probably up to $200 a month by now, if not more. I used to get $165 years ago. #3 If you turned a good number of positions full time telework (the hybrid system is "meh" unless you platoon employees by sharing spaces), the Federal Government could consolidate and eliminate leases (which also means less need to pay security, electricity etc) etc. Which costs tax payers money. #4 The Federal Government already has a problem finding professional workers, especially highly qualified ones (same issue with the military). Federal Workers already get paid less than civilian professionals doing the same job and most civilian professional jobs allow telework in professional fields. This policy is 100% designed to get people to quit, not because it increases Federal Productivity and not because of really improving efficiency by coming up with smarter ways to do business - cut expenses. It's typical right-wing maliciousness, making other peoples lives harder for no good reason.

[@sinepari9160]

They've been saying it out loud. They want 30% of federal workers to quit.

[@jamescheddar4896]

It needs to be re-examined post-covid. I worked in a grocery warehouse during COVID and management/HR was absent when people were sucking on the tap when there was cups right there. Labour can't be done from home, that would be telekinesis. However, I still have a right to supervision. If I'm keeping touch with you exclusively via text and you expect to coordinate sales with me and manage me remotely I want some of that commission.

[@sinepari9160]

@@jamescheddar4896 100k percent wrong. We have security at level now across all agencies at DOD level, which is required. I have to carry around THREE multi-factor ID cards that are 2 and 3-level security. You sound like you should be working in a grocery store.

[@hgdon-homeiswheretreesare-9239]

If you're paid to work, you come to work, it's commen sense (5 days a week, not 4 or 3 day). Otherwise, start your own business.

[@larslover6559]

That wasn't the issue; it's where that work is supposed to be done: (from home or from office, but same hours).

[@eggsnspam]

Some people do 4 day 10 hours because it makes sense for their type of work and it's rotated so people are in office 7days/24 hours a week. I love Elon and Vivek but I disagree with their idea that remote work can't be productive. It really depends on the work you do and whether or not you're a salary worker or working nighttime/odd hours to support people from different timezones.

[@sams00007]

Exactly

[@sasca854]

If X amount of work is being done, why does it matter where they do it? For the record, many of them were paid to work _as_ remote employees. It was literally negotiated into their contract.

[@ct4566]

Wow, a person who owns a car company wants to force millions to commute to work! hum🤔

[@masterkungfu09]

Yes, so people can buy musk electric cars

[@NostalgiaNeka]

​@@masterkungfu09that literally is one of the plans they're going to also try to get rid of our regular cars.And force us to get teslas in the future, they're hoping for that...

[@transplant-f3p]

This will reduce federal employee disposable income. Car insurance, gas, parking fees, meals, and more. More traffic on highways. More pollution. As long as an employees productivity is measureable, they will be more productive at home. No more "water cooler" discussions. There are fewer distractions at home. Speaking as a former federal employee, I am aware of the many unwanted distractions at work. Socializers may want to go to the office, but real workers can do more at home.

[@saxywale2]

Good

[@rosimardossantosdesouza5169]

Parabéns a o verdadeiro Elon Musk é Donaltramp

[@storeycris]

It will affect millions of taxpaying American lives for sure!!

[@Kbyrum9195]

Please implement Work from Office for all offices in USA. At least 3 Days you should go to work. All major cities with no business. People working from home working multiple jobs illegally. If all private companies implement this policy. new employment will be created. Why IT/Software guys working 2-3 jobs illegally work from home. People mailing laptops to India and assigning work to other people. Companies should sue whoever work for other company(Multiple jobs).

[@lynnep6088]

I work at NASA. We have unmatched government employees for over 6 years. Doing NOTHING. Laying off matched working contractors to make up budget. I’m so sick of this!!!!

[@Outlook2025]

Oh dear, sounds like they might need to actually earn an honest living now.

[@Rsaint17]

Do you know that most people that work from home are ACTUALLY working ! The only difference is that we are home that’s it . What a stupid comment

[@UncleJ-m1v]

Interesteing to see employees commenting on social media while "working from home".

[@USA_MAGA_WWG1WGA]

😅

[@DonnaNorton-w2y]

Yes and they are getting payed

[@searphhoney]

Just as interesting as when they do it from the office. 😲

[@Rsaint17]

Employee who work on site do that all the time lol doesn’t make sense

[@UncleJ-m1v]

@tballone if you don't even know how to spell "break", you should be in school.

[@abuwajeeh1964]

None of their business. There is no way to enforce it.

[@ChrisSauer-oe5ve]

Want to bet? 😂😂😂

[@mikepersico328]

Federal employees should NOT be working from home !!!! Some businesses allow employees to work from home and if government is like a business, if the people decide they federal employees should not be working from home , so be it !!!!

[@beechnut8779]

The US government is NOT supposed to be like a business. The goals of government are completely different. If you aren't sure what these goals are, I suggest you read the Preamble to the US Constitution.

[@l19719]

The government offers work-from-home options to ATTRACT workers, similar to how the military offers free college education. Most people with 5-10 years of work experience prefer working in the private sector, where they are paid more. Vivek is stupid.

[@gewang8633]

@@l19719if they are prefer to work in privacy company, it’s a chance now for them. Simple.

[@Eveningbreeze721]

@@mikepersico328 you sound so stupid and uninformed. You definitely have no one that you know who actually has a job working for the government.

[@patrisio3]

Fine with me. Since my office started working from home, I have had to work 45-50+ hours a week constantly. When we worked in the office full time, I rarely ever worked more than 40. When everyone is in the office, there is a lot of water cooler talk, hallway talk, stopping by someone's cube/office talk, going to a local restaurant for 90 minute lunches, and leaving computers at the office at 5pm never to be near them again until the next day. When teleworking, all of that goes away and people work more, which produces more deliverables for others to have to work more just to keep up. Since my office mandates Microsoft Teams, supervisors are keeping better track of workers when teleworking than they can when in office. Because productivity went up by teleworking, our leaders decided to cut cost and get rid of a lot of office space (including extra utilities and furniture costs). No sense in using taxpayers money for nothing. We have 1,300 people but now only space for 700. To go back to the office full time, we will need more taxpayer money (and probably go back to being less productive). If that's what people want, fine with me.

[@teresadeshazo1310]

How about looking at how many level of management there are. I know of a Department that has 10, yes I said 10 levels of management for 70 nurses. How is that not waste and abuse of government funds? He’s looking in the wrong place!

[@ChrisSauer-oe5ve]

Go to the work office or stay home unemployed ‼️💯 If we the people don’t go into work, we don’t get paid, fact!!

[@mlnags2829]

Think about and evaluate it. If offices are relocated i’m good it might be flexible.

[@Eleanor-e4s]

That's good.

[@intimidate2161]

If these people are working remotely, I wonder how many are actually employed from the US? Working remotely can be done from almost anywhere as long as a security clearance is not required.

[@ruthfederico2526]

Steve Lensky is full of it! I worked most of my life (I am 88) and I went to the office, put in my time, then returned home. My daughter works from home, but she is on her computer all day!

[@Fienly0109]

Working from home is the future...The office is for AI

[@suhasini1354]

Please tell Lenkart that he is wrong, we the people demand that Govt. employees are answerable to the People of US. They have it so good that they don't want to leave. The Govt is overstaffed and underworked and corrupt.

[@cryptojonny6837]

Some of us don't want to see the faces of toxic workers in person for many hours. Workers that get mad easily or want the work done fast and when they want the work done their way and you can't do it your way-no thanks. Some of us don't want to hear that next to them. If they do, all it leads to is more stress, which is not good for one's mental health, especially if you are putting up with toxic workers for long hours. Some would rather take remote because of these reasons; also, with AI growing, how long will working in the office last? Probably not long for some jobs.

[@KonglengLee-t6l]

Especially from old folks home😂

[@danbenz6362]

Federal employees will not quit, they will simply work in the office and add to traffic and gas prices

[@ChrisSauer-oe5ve]

Bet 1/3 quit 🤣🗣️

[@danbenz6362]

@ if you believe that then you’re extremely gullible. You really think someone would lose all their income just to avoid driving to work 2 extra days per week? Less than 3% of feds are fully remote. Even if 1/3 of them quit, that’s 1% of federal employees. Total federal payroll is a really small portion of the federal budget. Would barely make a dent in anything DOGE is claiming they can fix. Open your eyes dude. It’s a dog and pony show of claiming to fix the government. Feds make the perfect scapegoat. Pretty crappy thing to do. And I say that as a Republican. There are way more important things to focus on if you want to solve the national debt and progressive politics

[@honeyi5354]

Work from home, we work completely 8 hours a week. It’s effective.

[@Jek2457]

The traffic is terrible in most cities and so many people care for older parents, so be smart and have some limited remote work. 1-2 days per week. Plus anyone who does remote work (I don’t), must have cameras ON.

[@mpf5381]

This is BEYOND 'hope'...

[@IToldYouOnce]

this is welcomed by hard working individuals, as they are tired of carrying the entire team just by themselves.

[@sasca854]

People working remotely are hard workers too. It's not difficult to quantify work and see who is above average and who isn't, irrespective of where they're doing the work from. Why should being remote automatically disqualify you from doing a job that you excel at?

[@storyteller_prashant]

offices and jails both are waste of resources

[@gondorianslayer4250]

so you support criminals?

[@claudea79]

Overall, work from home is much less productive! I have seen two neighbors goof off whereas one neighbor had his nose to the grindstone!

[@April-t6z]

Some animals are more equal than others.. The largest employer in the US is the US government. They also have the best benefit packages and pay in the nation.

[@jamesmacc]

This makes no sense. Working from home saves money for both the workers and the government by reducing employee-side expenses and government operational expenses, like opportunity costs in productivity. Not very efficient for a DOGE.

[@UnenthusedEnthusiast]

This is dumb. Everyone works from home. Private sector included, and they get paid more to do it. Not to mention it will cost the government more money. They have downsizes office spaces and rent since telework. They will have to expand again and spend more on rent. They also have vehicles that are part of a fleet that currently don’t have to be driven a few days a week. Now they will have to pay for fuel, wear and tear, repairs and such much more. The utilities and electrics use will skyrocket. This is one of the ideas they should leave alone. It will cause more headache and heartache and will affect the economy and unemployment drastically. Leave the pork alone for once and work on the wasteful spending

[@betsyhooks110]

EVERYONE NO MATTER WHO MUST RETURN TO WORK

[@McD-j5r]

They are already rejecting the DOGE

[@edsalinas9996]

If you get these Democrat Governers and Mayors to clean up their towns, then these Government workers wouldn't have a problem. What about the security in these buildings? Is it adequate?

[@venday-nb1wp]

How it works for people living in other states can’t work in different states. Open offices in every state so that everyone come to office.

[@rabindrasangeetdr.mihirniy7503]

My personal suggestion will be not to disclose all your strategy till you guys actually take over the job

[@opdamcha305]

If that's the case Reduce AI use too😂

[@Cartier-bb]

What a difference a little common sense makes. Let people be pissed the rest of us will be singing, happy days are here again! Thanks boys!! 👏🇺🇸

[@April-t6z]

When you've had a parasite for so long, you treat it like a pet. "Pull the tapeworm out of your ash!"

[@shribabu4258]

Government Jobs pay crap, no remote work, no workers.

[@JayDoebler]

👍💯

[@tonitant6171]

YOU DONT TUG ON SUPERMANS CAPE, YOU DONT SPIT INTO THE WIND, YOU DONT PULL THE MASK OFF THE OLE LONE RANGER, AND YOU DONT MESS AROUND WITH ELON&VIVEK !!!

[@andrewjackson4510]

They have some good ideas, but eliminating telework is pure stupidity whether you or the Lone Ranger agree or not.

[@my1vice]

What a goofball post. Jim would not approve.

[@evelynE153]

Fuel is too high ‼️

[@judithsanders9801]

Then they'd better fully fund the DC Metro.

[@angelalink3863]

Since this is about government workers I am in favor of this.

[@WayneBraziel]

No, he’s not he’s going to run it like a business like the country that we are. He has built businesses. He knows how to handle business hell with politics.

[@jenniewong3192]

No remote work 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏

[@sinepari9160]

I voted for Trump, but these are two guys with no business near the USGOV.

[@SloppySlow]

It’s only unacheivable if you do t want it to happen. Sorry to say, government workers are pretty inefficient

[@lilmo7088]

I guess it depends on the situation and the amount of time versus pay etc. There are a lot of working parents, since Covid, still work from and started homeschooling.

[@VanilAJ7813]

First stop outsourcing jobs to lower wage nations .Hire deserving skilled immigrants and American nationals within US.

[@KimEsty-mi8wc]

The lucky ones won't loose their jobs, the unlucky ones will be picking fruit and living on the streets

[@np494609]

NOW the politicians and their cronies want to cite the constitution!

[@user-kn9tt6ny3v]

Thete are many who would love to go to work. If you don't want to come to work, let someone else take your spot.

[@constantinosbou]

Dear boomer, working from home is not lowering the productivity. It's actually save costs for companies for office space that could become housing. and commuting time for the workers.

[@user-wd3po8sd7k]

@@constantinosbou not to mention reducing Child Care costs.

[@anksssssssss]

​@@constantinosboubut government is not a company who can just close their office soting our employees working from home

[@patrisio3]

Wouldn't bother me. Everybody going back means I will go back to working just 40 hours a week instead of 45 to 50+ ever since we started teleworking. Everybody going back to the office means going back to water cooler talk, hallway talk, stopping by someone's cube/office talk, going to a local restaurant for 90 minute lunches, and leaving computers at the office at 5pm never to be near them again until the next day.... which equals less production which equals 40 hour work weeks, not 50+. The only problem is we became so productive working from home that we cut costs by cutting office space (along with utilities and furniture) to a point to where we now only have space for 700 but have 1,200 (and need 100 more just to keep up with our projects and programs).

[@OriginalLoadedDice]

They know ain’t no real work getting done from home😂

[@sasca854]

Quantifiably false in most cases.

[@starter47990]

Why? For what purpose?

[@marialuizadeoliveira4784]

They are so ridiculous it’s baffling how gullible Americans are. This has nothing to do with saving taxpayers money. It’s just a game of power. Enjoying seeing people go crazy wondering if they’re going to lose their jobs. Of course it means nothing do these clowns.

[@ethanfleckenstein2334]

Your ass needs to show up. Last few years in the Army so many DOD civilians weren't showing up and did remote work. Super unproductive.

[@PicassoPicard]

so you think that getting paid 2 years for sitting on your butt doing nothing is unfair and heartless? If you cannot figure out a new job option when all your bills are paid for you and you are getting guaranteed income for 730 days straight, I think the problem lies with you as the worker who is not putting in enough effort to get a regular job like the majority of American citizens. FDR's goal to push a huge increase in government jobs was extremely unethical, stupid, and has cost this country now trillions of dollars since he has enabled this era of reckless government spending and federal branch expansion. The federal government was NEVER meant to be this big according to the ideas and ideals of the founding fathers of the U.S., and fixing the disease of overspending and government waste is going to be somewhat painful naturally, but giving a nice 2 year FREE paycheck is absolutely insane. I actually don't even agree with my tax money being used for that, but you have no right to complain, even as a government worker if you are getting paid for literally doing nothing for years of your life while you can easily figure out another job with literally no stress.

[@sasca854]

@@PicassoPicard It is unfair and heartless to terminate (by one method or another) people who do as much or more work than those in-office, simply because they were hired as a remote employee. 2 years is nothing compared to a career. Some of these folks have been faithfully putting in time for over a decade now. You're a clown.

[@JonnyTravieso]

Elon makes $7500 per tesla sold in government subsidies.

[@danielthatcher5345]

There is no hard learning curve for Elon. He does things NASA can't do.