Trump orders federal employees to return to the office full-time

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : While many federal employees can telework, an August 2024 report from the Office of Management and Budget said around 10% of the roughly 2.3 million civilian workers in two dozen major agencies, including the Department of Defense and the Social Security Administration, "were in remote positions where there was no expectation that they worked in-person on any regular or recurring basis.
47% : " That includes over 60,000 people in the Department of Defense, around 37,000 in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and nearly 27,000 in the Department of Health and Human Services.
47% : The Department of Defense has a large workforce compared to the other agencies, but only about 8% were remote employees.
45% : Trump has been especially insistent on a return-to-office push, with his position threatening the remote and hybrid arrangements that many federal workers have enjoyed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
34% : " On Monday, Trump also issued an executive order that put a freeze on federal hiring.

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