Posted on 12/17/2024 8:45:49 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Washington — President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that his new administration will challenge a deal reached between the Social Security Administration and its union that would allow employees to continue teleworking into 2029.
During remarks at his South Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, Trump blamed the Biden administration for what he said was a "terrible" and "ridiculous" agreement that would allow tens of thousands of federal workers to continue working from home several days a week.
The president-elect said "it was like a gift to a union, and we're going to obviously be in court to stop it." He said federal workers who don't return to in-office work will be fired.
"If people don't come back to work, come back into the office, they're going to be dismissed," said Trump, who will be sworn in for a second term Jan. 20.
Work-from-home policies for the federal workforce have come under scrutiny by the leaders of Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency, billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have said they are looking to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget.
"Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome: If federal employees don't want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn't pay them for the Covid-era privilege of staying home," Musk and Ramaswamy wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal last month.
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Heard on my local radio show about an IT worker that was ordered back into the office - lived 800 miles away and didn’t want to relocate to the very expensive San Francisco area - so he quit - at 50 years old.
He’s now wondering why he can’t get hired anywhere and is having to dip into his retirement savings.
The Free Ride is over or money for nuffin is over
I would say a bunch of them have moved to another country, bought homes on a beach and planned on never coming back.
Plenty of them right here on FR. They’ll be by shortly to tell you how you are going to lose your best workers by having them actually work.
I would say a couple of them have moved to Mexico City or Lisbon.
They work for Uncle Sam.
After all, didn't they put up their own money to start the business?
Moving into and establishing a new home in SF/Bay Area at age 50 (with wife and kids in school?) is also a very expensive proposition
Personally, I would rather stay in fly-over country, and if I couldn't find a job in my preferred field, I would just work at my friend's restaurant
‘Two-thirds do not work. Many of them must go back,’
I thought that was another story about federal workers.
A good way to thin the herd, or for the herd to thin itself.
I can do twice or three times as much productive work at home.
(but I realize that some fed offices must be staffed in person for public reception and “service”)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_(1968)#August_1981_strike
It is more accurate to say that...they get paid by. As to “work”, likely most are the typical government employee slacker minimalist when it comes to doing “work”. Just maybe holding they accountable to actually do work will take care of some of their arrogance and negative attitude. if not...fire them.
IMO, they’d be far better off looking at actual productivity than work location.
SUCH REFUSALS TO WORK ===NO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
Apparently-—IT WAS HIS CHOICE to move 800 miles away.
I ran my own business from home -—1980 to present.
I found the clients.
I paid for the utilities.
I paid for the gas & auto costs.
I secured new clients.
I paid for all my supplies & computer costs to do the Accounting services I provided.
NO SICK PAY
NO VACATION PAY
NO HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS
Made a decent income.
OWN ALL MY REAL ESTATE/VEHICLES/HORSES, etc. FREE & CLEAR
BTTT
“lived 800 miles away and didn’t want to relocate to the very expensive San Francisco area - so he quit - at 50 “
Yeah that one is a nightmare. 50 year old IT guy is going to have a very hard time. Relocating SF is an even worse option. Bad and worse are your options.
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