How state workers convinced one department to reverse return-to-office order

Sacramento Bee ^ | June 18, 2025 | By William Melhado

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In the immediate aftermath of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that public employees would be back in office four days a week in July, many of the elected officials who have independent control over their agencies, like the Attorney General’s Office or the State Controller’s Office, held off on making abrupt changes to their telework policies.

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Those included concerns with parking availability, internet bandwidth in the office and spacing issues.

Poor over paid, underworked, unneeded babies. Get 14 paid holidays a year plus personal time off. Get your fannies back in the office like the rest of us.

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Having telework eligible employees return in person to an office everyday is sheer antiquated stupidity. It is not cost effective and a waste of resources. Hybrid telework (some days in office, some days telework) has been shown by every serious working study, to be the best situation for employer and employee.