By Sarah Katherine Sisk (Amac)
A new report shows that President Donald Trump has delivered on his promise to end the federal government’s work-from-home frenzy, which in many cases saw bureaucrats doing little to no actual work while still collecting a paycheck from taxpayers.
According to a Gallup survey out earlier this month, just 26 percent of federal employees are now fully remote – down from 40 percent in 2022, well after the COVID-19 pandemic had subsided. At the same time, the number of hybrid employees has plummeted from over 60 percent last July to 28 percent, while the share of fully in-person workers has shot up from less than 20 percent last year to 46 percent.
That remarkable turnaround is credited to Trump’s return-to-office mandate. On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order directing agencies to end pandemic-era remote work arrangements and begin moving toward full-time, in-person workplaces, effective March 10.