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The footage quickly sparked a firestorm online, with many calling out the inefficiency of remote work within federal agencies.
Jeremy Carl, a former deputy assistant secretary of the Interior Department, weighed in on the matter. “The problem with work from home in the federal government is that the employees cannot be fired,” he noted. “When you don’t have to show up to the office, and there is no accountability for your performance [and] that is a recipe for disaster.”
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Tech mogul Elon Musk, now head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), kept it short and blunt in response to Loeffler’s video: “No one at work.”
The Great Debate Over Remote Work
While conservatives celebrated the move to restore accountability in federal agencies, others pushed back, claiming the shift back to in-office work would be detrimental to families and workers’ well-being.
Market researcher Anna Matson voiced her opposition, calling Trump’s return-to-office policy “one of the worst Trump policies.”
“There used to be one parent at home and one that worked. Now, both parents must work to survive. Adding 2-3 hours a day to their workday significantly reduces time with their family. If we want to support families, work from home when feasible should remain,” she argued.
She also highlighted the long commutes faced by many federal employees, noting, “I don’t want to name names, but I heard from an employee who is the best in their department that they will quit and work in the private sector for much more money instead of driving in DC traffic 4 hours round trip. Maybe if offices were more spread out, that would be one thing. But that is unpaid time that could be better spent raising a family.”
While Matson lamented the hardships of commuting, the reality is that two-parent working households have been the norm for decades—long before Trump’s first term and certainly before his second.
Trump Administration Targets the ‘Deep State’
Loeffler’s crackdown on remote work aligns with broader efforts by the Trump administration to rein in what they call “deep state” bureaucrats embedded in federal agencies.
Earlier this month, Alina Habba, former Trump attorney and now White House counselor, made it clear that the administration has no intention of keeping government employees who are not aligned with its vision.
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During a Fox News interview, host Sean Hannity asked, “Why would it be that deep state institutionalists, people that work for Jack Smith, that worked overtime night and day to put Donald Trump in jail, why wouldn’t Donald Trump get to pick his own people? Why would he be stuck with that group of people?”
Habba didn’t mince words. “I love that you asked me this question, Sean. You know what I would say to all the liberals freaking out? Yeah, no, here we go. Ready? If you’re Biden and I’m in the DOJ, are you leaving me there, Biden? I don’t think so,” she responded.
She continued, “Look, the truth of the matter is this. You’re not America first. They were divisiveness. They were the party of attack. They were the party of politicization of the law, fair justice, and injustice.”
A Federal Workforce on Notice
With Trump’s directive to bring employees back into the office, the days of unchecked remote work in federal agencies may be coming to an end. As Loeffler takes the reins at the SBA, her message is loud and clear: accountability is back, and it’s time to return to work.
