How Often Are Some Federal Workers in the Office?

Marc Andreessen says most federal workers never came back to the office and still draw a paycheck. At one federal agency, the union negotiated the return from COVID, and the agreement requires people to be in the office one day a month.

Something like half, a very large percentage, never came back at all. They stay on the job and work from home. Some federal agencies employ civil servants with full civil service protections who are also unionized, and the taxpayer covers the entire payroll. Civil service protections are a made-up arrangement. The Constitution contains no concept of them.

The one-day rule means the office requirement is a single day each month. Workers can keep the job, the protections, and the union deal while staying out of the office the other days.