Musk and Ramaswamy push for five-day office weeks for feds

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leaders of President-elect Donald Trump’s faux Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have proposed a mandatory five-day in-office workweek for federal employees. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, they argued that taxpayers should no longer fund the "Covid-era privilege" of telework and suggested this move could trigger voluntary resignations.

Their broader goals include eliminating $2 trillion from the federal budget, consolidating 400 agencies into 99, and implementing mass staff reductions tied to regulatory cuts. The plan involves using Schedule F to convert civil servants into at-will employees, enabling easier terminations.