During a sprawling self-congratulatory recap of his first year in his second term on Jan. 20, Donald Trump proudly listed what he described as major accomplishments. Among them was an executive order forcing federal employees to return to in-person work or be fired. Oh, and definitely don’t play golf.
Trump wanted everyone back in the office. No excuses, no flexibility, and no working from home “on your bed,” as he put it. Remote work, he said, was a scam. Workers were lounging at home, sneaking off to ball fields, or, his favorite accusation, playing golf. “You can’t run a country or a company that way,” Trump declared.
