Oregon's federal employees ordered back to the office
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Oregon has the fourth-highest share of federal workers who work remotely, which could cause an exodus after President Trump ordered all such employees to return to the office full time.
Why it matters: Trump's return-to-office executive order is part of a broader effort to cut the size of the bureaucracy.
- Yes, but: Experts told Axios' Emily Peck that the federal government will have a tougher time attracting and retaining talented employees.
By the numbers: Of the nearly 40,000 federal workers in Oregon, more than 17% said they worked from home at least once per week, per data from the U.S. Census.
- That's well above the national average of 12.7%.
- It's also higher than any other state or district except Maryland, Vermont and Washington, D.C.
What they're saying: "Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome," Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who stepped down from DOGE, wrote last year in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece.
Zoom in: It's not just the federal government, either.
- Mayor Keith Wilson recently announced that roughly 700 city managers and supervisors would be required to work in-office, full time.
- That move came after Wilson originally said all 7,000 city employees would need to work in person, a position he backtracked from after receiving pushback from labor unions.