Vivek Ramaswamy says govt staff are ‘in tears’ in prospect of 5 days work – Times of India

Vivek Ramaswamy hinted that DOGE may take a leaf out of how Argentina cut cost.

A day after Vivek Ramaswamy revealed that his Department of Government Efficiency is looking to ax complete agencies which are not contributing to the country’s development but incurring costs on the government, the new DOGE co-chief said the government staff are teras in the prospect of being asked to return to the office five days per week. “I’m hearing via allies that federal government unions are scrambling to update their collective bargaining agreements to avoid getting fired. The prospect of being asked to return to the office 5 days per week like most working Americans apparently has them ‘in tears’,” Ramaswamy posted on X.

Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk also made a post claiming that 85 per cent of the federal workforce only have to come in one day a month. “Did you know that 85% of the federal workforce works from home and only have to come in one day a month? On any given day, only 17% of the federal workforce is in a federal office building working. Many hold other jobs. It’s one giant looting operation and US taxpayers are their mark. DOGE is coming,” Kirk posted.

The DOGE has a mandate to cut the flab of the government and make it more efficient. It will be recommending several measures in which several agencies and likely to be axed resulting in job losses. DOGE will dissolve on July 4, 2026 — the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’s signing.
In an interview on Fox, Vivek Ramaswamy Sunday said that there would be sweeping changes and as early and quickly as possible.
“This is about restoring self-governance and accountability in America as well. Elected leaders, if they make the wrong decisions, voters have a great choice. You can vote them out and remove them. Most of the people making these decisions from health care to the Department of Defense are failing on effectiveness because they have no accountability. Historically, it’s been the view of many scholars to say that those people could not even be fired. Now we take a different view with the environment the Supreme Court has given us in recent years, and we’re going to use that in a pretty extensive way to move quickly,” Ramaswamy explained.
Ramaswamy also cited Argentina President Javier Milei’s example who cut 70000 state jobs.