Following Trump's lead, Gov. Abbott pushes state agencies to end telework
BY POOJA SALHOTRA
MARCH 5, 2025
Texas state agency leaders have begun instructing employees to return to the office full time following a directive from Gov. Greg Abbott’s office to end telework policies, according to three emails from agency directors obtained by The Texas Tribune.
“Teleworking employees must return to the office on or before March 31, 2025,” reads a Wednesday email Texas Workforce Commission Executive Director Ed Serna sent to the agency’s 4,700 or so employees. There will be “very limited” exceptions to the policy, and the parameters of those exceptions are still being finalized, Serna wrote.
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At the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the return-to-office directive means employees could be coming back to a building that doesn’t have room for them.
“We quite literally don’t have physical places to put people,” said one employee who asked to remain anonymous. The agency employs about 850 people, and its headquarters are currently under renovations. Emphasis mine.
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As my Granddaddy used to say “ If dumb was dirt, he’d cover about an acre.”
Way to go Greggie!