California State Workers Freaking Out Over Return To Work Mandate

I’m actually on Gavin Newsom’s side here, though, good grief, it’s halfway through 2026, and a return to work mandate is kicking in now?

Gavin Newsom’s delivers brutal message to workers fighting July 1 return to office mandate

Gov. Gavin Newsom is barreling ahead with forcing California state workers back to the office, flatly rejecting calls to soften a return-to-work mandate that unions warn could trigger a “mass exodus” of employees.

Starting July 1, roughly 100,000 state workers will be required to report to the office or the field four days a week, leaving just one day for telework under Newsom’s long-delayed executive order.

Despite mounting backlash from organized labor and state employees, the governor made it clear there will be no retreat.

Asked directly whether he’d consider easing the four-day in-office requirement, Newsom didn’t blink.

“No chance.”

He doubled down moments later, on a call with KCRA saying, “It’s ridiculous, four days a week.”

ZOMG, 4 days a week! How horrible to have to go into the office you were hired to work at! Let’s be honest, most of the jobs are Theater Kids jobs, no real work required and no accountability, does the People’s Republic Of California actually need them? Would PRC residents be better off without them?

The showdown is already escalating with SEIU Local 1000, the state’s largest employee union, which has warned the mandate could spark a wave of departures if enforced.

Union leadership argues workers have successfully kept state government running under hybrid schedules since the pandemic and see no justification for the stricter requirement.

Yeah, they’ve done a bang-up job, what with all those people Escaping CA.

I don’t think it’s particularly helpful to take part in a remote work event at the beach, either for the current job or for future jobs. There are multiple photos of people at the event. No one really thinks they are actually working except for the photos, right? It’s hilarious the situations that Democrats and their voters manufacture, eh?