{"id":1546025,"date":"2022-07-09T16:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546025"},"modified":"2022-07-09T16:49:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:49:14","slug":"hundreds-of-virginia-bureaucrats-quit-after-youngkin-makes-them-show-up-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-virginia-bureaucrats-quit-after-youngkin-makes-them-show-up-in-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Of Virginia Bureaucrats Quit After Youngkin Makes Them Show Up In-Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-of-virginia-bureaucrats-quit-after-youngkin-makes-them-show-up-in-person%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546025&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Over 300 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/virginia\">Virginia<\/a> bureaucrats have quit since Republican Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/glenn-youngkin\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a>\u00a0announced in May that state employees must show up to their jobs following more than two years of remote work since the onset of the COVID pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Employees from five different state agencies resigned after Youngkin\u2019s new work policy, some specifically citing \u201ctelework options\u201d as their reason for leaving, ABC 8 News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/over-300-virginia-state-employees-resign-in-wake-of-gov-youngkin-s-telework-policy\/ar-AAZnoBi?ocid=msedgntp&#038;cvid=0325e002c9cb41bd8cc179656ee1357f\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately we\u2019re not surprised by this information,\u201d Virginia Governmental Employees Association (VGEA) lobbyist Dylan Bishop told the outlet. \u201cWe had anticipated that the shift in policy would result in an exodus of workers, which is really concerning because of the state\u2019s recruitment and retention issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On May 5, Youngkin ordered all state workers to return to in-person work by July 5 to \u201cbalance the demands of government services with the needs of our public servants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe governor is excited to welcome the Commonwealth\u2019s workforce back in person and is encouraged by their continued dedication to serving Virginians,\u201d Rob Damschen, Youngkin\u2019s deputy communications director said in a statement, according to ABC 8 News. \u201cWe know an office-centric environment fosters collaboration and teamwork and provides an even greater level of service for all Virginians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) took the biggest hit following the governor\u2019s order with 183 employees leaving the agency, according to public records obtained by ABC 8 News. Twenty-eight VDOT workers named \u201ctelework options\u201d as their reason for leaving the agency. Other VDOT employees said they were quitting over compensation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Between May 5 and June 27, the Virginia Department of Health lost 78 employees, and the Virginia Employment Commission had 38 workers quit. The Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Emergency Management lost 13 workers combined from May 5 through the first week of July.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin\u2019s policy change was met with immediate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/politics\/on-state-employee-survey-youngkins-telework-policy-called-total-chaos\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\">resistance<\/a> as some bureaucrats mentioned the burdens of childcare and high gas prices as reasons they oppose returning to in-person work. A survey of 400 state employees released by the VGEA in early June showed that 50% of respondents were concerned with high gas prices and 25% mentioned childcare as the number one issue they were against returning to the office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The VGEA requested Youngkin to delay the new in-person policy to September 12, but Youngkin kept the July 5 date.<\/p>\n<p>The new policy allowed for bureaucrats to submit applications to work remotely for part of the week. Agency heads must approve requests for remote work one day per week, while any requests for two days of working from home each week must be approved by cabinet secretaries. Youngkin\u2019s Chief of Staff Jeff Goettman reviews any application for three or more days of remote work each week.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 300 Virginia bureaucrats have quit since Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin\u00a0announced in May that state employees must show up to their jobs following more than two years of remote work since the onset of the COVID pandemic.\u00a0 Employees from five different state agencies resigned after Youngkin\u2019s new work policy, some specifically citing \u201ctelework options\u201d as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1547317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1546025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1546025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1547317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1546025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1546025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1546025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}