BI spoke with four Trump-supporting federal workers about the president’s workforce mandates.
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Good morning. Hallam Bullock here, writing to you from London. Our US team is observing Presidents‘ Day, so I’m bringing you a shorter version of the newsletter.
In case you missed it, Jamie Dimon’s comments on work-from-home last week went viral. In a leaked recording, the JPMorgan CEO explained to staffers why remote work is a detriment to his company — using language that was at times colorful and confrontational.
However, copies of the audio obtained by BI suggest that remote work was just a sliver of the conversation. Dimon also addressed a wide range of issues, including the impact of AI, reducing corporate bureaucracy, and the bank’s fintech failings.
In today’s big story, many federal workers have expressed outrage and despair at President Donald Trump’s workforce mandates — but what do the ones who voted for him think? BI spoke with four Trump-supporting federal workers to find out.The big storyTrump’s workforce blitz
„It shouldn’t have come to this.“
That’s what one federal worker who voted for Trump told BI amid the president’s ongoing efforts to reduce the federal workforce. And no, they haven’t changed their stance on supporting Trump.
As of last Thursday, about 75,000 federal employees had accepted the president’s buyout offer.
