Democrat Staffers Blow Gasket Over Finally Being Asked To Work In-Person

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) ordered its employees in the Washington D.C. area return to work at its headquarters in February 2026 — only to be met with widespread fury from both staff members and their union.

DNC chairman Ken Martin announced Wednesday in a staff-wide meeting employees would be expected to work five days a week from the committee’s Capitol Hill office, and complaints from both in-person employees and those attending the meeting via Zoom flooded in immediately, according to the New York Times (NYT). A cascade of thumbs down emojis from online attendees piled up on the screen, and the Employees International Union blasted the move as “callous.”

During the meeting, Martin told disgruntled employees if they did not want to return to work, they should consider finding employment elsewhere. It will be the first time since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic that workers at the DNC will be required to work in the office.

“It was shocking to see the DNC chair disregard staff’s valid concerns on today’s team call,” the union wrote to the Times. “DNC staff worked extremely hard to support historic wins for Democrats up and down the ballot last Tuesday, and this change feels especially callous considering the current economic conditions created by the Trump administration.”

The DNC did not respond to the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

Republican National Committee (RNC) National Press Secretary Kiersten Pels said the DNC’s situation was “hilarious” in a Thursday X post