Millions of federal workers were ordered to return to offices across the country in recent weeks, marking an end to Covid-era rules allowing more flexibility to work from home. Many have come back to workplaces that weren’t ready for them.

The Trump administration’s widespread lease terminations are leaving agencies scrambling and federal employees feeling whiplash.

Initial perceptions that hundreds of federal workers would flood downtown San Francisco under President Donald Trump’s strict return-to-office mandate were dispelled Friday, after hundreds of employees of several General Services Administration,