New Delhi, March 17 -- US federal government employees who were forced to return to working from office from January 20 have described chaotic workplace conditions in government buildings, including cockroach-infested offices, as they returned after years of working from home.

US President Donald Trump had ordered government employees to return to work full-time from their offices as part of efforts to reshape and reorient the 2.3 million strong federal workforce. The administration seeks to cut "wasteful expenditure" and improve "efficiency" with the help of billionaire Elon Musk, the head of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

At NASA headquarters in Washington, just a mile from the U.S. Capitol, employees returned to an infes...