Do you think DOGE will eliminate remote policy?

[Anonymous]

I have been on remote status since Covid. After Covid was over, my workstation has also changed to home address, but I am locally remote, not far away from office. I think it is normal for most people to spend one hour on commute to/from DC each way, that is two hours on commute each day.

My agency has also reduced a lot of office space, and there is no enough office space for every to move back. There is absolutely no additional funding to get office space.

I really enjoy being remote, and I am more productive when I work from home, I keep my laptop on for long time per day. I definitely work more than 8 hours per day, free for overtime work.

It makes me feel a little anxious about career, I care about remote policy a lot.

[Anonymous]

This is a good and interesting and novel new post to put out there.

[Anonymous]

It would be a terrible idea, lots of people who WFH around here voted for trump. He shouldn't want to piss those people off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a good and interesting and novel new post to put out there.

Np fed, and I agree. I mentioned to a coworker today that I'm baffled by the incessant worry regarding RTO.

[Anonymous]

WFH saves the government money.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Yes I do think DOGE will eliminate the remote policy.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised Biden didn't do that already if you're local remote.

[Anonymous]

DOGE is just two guys in room. They’re not Congress, an office or anything. Baddies how long til Trump gets sick if musk and moves on to his next shiny object?

[Anonymous]

We were all moved from local remote to telework after the pandemic. It was easy even though we had our home address and not the office. The agency had given up space so the operations team had to figure out they days that different groups could come in. We still have telework with core in office days.

No one knows what will happen, but you should take the time to prepare to be in the office and update your resume. Control what you can and the rest will happen so no point in worrying.

[Anonymous]

OP, unless someone from the Administration is cruising DCUM, no one here knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were all moved from local remote to telework after the pandemic. It was easy even though we had our home address and not the office. The agency had given up space so the operations team had to figure out they days that different groups could come in. We still have telework with core in office days.

No one knows what will happen, but you should take the time to prepare to be in the office and update your resume. Control what you can and the rest will happen so no point in worrying.

I think this is what the Trump administration doesn't realize. You can't reduce office space to save money and then require people back in 5 days a week. My own company did a similar thing and people have nowhere to sit. I wouldn't worry too much OP. They clearly have no plan other than to make people quit/retire.

[Anonymous]

NBUs should assume the worst. They are the most at risk. They give agencies the easiest way to say...look we tried. We do not have enough space for everyone and we have a union agreement but we brought back the highest grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: The agency had given up space so the operations team had to figure out they days that different groups could come in. .

So you guys share desks? That is bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DOGE is just two guys in room. They’re not Congress, an office or anything. Baddies how long til Trump gets sick if musk and moves on to his next shiny object?

Exactly.

They’re fighting now and will hate each other by February.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NBUs should assume the worst. They are the most at risk. They give agencies the easiest way to say...look we tried. We do not have enough space for everyone and we have a union agreement but we brought back the highest grades.

This is already the case in my agency. NBU folks have to be in 3 days, BU are still 2 days/pp and protected by the CBA. So, correct.