RTO and 1102 workforce
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Anonymous
| We all know there was a push to make acquisitions positions remote to attract contracting personnel with federal experience. With the exception of the intel community, I can't think of one 1102 who is working in the office. Not one. So what say you, 1102s? Now that it seems likely there will be a RTO of 5 days, are you jumping ship to private sector contract management? |
Anonymous
| 1109 here that is currently remote. While RTO in some capacity might seem imminent, leadership is very skeptical that it will be 5 days a week as it was never that pre-Covid. I don’t plan to jump ship and I don’t know any 1102s who plan to either. Most fed employees will weather the storm or those that can will retire. I don’t know why people think private sector is any safer. |
Anonymous
| 1102 here and going to office 2 days a week. My agency's procurement arm has been going through a major change since our longtime leader retired about 4 years ago. We are now going through a reorg that will change the way we handle client offices by utilizing a category management approach. We hired a lot of new folks - many of which are remote and hundreds/thousands of miles outside the Beltway. The role we play is inherently governmental (deeply). While we have contractor support, those TPCs can never hold warrants. That said, I see a critical push to not exercise option periods for staffing task orders/contracts. I also see the DOGE IT-bro types getting tripped up by the FAR (plus agency supplements) in a major way. There will be a hiring freeze, and a LOT of supervisory roles will be held in "acting" status. |
Anonymous
I see this happening as well. There is a quiet panic at our place to get some staffing BPAs in place ASAP just in case we start losing govies and can't rehire. But I don't see it happening in time. Your point about the FAR is interesting. Is this perhaps one of the federal regulations they could set their sights on as going away? What a $*%show that would be. Holy moly. Can you imagine the corruption? |
Anonymous
| I would love for a new set of regulations to take the place of the archaic FAR. It’s an ass-backwards collection of processes and rules collected over the course of 70 years. Start fresh and keep it right at 30 pages or so (yes, I am being dead serious). |
Anonymous
| For all the 1102s: do you basically need to be a veteran to get a job as an 1102? |
Anonymous
I wasn't. Most of the 1102 positions I see are direct hire with no veteran's preference. There is so much turnover...agencies usually get permission to do all sorts of things to attract 1102s. It definitely doesn't hurt to be a vet, especially at the lower GS levels, but it's not one of those positions that automatically get filled by vets. |
Anonymous
I understand that for sure. There has to be a better way. |
Anonymous
No, but I started as intern in the FCIP and worked my way up. We do have a lot of veterans and former DoD employees, though. There are VERY few people under the age of 30 in the 1102 world (or at my agency in general). Agencies are doing whatever they can to retain talent, but there really aren't many retention tricks in the book that can be used when an experienced GS 14 CO walks out the door. It's interesting though because I have seen a number of folks leave for the private sector and very few ever return to the govt, which is a major loss to the taxpayer. It takes a lot of time and money to train up an 1102, plus add in even more expenses if a clearance is involved. Either way, warranted COs with clearances are probably going to be in much better shape than a LOT of other jobs series in this administration. |
Anonymous
The FCIP was abolished by Obama. It’s why there are so few government employees under 30. We can’t hire the most qualified. Anytime I post a DEU announcement, it’s full of veterans with Strayer and University of Phoenix online degrees. |
Anonymous
| Very few young people under want to work for the government. If they do, they sure won't take a GS-7 starting salary. Beggars can be choosers, apparently. |
Anonymous
| What are FCIP and DEU? |
Anonymous
I've seen this, too. I think the next year is going to be really interesting for procurement. Man I would love for 95% of the FAR to go away. |
Anonymous
| Oh yea - the FAR is hands down one of the worst regs in the govt arena. Hell, FAR 15 was written by the devil himself. The Clinton gang did some streamlining the mid 90s, but it added to the confusion in many cases. Really, the govt. has quite a few solid writers and wordsmiths. Let's put them to work to craft a solid procurement guide from the ground up - one that is user-friendly written in plain English and not legalese. Borrow the absolute best bits and pieces from existing regs and supplements and shut off everything else. |
Anonymous
yes please |