Anyone get telework approved at SEC?

[Anonymous]

Gathering intel on whether supervisors are being strict or not with allowing situational telework. Anyone get telework approved this week?

[Anonymous]

No. Now is not the time to be annoying. Lay low if you want to stay employed.

[Anonymous]

You should just be glad you have a job.

[Anonymous]

Here we go again. No and please stop with this.

[Anonymous]

I’m now hearing some managers say one or two per week but not to make it a pattern. In other words, don’t always do Tuesday’s because that then creates a telework permanent schedule impression.
So you’d scatter your days on Monday and then Thursday the next week, as an example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m now hearing some managers say one or two per week but not to make it a pattern. In other words, don’t always do Tuesday’s because that then creates a telework permanent schedule impression.
So you’d scatter your days on Monday and then Thursday the next week, as an example.

One to two a week is really pushing it, even if the days are varied.

We’ve been back for a month and people have been allowed to telework for medical appointments or a workman type thing, but if they have that weekly, you’ll probably have some issues.

[Anonymous]

Just quit because the government is bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here we go again. No and please stop with this.

+1. The ad hoc policy was made available to everyone. There's nothing to discuss.

I'm becoming convinced the person starting all these threads is a resentful spouse of an employee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here we go again. No and please stop with this.

+1. The ad hoc policy was made available to everyone. There's nothing to discuss.

I'm becoming convinced the person starting all these threads is a resentful spouse of an employee.

There is, or at least there will be after a while of the policy in practice.

Depending on how the policy is interpreted, there could be a decent bit of flexibility—if people are reasonable about what they consider reasonable—it ain’t going be what it was even pre-Covid, or it could be very limited and require a fairly specific and unique reason to take an ad hoc day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here we go again. No and please stop with this.

. On the one hand, I agree with this. On the other, I’m so effing tired of being told to appreciate that we have jobs and don’t complain about the reductions in our working conditions. I’m at another agency and RTO is killing me. It’s not because I’m lazy or because I didn’t work when at home. It’s because my whole life was organized around a benefit I’ve had since 2015. But yeah, don’t complain and be happy with less and less, while giving more and more. It sucks. We SHOULD be pushing back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here we go again. No and please stop with this.

+1. The ad hoc policy was made available to everyone. There's nothing to discuss.

I'm becoming convinced the person starting all these threads is a resentful spouse of an employee.

There is, or at least there will be after a while of the policy in practice.

Depending on how the policy is interpreted, there could be a decent bit of flexibility—if people are reasonable about what they consider reasonable—it ain’t going be what it was even pre-Covid, or it could be very limited and require a fairly specific and unique reason to take an ad hoc day.

If it varies with supervisor, then it doesn't matter what other people get. Anybody who tries to say "but so and so got to do this" is going to get the discrepancy resolved against employees (more strict), not loosened for all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here we go again. No and please stop with this.

. On the one hand, I agree with this. On the other, I’m so effing tired of being told to appreciate that we have jobs and don’t complain about the reductions in our working conditions. I’m at another agency and RTO is killing me. It’s not because I’m lazy or because I didn’t work when at home. It’s because my whole life was organized around a benefit I’ve had since 2015. But yeah, don’t complain and be happy with less and less, while giving more and more. It sucks. We SHOULD be pushing back.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here we go again. No and please stop with this.

. On the one hand, I agree with this. On the other, I’m so effing tired of being told to appreciate that we have jobs and don’t complain about the reductions in our working conditions. I’m at another agency and RTO is killing me. It’s not because I’m lazy or because I didn’t work when at home. It’s because my whole life was organized around a benefit I’ve had since 2015. But yeah, don’t complain and be happy with less and less, while giving more and more. It sucks. We SHOULD be pushing back.

You're absolutely right. Enough is enough.

[Anonymous]

it's spring break for most school districts. i've taken the entire week off because i have an elementary-aged kid. it sucks because i'm going to have to work through some fires and probably won't even get to earn credit hours for it.

it also sucks because i'd thought i'd at least be able to go on a nice vacation but instead i'm saving all i can because who knows if the checks will keep coming and for how long.

[Anonymous]

For us it's very strictly applied. You have to have an appointment in the middle of the day such that you couldn't commit either earlier or later in the day and there has to be a pressing need for you to work that day vs just taking leave for the whole day. It is a very high bar to meet so we won't be doing it more than once every few months, if that.