Board of Veterans Appeals (Attorney Advisor)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:End of remote work at the Board?

https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Return%20to%20Office%20Memorandum%201-22-2025.pdf

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[Anonymous]

Fellow feds are crashing it. End of remote work.

[Anonymous]

The acting secretary is is just copying and pasting these OPM memos. He won’t except the Board. It would be the incoming secretary that would make that call, and I doubt he gets confirmed before the deadlines in the memo. In other words, the Board is getting called back in to the office by Friday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The acting secretary is is just copying and pasting these OPM memos. He won’t except the Board. It would be the incoming secretary that would make that call, and I doubt he gets confirmed before the deadlines in the memo. In other words, the Board is getting called back in to the office by Friday.

I’m fully remote and live states away, so management had better explain where I need to report.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acting secretary is is just copying and pasting these OPM memos. He won’t except the Board. It would be the incoming secretary that would make that call, and I doubt he gets confirmed before the deadlines in the memo. In other words, the Board is getting called back in to the office by Friday.

I’m fully remote and live states away, so management had better explain where I need to report.

I imagine you could stay in a hotel in dc during the work week and fly home for the weekends. On your own dime, of course.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acting secretary is is just copying and pasting these OPM memos. He won’t except the Board. It would be the incoming secretary that would make that call, and I doubt he gets confirmed before the deadlines in the memo. In other words, the Board is getting called back in to the office by Friday.

I’m fully remote and live states away, so management had better explain where I need to report.

I imagine you could stay in a hotel in dc during the work week and fly home for the weekends. On your own dime, of course.

Do you think you’re funny?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The acting secretary is is just copying and pasting these OPM memos. He won’t except the Board. It would be the incoming secretary that would make that call, and I doubt he gets confirmed before the deadlines in the memo. In other words, the Board is getting called back in to the office by Friday.

Where will everyone sit and do their work? The Board gave up about 70 percent of the office space. The fourth floor was vacated in December.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The acting secretary is is just copying and pasting these OPM memos. He won’t except the Board. It would be the incoming secretary that would make that call, and I doubt he gets confirmed before the deadlines in the memo. In other words, the Board is getting called back in to the office by Friday.

I’m fully remote and live states away, so management had better explain where I need to report.

I imagine you could stay in a hotel in dc during the work week and fly home for the weekends. On your own dime, of course.

Do you think you’re funny?

I wasn’t trying to be funny. I was simply pointing out a potential option for soon to be former remote workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acting secretary is is just copying and pasting these OPM memos. He won’t except the Board. It would be the incoming secretary that would make that call, and I doubt he gets confirmed before the deadlines in the memo. In other words, the Board is getting called back in to the office by Friday.

Where will everyone sit and do their work? The Board gave up about 70 percent of the office space. The fourth floor was vacated in December.

Given the limited space at the Board, management will need to be creative to effectively implement RTO. I recommend calling Dell and asking for assistance. They have a lot of experience designing call centers and can help the Board maximize space utilization. Cubicle bunks and office sharing are possible alternatives.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The acting secretary is is just copying and pasting these OPM memos. He won’t except the Board. It would be the incoming secretary that would make that call, and I doubt he gets confirmed before the deadlines in the memo. In other words, the Board is getting called back in to the office by Friday.

I’m fully remote and live states away, so management had better explain where I need to report.

I imagine you could stay in a hotel in dc during the work week and fly home for the weekends. On your own dime, of course.

Do you think you’re funny?

I wasn’t trying to be funny. I was simply pointing out a potential option for soon to be former remote workers.

Nah, you just didn’t read the memo. Reading is fundamental. I can see why you didn’t last at the Board.

Reading/interpreting this poorly drafted memo, the essence is that remote workers will report to some agency facility within 50 miles from home (alternatively, my SF-50 says that VA can pay to relocate me).

[Anonymous]

Everyone should stop viewing RTO as a negative thing. Look on the bright side, there will likely be a lot of office romances due to working in close proximity with others. There will likely be a baby boom at the Board soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should stop viewing RTO as a negative thing. Look on the bright side, there will likely be a lot of office romances due to working in close proximity with others. There will likely be a baby boom at the Board soon.

You again with your weird sexual fanfic about Board employees. Ick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should stop viewing RTO as a negative thing. Look on the bright side, there will likely be a lot of office romances due to working in close proximity with others. There will likely be a baby boom at the Board soon.

You again with your weird sexual fanfic about Board employees. Ick.

Ick for some, yum for others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should stop viewing RTO as a negative thing. Look on the bright side, there will likely be a lot of office romances due to working in close proximity with others. There will likely be a baby boom at the Board soon.

You again with your weird sexual fanfic about Board employees. Ick.

Ick for some, yum for others.

This guy is waiting for an OPM memo repealing policies against sexual harassment.

[Anonymous]

They are making a list of probationary employees to fire as an initial way to reduce the size of government. They may cut hundreds of our attorney staff all at once as part of the MAGA agenda. This will adversely affect our goal of providing timely decisions to veterans.