telework and the federal attorney

[Anonymous]

Our agency allows it.

[Anonymous]

I work for the Smithsonian, though not as an attorney. In general, it depends on who your manager is, so it is totally random and unfair. Hopefully the new opm directive will help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I made a typo in my original post that really confused the issue. I currently WORK at an agency that does not allow telework and am LOOKING for agency's that do.

I am aware of the OPM polciy in favor of telework, my Department's policy in favor of telework and even my specific sub-agency's policy in favor of telework. All of that means nothing when my management issues a directive saying that attorneys are ineligible. Reasons given were budgetary and security, both bogus.

Thanks for your reponses.

That wasn't a typo but a crucial mistake totally changing the meaning of what you were asking. I find that a frightening mistake for an attorney to make. How long have you been out of law school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I made a typo in my original post that really confused the issue. I currently WORK at an agency that does not allow telework and am LOOKING for agency's that do.

I am aware of the OPM polciy in favor of telework, my Department's policy in favor of telework and even my specific sub-agency's policy in favor of telework. All of that means nothing when my management issues a directive saying that attorneys are ineligible. Reasons given were budgetary and security, both bogus.

Thanks for your reponses.

That wasn't a typo but a crucial mistake totally changing the meaning of what you were asking. I find that a frightening mistake for an attorney to make. How long have you been out of law school?

So attorneys are not allowed to make mistakes on a anonymous, meaningless message board? Interesting perspective. Stupid whore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I made a typo in my original post that really confused the issue. I currently WORK at an agency that does not allow telework and am LOOKING for agency's that do.

I am aware of the OPM polciy in favor of telework, my Department's policy in favor of telework and even my specific sub-agency's policy in favor of telework. All of that means nothing when my management issues a directive saying that attorneys are ineligible. Reasons given were budgetary and security, both bogus.

Thanks for your reponses.

That wasn't a typo but a crucial mistake totally changing the meaning of what you were asking. I find that a frightening mistake for an attorney to make. How long have you been out of law school?

So attorneys are not allowed to make mistakes on a anonymous, meaningless message board? Interesting perspective. Stupid whore.

An attorney on an anonymous forum or in other instance where a word is crucial should not make such a glaring error. If this attorney were representing a client and left out a crucial word entirely changing the meaning of what was written or said would have disastrous effects. As for your other comment, you are a sad, pathetic, ignorant nobody.

[Anonymous]

13:53, please remove the stick.

[Anonymous]

I'm going to have to agree with 13:53, I read the post a few times and was confused. Perhaps you can't telework because your supervisor would like to keep a closer eye on you.

[Anonymous]

"So attorneys are not allowed to make mistakes on a anonymous, meaningless message board? Interesting perspective."

An attorney who makes a LOT of mistakes on AN anonymous ... board loses credibility.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I can't telework because no attorney in my office (OGC) is permitted to telework. Quite honestly, I wasn't all that interested in telework until the directive came out explicitly forbidding it. I guess you always want what you can't have! I'm just wondering how rare it is for the option not to even be available on some level.

Thanks for all the responses. Feel free to keep making assumptions about my competency if it pleases you.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't ever want to telework. You quickly miss out on things that happen in the office if you're out more than one day a week, and I can't see how anyone could be a good supervisor working from home 20 or 40% of the time. Plus, the socialization is a major reason I choose to work.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I agree with you for the most part PP. I wouldn't want to telework more than one day per week. I like the social interaction. I need to be here a lot of the time to servie my client. And I wouldn't want to blur the line between work and home too much.

That being said, one day per week when I wouldn't have to rush my kids to daycare in the morning, but could instead linger over breakfast, shoot them to daycare and still "be at my desk" on time would be so nice. One day a week when I could really dedicate the time to putting together a nice dinner would be nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I can't telework because no attorney in my office (OGC) is permitted to telework. Quite honestly, I wasn't all that interested in telework until the directive came out explicitly forbidding it. I guess you always want what you can't have! I'm just wondering how rare it is for the option not to even be available on some level.

Thanks for all the responses. Feel free to keep making assumptions about my competency if it pleases you.

Will do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I made a typo in my original post that really confused the issue. I currently WORK at an agency that does not allow telework and am LOOKING for agency's that do.

I am aware of the OPM polciy in favor of telework, my Department's policy in favor of telework and even my specific sub-agency's policy in favor of telework. All of that means nothing when my management issues a directive saying that attorneys are ineligible. Reasons given were budgetary and security, both bogus.

Thanks for your reponses.

That wasn't a typo but a crucial mistake totally changing the meaning of what you were asking. I find that a frightening mistake for an attorney to make. How long have you been out of law school?

So attorneys are not allowed to make mistakes on a anonymous, meaningless message board? Interesting perspective. Stupid whore.

An attorney on an anonymous forum or in other instance where a word is crucial should not make such a glaring error. If this attorney were representing a client and left out a crucial word entirely changing the meaning of what was written or said would have disastrous effects. As for your other comment, you are a sad, pathetic, ignorant nobody.

Please. This is silly. Not the OP or PP you were responding to, but she is likely dashing this off quickly, and this is not the same stakes as a work project or email. Do you seriously take the same pains to dash out a quick question on DCUM that you do when you are crafting a work memo? I doubt it, and if you do, you have too much time on your hands. Give her a break. She had a quick question, and within 5 minutes she got some good answers pointing her in the right direction. Done and done.

[Anonymous]

"Give her a break. She had a quick question, and within 5 minutes she got some good answers pointing her in the right direction. Done and done. "

Your standards are too low for my fed office. Crappy writing by a professional should never be rewarded. Done and done.

[Anonymous]

Wow, there are some people on this thread who are really rude and mean! Like you've NEVER, EVER committed a typo before. PLEASE!!

I wouldn't ever want to telework. You quickly miss out on things that happen in the office if you're out more than one day a week, and I can't see how anyone could be a good supervisor working from home 20 or 40% of the time. Plus, the socialization is a major reason I choose to work.

I'm one of the VA attorneys on this thread. At my department, supervisory attorneys are not permitted to telework. My position is also fairly solitary, so the socialization aspect is not really an issue for me. Missing out on things that happen in the office ... can't argue with this, which is why I make an effort to go to a lot of the professional development sessions and happy hours, etc., that I might not otherwise consider going to if I were in the office 5 days a week.

OP, these are all things to consider if you are thinking about moving to an agency that will allow you to telework.