What is your federal agency telling you re: RTO? (No other rants/comments!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No more telework. Full compliance by March 3.

Which agency?

[Anonymous]

FTC

[Anonymous]

DOL non-barg unit (non-union) in dc area must return to office full time by Feb 9.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Federal Reserve full return to office starting Monday which they haven’t fully announced yet. Great leadership. EO’s don’t even apply to us. People are going to be jumping ship fast.


You serious?

spouse is employed at the board and has been remote for 10 years. We live over 90 miles from DC. They have not gotten word yet on what to do next week.Maybe they could use a desk as a reserve bank that is closer to us, but they would just be doing exactly what they do at home, at someone else's workplace (which is mostly talk loudly on zoom).

Your situation is not unique. This is many people at many agencies.

I’ve been in the office doing almost exclusively virtual meetings for years. That’s what most of us do in the office.

[Anonymous]

SEC - only managers have to go in! Staff can continue to telework 4 days a week!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Department of Commerce return to office. No date set. https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/Information%20Memo%20-%20Return%20to%20In-Person%20Work_0.pdf

Exemptions: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Office of Inspector General, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps

It says the memo does not supersede existing CBA!

So BU are off the hook? This is just going to make supervisors super resentful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SEC - only managers have to go in! Staff can continue to telework 4 days a week!

How are they getting away with that?

[Anonymous]

Not sure, I’m shocked to hear candid. The CBA was not worded strongly and they definitely could have argued to make everyone come back. But they chose to only make leadership (managers) return to office. Huge sigh of relief for SEC employees right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure, I’m shocked to hear candid. The CBA was not worded strongly and they definitely could have argued to make everyone come back. But they chose to only make leadership (managers) return to office. Huge sigh of relief for SEC employees right now.

Join the union. You should thank them for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure, I’m shocked to hear candid. The CBA was not worded strongly and they definitely could have argued to make everyone come back. But they chose to only make leadership (managers) return to office. Huge sigh of relief for SEC employees right now.

Hmm, we are similar type agency and our CBA is also not strongly worded. Gives me hope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Department of Commerce return to office. No date set. https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/Information%20Memo%20-%20Return%20to%20In-Person%20Work_0.pdf

Exemptions: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Office of Inspector General, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps

Looks like ppl protected by the union won’t be returning yet. Hope that’s true of all the other agencies too.

[Anonymous]

DOL poster. Glad to know the return date. It’s all ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Department of Commerce return to office. No date set. https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/Information%20Memo%20-%20Return%20to%20In-Person%20Work_0.pdf

Exemptions: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Office of Inspector General, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps

It says the memo does not supersede existing CBA!

So BU are off the hook? This is just going to make supervisors super resentful.

And then when the supervisors inevitably leave, hiring for fully in person is gonna get a lot harder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Department of Commerce return to office. No date set. https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/Information%20Memo%20-%20Return%20to%20In-Person%20Work_0.pdf

Exemptions: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Office of Inspector General, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps

It says the memo does not supersede existing CBA!

So BU are off the hook? This is just going to make supervisors super resentful.

Ugh! If that happens at my Agency, I will feel sorry for all my SES. I foresee a lot of happy hour kvetching over beer/wine in my future.

[Anonymous]

Managers at the SEC must be really pissed tonight.