USCIS- compressed/AWS schedules canceled

[Anonymous]

This admin is so incompetent! The best people, lol.

[Anonymous]

Could be worse. My kids job when short staffed they work more. She is doing 80 hours this week. 7am to 10ish six days straight.

That’s crazy. But she is 23 and gets OT

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The lack of notice is so messed up. In addition to plans people may have had on Monday, a lot of the vanpools are designed around an AWS schedule.

Also, how does this work if you already put in your longer days last week for an RDO to occur next week? Do you get overtime? Or some shorter days this week? Because they cannot accept unpaid hours.

We are on maxiflex and I assume if they rescinded AWS we would work shorter days till hit 80. We often work nights and will take half Friday off.

So maxiflex is still available?

No maxiflex and any daily flexibility is cancelled. I didn’t know this when I went to work this morning and now need to take 2 hours of leave to pick up my daughter at school.

So you were leaving after only being in the office for 6ish hours and then "teleworking" some time later in the day at home? Yeah, you are the reason this happened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The lack of notice is so messed up. In addition to plans people may have had on Monday, a lot of the vanpools are designed around an AWS schedule.

Also, how does this work if you already put in your longer days last week for an RDO to occur next week? Do you get overtime? Or some shorter days this week? Because they cannot accept unpaid hours.

We are on maxiflex and I assume if they rescinded AWS we would work shorter days till hit 80. We often work nights and will take half Friday off.

So maxiflex is still available?

No maxiflex and any daily flexibility is cancelled. I didn’t know this when I went to work this morning and now need to take 2 hours of leave to pick up my daughter at school.

So you were leaving after only being in the office for 6ish hours and then "teleworking" some time later in the day at home? Yeah, you are the reason this happened.

Right collective punishment for imaginary offenses. great way to run a workplace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Truly insane (and completely unnecessary) to do this in the middle of a pay period.

Yeah, of all things I don’t understand the fire drill nature of this. What is the value lost from, say, sending out the email notification this morning and having the effective date be next Monday morning?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The lack of notice is so messed up. In addition to plans people may have had on Monday, a lot of the vanpools are designed around an AWS schedule.

Also, how does this work if you already put in your longer days last week for an RDO to occur next week? Do you get overtime? Or some shorter days this week? Because they cannot accept unpaid hours.

We are on maxiflex and I assume if they rescinded AWS we would work shorter days till hit 80. We often work nights and will take half Friday off.

So maxiflex is still available?

No maxiflex and any daily flexibility is cancelled. I didn’t know this when I went to work this morning and now need to take 2 hours of leave to pick up my daughter at school.

So you were leaving after only being in the office for 6ish hours and then "teleworking" some time later in the day at home? Yeah, you are the reason this happened.

DP. Lol. I am not a Fed but I rarely stay in the office for more than 5-6 hours unless I have a heavy meeting load, which is rare. And yes I do telework at home. I get so much head’s down work done in peace (thoughtful email replies, reviewing my team’s output, strategic thinking). I am so glad some companies realize it’s possible to hire talented people and not babysit them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The lack of notice is so messed up. In addition to plans people may have had on Monday, a lot of the vanpools are designed around an AWS schedule.

Also, how does this work if you already put in your longer days last week for an RDO to occur next week? Do you get overtime? Or some shorter days this week? Because they cannot accept unpaid hours.

We are on maxiflex and I assume if they rescinded AWS we would work shorter days till hit 80. We often work nights and will take half Friday off.

So maxiflex is still available?

No maxiflex and any daily flexibility is cancelled. I didn’t know this when I went to work this morning and now need to take 2 hours of leave to pick up my daughter at school.

So you were leaving after only being in the office for 6ish hours and then "teleworking" some time later in the day at home? Yeah, you are the reason this happened.

DP. Lol. I am not a Fed but I rarely stay in the office for more than 5-6 hours unless I have a heavy meeting load, which is rare. And yes I do telework at home. I get so much head’s down work done in peace (thoughtful email replies, reviewing my team’s output, strategic thinking). I am so glad some companies realize it’s possible to hire talented people and not babysit them.

Not USCIS but even in office, the babysitting and micromanaging is out of control. I tell my friends if they like being infantilized in a professional setting, then I know of the perfect place to work (except they aren't hiring right now).

[Anonymous]

This is going to be rolled out all agencies soon enough.

Making us miserable is the point. But the more they do that, the more I double down on staying.

[Anonymous]

OMG, be a little more informed. This is ALL DHS Components and HQ elements, OP, not just USCIS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it apply to contractors too?

NO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The lack of notice is so messed up. In addition to plans people may have had on Monday, a lot of the vanpools are designed around an AWS schedule.

Also, how does this work if you already put in your longer days last week for an RDO to occur next week? Do you get overtime? Or some shorter days this week? Because they cannot accept unpaid hours.

We are on maxiflex and I assume if they rescinded AWS we would work shorter days till hit 80. We often work nights and will take half Friday off.

So maxiflex is still available?

NO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One would think that if agencies and components that did not bring everyone back in office full time had cleared this with higher. If not, it is unquestionably insubordinate and people will, hopefully, be held accountable. As someone who did what I was told and carried on, I find this 12 hour recall satisfying.

Are you stupid? A lot of agencies didn't have room for all of their staff, so people were still working hybrid schedules, and people have been working AWS for years, for like 20-30 years. To cancel something people have had long before Covid is absurd. Stop your MAGA bullshit, you are wrong and your people are nasty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The lack of notice is so messed up. In addition to plans people may have had on Monday, a lot of the vanpools are designed around an AWS schedule.

Also, how does this work if you already put in your longer days last week for an RDO to occur next week? Do you get overtime? Or some shorter days this week? Because they cannot accept unpaid hours.

We are on maxiflex and I assume if they rescinded AWS we would work shorter days till hit 80. We often work nights and will take half Friday off.

So maxiflex is still available?

No maxiflex and any daily flexibility is cancelled. I didn’t know this when I went to work this morning and now need to take 2 hours of leave to pick up my daughter at school.

So you were leaving after only being in the office for 6ish hours and then "teleworking" some time later in the day at home? Yeah, you are the reason this happened.

Do you even know what AWS is? Do you even know what a flexible schedule is? Are you a MAGA bot? Are you even old enough to have a job?

[Anonymous]

4/10 schedules were available to DC feds back in the late 1980s.

[Anonymous]

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