OPM Guidance on COVID-19
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Anonymous
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Can anyone confirm if that building has gone to telework status?
Per Google, that's a DHS building. They could've ended a lease there and moved elsewhere, unrelated. Department-Homeland Security 301 7th St SW, Washington, DC 20407 The building was previously occupied by both GSA and DHS; GSA recently moved out. DHS is still requiring us to report in person, despite TW capabilities. Outside of our routinely scheduled TW days, we must come into the office. They're taking the same approach as many other agencies -until an actual confirmed case presents itself in OUR building, they're not going to send us home or allow 100% TW. It's only a matter of time... |
Anonymous
| If we can telework, why are we not being allowed to voluntarily telework???? Would work rather us take off and use annual leave? That just means the work is not getting done. |
Anonymous
+1,000,000. And as my spouse is still overseas, all the childcare is on me. |
Anonymous
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My agency is now using episodic and medical telework in lieu of an OPM directive. Our entire Division will be teleworking as of Monday.
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Anonymous
Same. Although we still don't have flexibility with work hours, which is annoying seeing as most of what I do doesn't matter if I do it at 10am or 8pm. DH has a maxi-flex schedule, but can't telework so he'll still be going in. We'll figure it out somehow, but with two kids under 5 at home I expect we'll both need to take some leave. I think it's important to take care of ourselves and not burn out trying to get 8hrs in every day because that makes you more susceptible to getting sick. |
Anonymous
| Did anyone else expect President Trump to announce all feds would telework? I missed most of it, but I don't get the impression he said anything about that? |
Anonymous
I didn’t. The man doesn’t care about feds at all |
Anonymous
Has there been much out of OPM at all? It seems like all the decisions are being made on an agency-by-agency basis. |
Anonymous
They have guidance that most agencies do not appear to be following. |
Anonymous
| My agency pretty much told everyone to telework. |
Anonymous
Yup. Glad they finally announced some expansion of telework, but silly it only applies to some select employees when we are in a unique position in that most people have work that can be done fully remote. |
Anonymous
We were explicitly told that. |
Anonymous
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This article explains a lot about OPM’s response:
Federal personnel chief quits abruptly amid coronavirus planning for the workforce of 2.1 million https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-personnel-chief-quits-abruptly-in-the-midst-of-coronarivus-planning-for-the-workforce-of-21-million/2020/03/17/9f9dce98-689d-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html “Office of Personnel Management chief Dale Cabaniss resigned in frustration following months of tension with the White House budget office and more recently with its newly configured staffing office and a political appointee the office installed at OPM in the last month, according to three people familiar with her decision. Cabaniss thought that she was being micromanaged and that her authority was not respected, the people said.“ |
Anonymous
| What is going to happen to us who work in agencies where telework is impossible sounds like we are just being told "oh well" and just come to work and pretend nothing is happening |
Anonymous
Can I know how you got a job there? My selfish cousins have jobs there by referring one another. They don't want to refer anyone else instead indicating they apply through USA jobs. Both have high school degrees with no prior government experience. Only one used to be army. |