Anyone get telework approved at SEC?

[Anonymous]

NP here and I’ve heard the same. Doesn’t anyone talk to anyone in person??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here and I’ve heard the same. Doesn’t anyone talk to anyone in person??

Nonsense. The aim is to get to 2019 levels. As is the goal for many agencies, for obvious reasons.

They’re likely already there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here and I’ve heard the same. Doesn’t anyone talk to anyone in person??

Nonsense. The aim is to get to 2019 levels. As is the goal for many agencies, for obvious reasons.

They’re likely already there.

I heard we were back to 2017 levels but I also heard PA and MU (not that he matters anymore) do not want to do RIFs. Part of that is the optics of laying off market regulators at a time when the market is very volatile.

That doesn't mean they won't make things harder to drive people to quit but not through RIFs.

[Anonymous]

It’s the DOGE affiliate at the SEC who is suggesting the need for a RIF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the DOGE affiliate at the SEC who is suggesting the need for a RIF.

His genius idea to send an email to staff for “ideas for efficiencies” didn’t come up with enough cuts? Shocking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the DOGE affiliate at the SEC who is suggesting the need for a RIF.

So if PA refuses to RIF, what happens? He gets fired (for not laying off market regulators who add nothing to the deficit, after hundreds of staff just left)?

Who would fire him?

[Anonymous]

MU did a Q&A at an industry event a couple weeks ago. Most questions were about the impact on operations with loss of staff.

They can wait six months and do another VERA. RTO is miserable and more people will take it.

But I’ve also heard PA and others do not want a RIF. Guess we will find out quickly how much influence he will have or whether he’s just gonna do whatever he is told to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MU did a Q&A at an industry event a couple weeks ago. Most questions were about the impact on operations with loss of staff.

They can wait six months and do another VERA. RTO is miserable and more people will take it.

But I’ve also heard PA and others do not want a RIF. Guess we will find out quickly how much influence he will have or whether he’s just gonna do whatever he is told to do.

Told by whom, exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MU did a Q&A at an industry event a couple weeks ago. Most questions were about the impact on operations with loss of staff.

As someone who left to biglaw in the last 6 months, I can say that we're sensing a certain weakness -- an opportunity to full court press staff on everything. They're overstretched, scared of generating adverse precedent, and not getting backed up by Division leadership and the 10th floor.

[Anonymous]

If they really want to improve morale they can at least give us the merit increase they withheld because of supposed “bad optics”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they really want to improve morale they can at least give us the merit increase they withheld because of supposed “bad optics”.

I’d trade a raise for telework any day. It is a shame they took away a aenifit available to staff for two decades just to get people to quit. A**hats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP - I have a nanny in the mornings and afternoons and my husband works three days a week from home on a fairly flexible schedule (he makes nearly $1M a year in the private sector). I also have a housekeeper who comes two days a week to handle laundry and cleaning. I am one of the fortunate ones who didn’t have a hard time making the change to RTO.

I didn’t need to be home to do childcare, pickups/drop offs, or household tasks and I’m still miserable just one week in. I just liked being around the house for my kids. In the mornings I’d run downstairs around 8:00 am to make myself a cup of coffee and kiss each of them goodbye. My daughter would come by my office to ask me if her outfit was okay or to help her with her hairbow. Sometimes my kids wanted a special lunch so I’d spent my 30 min lunch grabbing chipotle and dropping it off. I also would linger at my desk after my scheduled ended bc I was focused and wanted to get something done or bc something urgent came up. Without a long commute I picked my son up from daycare at 5pm and had a bit of time to spend with him before doing the dinner/bath/bedtime routine. It also made my travel days easier bc I didn’t feel like I was already away from my kids a lot.

I don’t understand why this has become such an insulting discussion. Some people just like to be around their families.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not offer another VERA/VSIP after we have all been RTO for a few months. Several may have changed their minds!

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Yes!!! I’ll take it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not offer another VERA/VSIP after we have all been RTO for a few months. Several may have changed their minds!

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Yes!!! I’ll take it!

+1

[Anonymous]

Yep