Do you think DOGE will eliminate remote policy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am fully remote but fully expect that to change. Yes, I understand that some of us work the entire 8 hours or more, but realistically, most people work less when they work from home. I think it’s disingenuous not to concede that point. I’m not looking forward to RTO but I can concede that if I was in management, I’d want people in the office. We had a longer run post pandemic than most and I’m grateful that I had this brief period in life of remote but it’s a privilege that I never expected to go on indefinitely.

I’m fully remote in another state. So it’s not that easy for me.

[Anonymous]

Pp, I am too

[Anonymous]

Why is it assumed hybrid won’t remain in place? Seems like a good compromise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pp, I am too

So you’ll move? I’d have to quit most likely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a good and interesting and novel new post to put out there.

Np fed, and I agree. I mentioned to a coworker today that I'm baffled by the incessant worry regarding RTO.

Really? People have been working at least hybrid in many cases for several decades and in some cases fully remote since Covid (or before in some cases) and have organized their lives around that schedule. A sudden change is going to require a lot of adjustments especially if the policy eliminates telework entirely. Do you live in this area? The traffic is bad. I live close in and it can easily take me an hour each way so that’s adding two hours every day to my workday.

If it’s a desirable model for employers, you should easily be able to find a comparable job that’s fully remote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be a terrible idea, lots of people who WFH around here voted for trump. He shouldn't want to piss those people off.

What does he care, he's in. He can't run again.

[Anonymous]

Article in the NYT today about DOGE talks about how Senator Ernst of Iowa recommended selling off fed bldgs and making more people remote to save money. So who knows.

[Anonymous]

Apparently this will be the easier way to reduce federal workers.

[Anonymous]

It’s an effective way of getting people to quit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be a terrible idea, lots of people who WFH around here voted for trump. He shouldn't want to piss those people off.

What does he care, he's in. He can't run again.

They’re already scheming so he can

[Anonymous]

Worst case, there will be a ton of loopholes, exemptions, ad hoc, etc. Will swallow the rule.

Plus, who’s going to IMPLEMENT and ENFORCE? The same people getting screwed? Foxes guarding the henhouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s an effective way of getting people to quit

The young and more harder to replace with quit. It is not a good way to end up with he workforce you want.

[Anonymous]

Omg how is this a question?
They told you all Feds back to work however also major layoffs day one. Yes both of these are going to happen.

You are going to lose everything yes you idiots are.

They are going to burn the country to the ground you didn’t listen you voted for this crap now deal
With it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg how is this a question?
They told you all Feds back to work however also major layoffs day one. Yes both of these are going to happen.

You are going to lose everything yes you idiots are.

They are going to burn the country to the ground you didn’t listen you voted for this crap now deal
With it.

I didn’t vote for this crap. But I still get to deal with it

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NBUs should assume the worst. They are the most at risk. They give agencies the easiest way to say...look we tried. We do not have enough space for everyone and we have a union agreement but we brought back the highest grades.

This is already the case in my agency. NBU folks have to be in 3 days, BU are still 2 days/pp and protected by the CBA. So, correct.

Not clear, sorry. NBU folks are 3 days/week. BU are 1 day/week.

Interesting. I’m NBU at my agency and local remote (no days in).