Five weeks in. RTO is literally killing me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to read 21 pages on this, but FFS, the whining is out of control. Think of doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters, grocery workers, construction workers, and the list goes on.

But poor, poor little you. Your life is so hard, having to go in to an office every day.

OK, PP. Those police officers, firefighters, and other workers presumably chose those jobs. Not everyone wants to work at a desk. That’s a good thing obviously, because our society needs all different roles filled in order to function. You know what else? The public was also safer when there weren’t so many cars out on the road every day. Fewer accidents to respond to and police officers, firefighters, and EMTs able to more quickly get to accidents and injured people.

My first job after college paid 28k and I never knew what my weekly schedule was going to be until the Friday before. Sometimes it started at 9am, went to 3pm then I had a 3 hour break and worked at another site 6-9pm. Then it was randomly different the next day. Whatever, I was young, just happy to have a job and be paying back my student loans.

My next job paid 28k and was in a call center 10:30am-7pm. The next one was 35k call center 8-4:30. Next one accounting office 46k 8-4:30. And so on and so forth. The point I am getting at is that in general, we work towards bettering ourselves and our skills in order to have better pay and work conditions. For some people, that can mean eventually working remotely after proving oneself responsible and hardworking, and to have that yanked back for no good reason other than for us to be made miserable is not merely an inconvenience.

Even though his parents are both white collar desk workers, my own son does not want to be a “laptop worker” instead he wants to be a physical therapist or sports trainer. So don’t worry, even the next generation has plenty of people who don’t want to work at a computer all day whether it’s at home or in an office.

And for those workers whose jobs require being at a physical location, their in person presence actually fulfills a purpose, as opposed to a desk worker being randomly assigned a closet to work in while the rest of their team works from other random rooms and locations hundreds of miles away. What’s the point? It’s depressing as f***.

Oh and I am posting this at 4:55 AM, because of insomnia related to IBS and psoriasis flares that just happened to appear within days/weeks of RTO and having to commute to an office 47 miles away after accepting a fully remote position.

Really, PP, just stop talking if you know so little.

DP.

I suspect that poster is simply saying we all have it rough. You have challenges. So do we all. I’m also up all night for my own work-related reasons (not a fed).

It doesn’t have to be a competition of who has it worse. It can generally stink all around.

NP. Yes we all have our challenges. Some are inherent to the job, like firefighting and nursing are just tough jobs in general with brutal schedules. Some challenges are inherent to imperfect human nature. We all can have sucky bosses or colleagues that make the job more miserable than it should be.

Feds are complaining because the new "challenges" imposed are totally arbitrary and done for the purpose of pissing us off personally and destroying the functionality of our jobs. This is a whole new dimension. Imagine if your boss just random decided that to stay employed this week, you must wear pink everyday, and next week you must greet everyone with a smile and audible hi. And also you need to spend 2 minutes jumping up and down on one foot. And oh you need to write a letter and get a doc note for every sick day you take. This is the sh*t we are talking about. The RTO in itself is arbitrary and stupid, but it is combined with countless other stupid policies that often make no sense, make being in the office miserable, and just makes everyone on edge and distracted the actual work that needs to get done.

I would do it. I have a mortgage, kids a wife at home. The trust fund babies on here have low tollerance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to read 21 pages on this, but FFS, the whining is out of control. Think of doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters, grocery workers, construction workers, and the list goes on.

But poor, poor little you. Your life is so hard, having to go in to an office every day.

OK, PP. Those police officers, firefighters, and other workers presumably chose those jobs. Not everyone wants to work at a desk. That’s a good thing obviously, because our society needs all different roles filled in order to function. You know what else? The public was also safer when there weren’t so many cars out on the road every day. Fewer accidents to respond to and police officers, firefighters, and EMTs able to more quickly get to accidents and injured people.

My first job after college paid 28k and I never knew what my weekly schedule was going to be until the Friday before. Sometimes it started at 9am, went to 3pm then I had a 3 hour break and worked at another site 6-9pm. Then it was randomly different the next day. Whatever, I was young, just happy to have a job and be paying back my student loans.

My next job paid 28k and was in a call center 10:30am-7pm. The next one was 35k call center 8-4:30. Next one accounting office 46k 8-4:30. And so on and so forth. The point I am getting at is that in general, we work towards bettering ourselves and our skills in order to have better pay and work conditions. For some people, that can mean eventually working remotely after proving oneself responsible and hardworking, and to have that yanked back for no good reason other than for us to be made miserable is not merely an inconvenience.

Even though his parents are both white collar desk workers, my own son does not want to be a “laptop worker” instead he wants to be a physical therapist or sports trainer. So don’t worry, even the next generation has plenty of people who don’t want to work at a computer all day whether it’s at home or in an office.

And for those workers whose jobs require being at a physical location, their in person presence actually fulfills a purpose, as opposed to a desk worker being randomly assigned a closet to work in while the rest of their team works from other random rooms and locations hundreds of miles away. What’s the point? It’s depressing as f***.

Oh and I am posting this at 4:55 AM, because of insomnia related to IBS and psoriasis flares that just happened to appear within days/weeks of RTO and having to commute to an office 47 miles away after accepting a fully remote position.

Really, PP, just stop talking if you know so little.

DP.

I suspect that poster is simply saying we all have it rough. You have challenges. So do we all. I’m also up all night for my own work-related reasons (not a fed).

It doesn’t have to be a competition of who has it worse. It can generally stink all around.

NP. Yes we all have our challenges. Some are inherent to the job, like firefighting and nursing are just tough jobs in general with brutal schedules. Some challenges are inherent to imperfect human nature. We all can have sucky bosses or colleagues that make the job more miserable than it should be.

Feds are complaining because the new "challenges" imposed are totally arbitrary and done for the purpose of pissing us off personally and destroying the functionality of our jobs. This is a whole new dimension. Imagine if your boss just random decided that to stay employed this week, you must wear pink everyday, and next week you must greet everyone with a smile and audible hi. And also you need to spend 2 minutes jumping up and down on one foot. And oh you need to write a letter and get a doc note for every sick day you take. This is the sh*t we are talking about. The RTO in itself is arbitrary and stupid, but it is combined with countless other stupid policies that often make no sense, make being in the office miserable, and just makes everyone on edge and distracted the actual work that needs to get done.

Yeah.

I don't mind being at the office as I have been back since 2022. My problem is that they arbitrarily forced a bunch of people back who did not need to be here and simultaneously reduced the office space. I used to have my own office. I now have a small cubicle next to someone who plays radio and TV shows while doing his work. It is distracting. The overall environment is distracting to to numerous people packed together laughing, talking across the office and playing music. I do not say anything because I need some of the support staff for my work and I need then to like me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to read 21 pages on this, but FFS, the whining is out of control. Think of doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters, grocery workers, construction workers, and the list goes on.

But poor, poor little you. Your life is so hard, having to go in to an office every day.

OK, PP. Those police officers, firefighters, and other workers presumably chose those jobs. Not everyone wants to work at a desk. That’s a good thing obviously, because our society needs all different roles filled in order to function. You know what else? The public was also safer when there weren’t so many cars out on the road every day. Fewer accidents to respond to and police officers, firefighters, and EMTs able to more quickly get to accidents and injured people.

My first job after college paid 28k and I never knew what my weekly schedule was going to be until the Friday before. Sometimes it started at 9am, went to 3pm then I had a 3 hour break and worked at another site 6-9pm. Then it was randomly different the next day. Whatever, I was young, just happy to have a job and be paying back my student loans.

My next job paid 28k and was in a call center 10:30am-7pm. The next one was 35k call center 8-4:30. Next one accounting office 46k 8-4:30. And so on and so forth. The point I am getting at is that in general, we work towards bettering ourselves and our skills in order to have better pay and work conditions. For some people, that can mean eventually working remotely after proving oneself responsible and hardworking, and to have that yanked back for no good reason other than for us to be made miserable is not merely an inconvenience.

Even though his parents are both white collar desk workers, my own son does not want to be a “laptop worker” instead he wants to be a physical therapist or sports trainer. So don’t worry, even the next generation has plenty of people who don’t want to work at a computer all day whether it’s at home or in an office.

And for those workers whose jobs require being at a physical location, their in person presence actually fulfills a purpose, as opposed to a desk worker being randomly assigned a closet to work in while the rest of their team works from other random rooms and locations hundreds of miles away. What’s the point? It’s depressing as f***.

Oh and I am posting this at 4:55 AM, because of insomnia related to IBS and psoriasis flares that just happened to appear within days/weeks of RTO and having to commute to an office 47 miles away after accepting a fully remote position.

Really, PP, just stop talking if you know so little.

DP.

I suspect that poster is simply saying we all have it rough. You have challenges. So do we all. I’m also up all night for my own work-related reasons (not a fed).

It doesn’t have to be a competition of who has it worse. It can generally stink all around.

NP. Yes we all have our challenges. Some are inherent to the job, like firefighting and nursing are just tough jobs in general with brutal schedules. Some challenges are inherent to imperfect human nature. We all can have sucky bosses or colleagues that make the job more miserable than it should be.

Feds are complaining because the new "challenges" imposed are totally arbitrary and done for the purpose of pissing us off personally and destroying the functionality of our jobs. This is a whole new dimension. Imagine if your boss just random decided that to stay employed this week, you must wear pink everyday, and next week you must greet everyone with a smile and audible hi. And also you need to spend 2 minutes jumping up and down on one foot. And oh you need to write a letter and get a doc note for every sick day you take. This is the sh*t we are talking about. The RTO in itself is arbitrary and stupid, but it is combined with countless other stupid policies that often make no sense, make being in the office miserable, and just makes everyone on edge and distracted the actual work that needs to get done.

I would do it. I have a mortgage, kids a wife at home. The trust fund babies on here have low tollerance

It’s not would you do it but would you complain in an online forum about it

[Anonymous]

The responses here just demonstrate how many Americans are interested in watching other people needlessly suffer if they themselves had to do it at some point. This is why people aren’t having kids anymore. We live in such a sadistic country. It’s pathetic. Shame on all of you. We have all of this technology that should liberate us to have balance and find peace and we are intent on ensuring all it does is create chaos and porn and internet gambling. You think you’re brave and talented because you drove to an office for 30 years and said yes mam and no sir? No
Wonder you’re fascinated with trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The responses here just demonstrate how many Americans are interested in watching other people needlessly suffer if they themselves had to do it at some point. This is why people aren’t having kids anymore. We live in such a sadistic country. It’s pathetic. Shame on all of you. We have all of this technology that should liberate us to have balance and find peace and we are intent on ensuring all it does is create chaos and porn and internet gambling. You think you’re brave and talented because you drove to an office for 30 years and said yes mam and no sir? No
Wonder you’re fascinated with trump.

I always thought we were supposed to want to make society better. Thanks to people before us, we have occupational safety standards, labor protections, kids attend school instead of factories, etc.

I had to take unpaid leave after giving birth, which sucked and was hard on my family and meant returning to work sooner than I would have liked. But I am thrilled at progress being made toward paid parental leave. DH and I also had to pay back student loans, while being stretched by childcare expenses. Again, this sucked. I totally support making it easier for people to afford education and pay off loans.

The people who are all crabs in a bucket are truly a drain on progress.

I also find it funny how many people don’t bat an eye at companies like Tesla not paying taxes or CEOs getting 40 million dollar golden parachutes, but are up in arms over some fed making $120k/year getting to telework with a flex schedule so they can pick their kid up from the bus stop at 4 PM.

Like my God some of you are so unbelievably bitter and petty, I hope progress leaves you behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to read 21 pages on this, but FFS, the whining is out of control. Think of doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters, grocery workers, construction workers, and the list goes on.

But poor, poor little you. Your life is so hard, having to go in to an office every day.

OK, PP. Those police officers, firefighters, and other workers presumably chose those jobs. Not everyone wants to work at a desk. That’s a good thing obviously, because our society needs all different roles filled in order to function. You know what else? The public was also safer when there weren’t so many cars out on the road every day. Fewer accidents to respond to and police officers, firefighters, and EMTs able to more quickly get to accidents and injured people.

My first job after college paid 28k and I never knew what my weekly schedule was going to be until the Friday before. Sometimes it started at 9am, went to 3pm then I had a 3 hour break and worked at another site 6-9pm. Then it was randomly different the next day. Whatever, I was young, just happy to have a job and be paying back my student loans.

My next job paid 28k and was in a call center 10:30am-7pm. The next one was 35k call center 8-4:30. Next one accounting office 46k 8-4:30. And so on and so forth. The point I am getting at is that in general, we work towards bettering ourselves and our skills in order to have better pay and work conditions. For some people, that can mean eventually working remotely after proving oneself responsible and hardworking, and to have that yanked back for no good reason other than for us to be made miserable is not merely an inconvenience.

Even though his parents are both white collar desk workers, my own son does not want to be a “laptop worker” instead he wants to be a physical therapist or sports trainer. So don’t worry, even the next generation has plenty of people who don’t want to work at a computer all day whether it’s at home or in an office.

And for those workers whose jobs require being at a physical location, their in person presence actually fulfills a purpose, as opposed to a desk worker being randomly assigned a closet to work in while the rest of their team works from other random rooms and locations hundreds of miles away. What’s the point? It’s depressing as f***.

Oh and I am posting this at 4:55 AM, because of insomnia related to IBS and psoriasis flares that just happened to appear within days/weeks of RTO and having to commute to an office 47 miles away after accepting a fully remote position.

Really, PP, just stop talking if you know so little.

DP.

I suspect that poster is simply saying we all have it rough. You have challenges. So do we all. I’m also up all night for my own work-related reasons (not a fed).

It doesn’t have to be a competition of who has it worse. It can generally stink all around.

NP. Yes we all have our challenges. Some are inherent to the job, like firefighting and nursing are just tough jobs in general with brutal schedules. Some challenges are inherent to imperfect human nature. We all can have sucky bosses or colleagues that make the job more miserable than it should be.

Feds are complaining because the new "challenges" imposed are totally arbitrary and done for the purpose of pissing us off personally and destroying the functionality of our jobs. This is a whole new dimension. Imagine if your boss just random decided that to stay employed this week, you must wear pink everyday, and next week you must greet everyone with a smile and audible hi. And also you need to spend 2 minutes jumping up and down on one foot. And oh you need to write a letter and get a doc note for every sick day you take. This is the sh*t we are talking about. The RTO in itself is arbitrary and stupid, but it is combined with countless other stupid policies that often make no sense, make being in the office miserable, and just makes everyone on edge and distracted the actual work that needs to get done.

I would do it. I have a mortgage, kids a wife at home. The trust fund babies on here have low tollerance

Yes- that's what all the feds I know are doing. We are grinning and bearing it.

[Anonymous]

At the federal agency where I work, Fed employees have to be in the office five days a week, while contractors only show up in the office two days a week. Go figure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to read 21 pages on this, but FFS, the whining is out of control. Think of doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters, grocery workers, construction workers, and the list goes on.

But poor, poor little you. Your life is so hard, having to go in to an office every day.

OK, PP. Those police officers, firefighters, and other workers presumably chose those jobs. Not everyone wants to work at a desk. That’s a good thing obviously, because our society needs all different roles filled in order to function. You know what else? The public was also safer when there weren’t so many cars out on the road every day. Fewer accidents to respond to and police officers, firefighters, and EMTs able to more quickly get to accidents and injured people.

My first job after college paid 28k and I never knew what my weekly schedule was going to be until the Friday before. Sometimes it started at 9am, went to 3pm then I had a 3 hour break and worked at another site 6-9pm. Then it was randomly different the next day. Whatever, I was young, just happy to have a job and be paying back my student loans.

My next job paid 28k and was in a call center 10:30am-7pm. The next one was 35k call center 8-4:30. Next one accounting office 46k 8-4:30. And so on and so forth. The point I am getting at is that in general, we work towards bettering ourselves and our skills in order to have better pay and work conditions. For some people, that can mean eventually working remotely after proving oneself responsible and hardworking, and to have that yanked back for no good reason other than for us to be made miserable is not merely an inconvenience.

Even though his parents are both white collar desk workers, my own son does not want to be a “laptop worker” instead he wants to be a physical therapist or sports trainer. So don’t worry, even the next generation has plenty of people who don’t want to work at a computer all day whether it’s at home or in an office.

And for those workers whose jobs require being at a physical location, their in person presence actually fulfills a purpose, as opposed to a desk worker being randomly assigned a closet to work in while the rest of their team works from other random rooms and locations hundreds of miles away. What’s the point? It’s depressing as f***.

Oh and I am posting this at 4:55 AM, because of insomnia related to IBS and psoriasis flares that just happened to appear within days/weeks of RTO and having to commute to an office 47 miles away after accepting a fully remote position.

Really, PP, just stop talking if you know so little.

DP.

I suspect that poster is simply saying we all have it rough. You have challenges. So do we all. I’m also up all night for my own work-related reasons (not a fed).

It doesn’t have to be a competition of who has it worse. It can generally stink all around.

NP. Yes we all have our challenges. Some are inherent to the job, like firefighting and nursing are just tough jobs in general with brutal schedules. Some challenges are inherent to imperfect human nature. We all can have sucky bosses or colleagues that make the job more miserable than it should be.

Feds are complaining because the new "challenges" imposed are totally arbitrary and done for the purpose of pissing us off personally and destroying the functionality of our jobs. This is a whole new dimension. Imagine if your boss just random decided that to stay employed this week, you must wear pink everyday, and next week you must greet everyone with a smile and audible hi. And also you need to spend 2 minutes jumping up and down on one foot. And oh you need to write a letter and get a doc note for every sick day you take. This is the sh*t we are talking about. The RTO in itself is arbitrary and stupid, but it is combined with countless other stupid policies that often make no sense, make being in the office miserable, and just makes everyone on edge and distracted the actual work that needs to get done.

I get it. My job throws pointless nonsense at me every day, most of which I didn’t sign up for when I was hired. These tasks add up and force me to work WAY WAY over 40 hours each week. Many of us deal with arbitrary, pointless changes that severely impact our weeks.

I’m not happy it’s happening to you. It’s not that I need others to suffer because I am. But to say this is unique to Feds isn’t true.

[Anonymous]

Has the President called private sector workers lazy lately?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to read 21 pages on this, but FFS, the whining is out of control. Think of doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters, grocery workers, construction workers, and the list goes on.

But poor, poor little you. Your life is so hard, having to go in to an office every day.

OK, PP. Those police officers, firefighters, and other workers presumably chose those jobs. Not everyone wants to work at a desk. That’s a good thing obviously, because our society needs all different roles filled in order to function. You know what else? The public was also safer when there weren’t so many cars out on the road every day. Fewer accidents to respond to and police officers, firefighters, and EMTs able to more quickly get to accidents and injured people.

My first job after college paid 28k and I never knew what my weekly schedule was going to be until the Friday before. Sometimes it started at 9am, went to 3pm then I had a 3 hour break and worked at another site 6-9pm. Then it was randomly different the next day. Whatever, I was young, just happy to have a job and be paying back my student loans.

My next job paid 28k and was in a call center 10:30am-7pm. The next one was 35k call center 8-4:30. Next one accounting office 46k 8-4:30. And so on and so forth. The point I am getting at is that in general, we work towards bettering ourselves and our skills in order to have better pay and work conditions. For some people, that can mean eventually working remotely after proving oneself responsible and hardworking, and to have that yanked back for no good reason other than for us to be made miserable is not merely an inconvenience.

Even though his parents are both white collar desk workers, my own son does not want to be a “laptop worker” instead he wants to be a physical therapist or sports trainer. So don’t worry, even the next generation has plenty of people who don’t want to work at a computer all day whether it’s at home or in an office.

And for those workers whose jobs require being at a physical location, their in person presence actually fulfills a purpose, as opposed to a desk worker being randomly assigned a closet to work in while the rest of their team works from other random rooms and locations hundreds of miles away. What’s the point? It’s depressing as f***.

Oh and I am posting this at 4:55 AM, because of insomnia related to IBS and psoriasis flares that just happened to appear within days/weeks of RTO and having to commute to an office 47 miles away after accepting a fully remote position.

Really, PP, just stop talking if you know so little.

DP.

I suspect that poster is simply saying we all have it rough. You have challenges. So do we all. I’m also up all night for my own work-related reasons (not a fed).

It doesn’t have to be a competition of who has it worse. It can generally stink all around.

NP. Yes we all have our challenges. Some are inherent to the job, like firefighting and nursing are just tough jobs in general with brutal schedules. Some challenges are inherent to imperfect human nature. We all can have sucky bosses or colleagues that make the job more miserable than it should be.

Feds are complaining because the new "challenges" imposed are totally arbitrary and done for the purpose of pissing us off personally and destroying the functionality of our jobs. This is a whole new dimension. Imagine if your boss just random decided that to stay employed this week, you must wear pink everyday, and next week you must greet everyone with a smile and audible hi. And also you need to spend 2 minutes jumping up and down on one foot. And oh you need to write a letter and get a doc note for every sick day you take. This is the sh*t we are talking about. The RTO in itself is arbitrary and stupid, but it is combined with countless other stupid policies that often make no sense, make being in the office miserable, and just makes everyone on edge and distracted the actual work that needs to get done.

I get it. My job throws pointless nonsense at me every day, most of which I didn’t sign up for when I was hired. These tasks add up and force me to work WAY WAY over 40 hours each week. Many of us deal with arbitrary, pointless changes that severely impact our weeks.

I’m not happy it’s happening to you. It’s not that I need others to suffer because I am. But to say this is unique to Feds isn’t true.

No, it is definitely not unique to Feds. However a lot of federal agencies forced people back because they were trying to please cabinet heads

The difference between feds and private offices is that private companies have space for their employees. Federal agencies largely downsized their offices during Covid, relying on remote work. Several agencies were told to get rid of any leases in privately owned spaces.

It is a very long process in the federal government for an agency to acquire new space, so the agencies cannot just go and lease new space on their own. They have to go through GSA As a result the federal employees are shoved together in small, inadequate spaces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The responses here just demonstrate how many Americans are interested in watching other people needlessly suffer if they themselves had to do it at some point. This is why people aren’t having kids anymore. We live in such a sadistic country. It’s pathetic. Shame on all of you. We have all of this technology that should liberate us to have balance and find peace and we are intent on ensuring all it does is create chaos and porn and internet gambling. You think you’re brave and talented because you drove to an office for 30 years and said yes mam and no sir? No
Wonder you’re fascinated with trump.

I always thought we were supposed to want to make society better. Thanks to people before us, we have occupational safety standards, labor protections, kids attend school instead of factories, etc.

I had to take unpaid leave after giving birth, which sucked and was hard on my family and meant returning to work sooner than I would have liked. But I am thrilled at progress being made toward paid parental leave. DH and I also had to pay back student loans, while being stretched by childcare expenses. Again, this sucked. I totally support making it easier for people to afford education and pay off loans.

The people who are all crabs in a bucket are truly a drain on progress.

I also find it funny how many people don’t bat an eye at companies like Tesla not paying taxes or CEOs getting 40 million dollar golden parachutes, but are up in arms over some fed making $120k/year getting to telework with a flex schedule so they can pick their kid up from the bus stop at 4 PM.

Like my God some of you are so unbelievably bitter and petty, I hope progress leaves you behind.

You parents were supposed to pay for your college and your husband when he married you took on role of provider for you and your children. How is this your bosses or the govts issues. I actually did not go away to school and worked full time 40 hours a week and did college over 5 years and graduated debt free. My wife did better, she graduated on time working full time. When we had kids, wife stayed home. I never had student loans or child care bills. Otherwise my wife would be working full time to just pay student loans and childcare, why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The responses here just demonstrate how many Americans are interested in watching other people needlessly suffer if they themselves had to do it at some point. This is why people aren’t having kids anymore. We live in such a sadistic country. It’s pathetic. Shame on all of you. We have all of this technology that should liberate us to have balance and find peace and we are intent on ensuring all it does is create chaos and porn and internet gambling. You think you’re brave and talented because you drove to an office for 30 years and said yes mam and no sir? No
Wonder you’re fascinated with trump.

I always thought we were supposed to want to make society better. Thanks to people before us, we have occupational safety standards, labor protections, kids attend school instead of factories, etc.

I had to take unpaid leave after giving birth, which sucked and was hard on my family and meant returning to work sooner than I would have liked. But I am thrilled at progress being made toward paid parental leave. DH and I also had to pay back student loans, while being stretched by childcare expenses. Again, this sucked. I totally support making it easier for people to afford education and pay off loans.

The people who are all crabs in a bucket are truly a drain on progress.

I also find it funny how many people don’t bat an eye at companies like Tesla not paying taxes or CEOs getting 40 million dollar golden parachutes, but are up in arms over some fed making $120k/year getting to telework with a flex schedule so they can pick their kid up from the bus stop at 4 PM.

Like my God some of you are so unbelievably bitter and petty, I hope progress leaves you behind.

You parents were supposed to pay for your college and your husband when he married you took on role of provider for you and your children. How is this your bosses or the govts issues. I actually did not go away to school and worked full time 40 hours a week and did college over 5 years and graduated debt free. My wife did better, she graduated on time working full time. When we had kids, wife stayed home. I never had student loans or child care bills. Otherwise my wife would be working full time to just pay student loans and childcare, why?

The government is in fact supposed to try to make people’s lives better.

Also wow boomer.

[Anonymous]

If you can't move closer or get an apt four days a week, maybe a shared/commuter rental, then use that computing time to crackup a job search. Then quit.

[Anonymous]

I'm just thankful I'm still employed. As much has it sucks, consuming additional money and time, pre Covid this is what I (we) were doing.

I am however thankful my kids are older where they can get home on their own.

[Anonymous]

I have really fantastic, skilled colleagues who may need to resign because they live too far away from agency headquarters. Why can't they telework?? We have the technology. Why do we need to go back in time..if you're an awful employee... you are probably going to be awful in the office as well...