New OPM memo on RTO

[Anonymous]

It’s easy to avoid and ignore younger staff when remote. It’s going to be a lot harder to not mentor now that we will see them 5 times a week. I personally don’t want to mentor but realize how with RTO that this will be a bigger part of my life. While I don’t want to return to work, most can agree that this is a benefit to the mission to receive and give mentoring in person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s easy to avoid and ignore younger staff when remote. It’s going to be a lot harder to not mentor now that we will see them 5 times a week. I personally don’t want to mentor but realize how with RTO that this will be a bigger part of my life. While I don’t want to return to work, most can agree that this is a benefit to the mission to receive and give mentoring in person.

Who is this person who is obsessed with bringing up mentoring?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s easy to avoid and ignore younger staff when remote. It’s going to be a lot harder to not mentor now that we will see them 5 times a week. I personally don’t want to mentor but realize how with RTO that this will be a bigger part of my life. While I don’t want to return to work, most can agree that this is a benefit to the mission to receive and give mentoring in person.

Who is this person who is obsessed with bringing up mentoring?

The guy who trolls all these threads. He kinda cycles through topics as the day goes on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s easy to avoid and ignore younger staff when remote. It’s going to be a lot harder to not mentor now that we will see them 5 times a week. I personally don’t want to mentor but realize how with RTO that this will be a bigger part of my life. While I don’t want to return to work, most can agree that this is a benefit to the mission to receive and give mentoring in person.

Who is this person who is obsessed with bringing up mentoring?

The guy who trolls all these threads. He kinda cycles through topics as the day goes on.

How do you know he is a guy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually don’t mind going in to the office more. But this will significantly affect my kids. They’re in aftercare now, but we’ll be now utilizing it to the max resulting in really long days for them. And we’ll have to limit extracurriculars. I left big law and took a total mommy track job with the Feds for the lifestyle. I’m good at it, work hard, and wholeheartedly support my agency’s mission. I’m so tired and sad right now.

Yep. Not even sure how I'll manage the summer because camps are only like 9am-4pm at the most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys are insane suggesting you’ll stay late. If it’s going back to 1985, you have to operate like it’s 1985. No after hour calls.

Many of us work not only across time zones but have to make international meetings. So the whole 9-5 mindset simply doesn't work. People don't exist just during 9-5 EST.

Guess OPM should have thought of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"If an employee’s official duty station is more than 50 miles from any existing agency office, the agency should take steps to move the employee’s duty station to the most appropriate agency office based on the employee’s duties and job function."

What does this part mean? Can someone please translate?

I think it's meant to ferret out people who are getting paid DC rates but moved to like, Western PA during Covid and have been working remotely ever since. No more locality bump if you're not in the locality.

Of all the proposed legislation targeting feds, this aspect seems the least unjust.

As someone mentioned before, if they are fully remote, their pay is based on their home address. OPM has set up the localities for that.

[Anonymous]

https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Return%20to%20Office%20Guidance%20Memorandum%201-22-25.pdf

A link to the official OPM file.

[Anonymous]

lol. 30 days for IT to set up computers, phones, and offices for hundreds of thousands of workers. Meanwhile those same IT contractors have zero incentive to work hard.

More like 300 days, if you’re lucky. Probably more like 600.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s easy to avoid and ignore younger staff when remote. It’s going to be a lot harder to not mentor now that we will see them 5 times a week. I personally don’t want to mentor but realize how with RTO that this will be a bigger part of my life. While I don’t want to return to work, most can agree that this is a benefit to the mission to receive and give mentoring in person.

Who is this person who is obsessed with bringing up mentoring?

Mentoring is not worth anything if the mentor isn't interested. It doesn't matter where you sit: a few required meetings and a lunch is not actual mentoring and nobody who is interested in mentorship wants that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually don’t mind going in to the office more. But this will significantly affect my kids. They’re in aftercare now, but we’ll be now utilizing it to the max resulting in really long days for them. And we’ll have to limit extracurriculars. I left big law and took a total mommy track job with the Feds for the lifestyle. I’m good at it, work hard, and wholeheartedly support my agency’s mission. I’m so tired and sad right now.

That’s because these people are anti-family. Don’t ever let them convince anyone otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s easy to avoid and ignore younger staff when remote. It’s going to be a lot harder to not mentor now that we will see them 5 times a week. I personally don’t want to mentor but realize how with RTO that this will be a bigger part of my life. While I don’t want to return to work, most can agree that this is a benefit to the mission to receive and give mentoring in person.

Who is this person who is obsessed with bringing up mentoring?

Mentoring is not worth anything if the mentor isn't interested. It doesn't matter where you sit: a few required meetings and a lunch is not actual mentoring and nobody who is interested in mentorship wants that.

Pre COVID we had a mentoring system set up where mentors were in the office a certain number of hours a week. They rotated it so there were always at least two mentors available in person. That's a reasonable way to handle it, not canceling telework for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually don’t mind going in to the office more. But this will significantly affect my kids. They’re in aftercare now, but we’ll be now utilizing it to the max resulting in really long days for them. And we’ll have to limit extracurriculars. I left big law and took a total mommy track job with the Feds for the lifestyle. I’m good at it, work hard, and wholeheartedly support my agency’s mission. I’m so tired and sad right now.

Yep. Not even sure how I'll manage the summer because camps are only like 9am-4pm at the most.

I was just about to sign up for summer camps but this whole uncertainly has throw it all off not knowing how much flexibility I will have. A strict RTO schedule would not only affect my productivity but also my spouse's who would be in charge of pretty much all morning routines and camp drop offs, and make my kids miserable as they need to spend more time at camp or after school. Everyone will be more exhausted, less productive, and spend less time together. Hooray!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually don’t mind going in to the office more. But this will significantly affect my kids. They’re in aftercare now, but we’ll be now utilizing it to the max resulting in really long days for them. And we’ll have to limit extracurriculars. I left big law and took a total mommy track job with the Feds for the lifestyle. I’m good at it, work hard, and wholeheartedly support my agency’s mission. I’m so tired and sad right now.

Yep. Not even sure how I'll manage the summer because camps are only like 9am-4pm at the most.

I was just about to sign up for summer camps but this whole uncertainly has throw it all off not knowing how much flexibility I will have. A strict RTO schedule would not only affect my productivity but also my spouse's who would be in charge of pretty much all morning routines and camp drop offs, and make my kids miserable as they need to spend more time at camp or after school. Everyone will be more exhausted, less productive, and spend less time together. Hooray!

Omg camps! lol. How is that even going to work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Return%20to%20Office%20Guidance%20Memorandum%201-22-25.pdf

A link to the official OPM file.

Is it the same as was posted last night?