What is your federal agency telling you re: RTO? (No other rants/comments!)

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Anonymous wrote:NASA- RTO Monday, January 27th

Memo came out late Friday evening

Same with FDA. No guidance, no one seems to be in charge because most high level feds already resigned and Trump admin hasn't appointed any acting people.

Not sure what will happen on Monday because there is no room for even all those currently teleworking from the agency buildings a few days a week to be there all at the same time. Assume many won't see the email until Monday morning.

Are you saying FDA sent out an email different than the HHS one, or merely that the HHS email came out after 5:00? HHS employees have guidance and it’s not everyone returns to work Monday.

DP. I never got anything from FDA. I checked earlier today.

You should have gotten an HHS-wide email Friday at 5:30 or so.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NASA- RTO Monday, January 27th

Memo came out late Friday evening

Same with FDA. No guidance, no one seems to be in charge because most high level feds already resigned and Trump admin hasn't appointed any acting people.

Not sure what will happen on Monday because there is no room for even all those currently teleworking from the agency buildings a few days a week to be there all at the same time. Assume many won't see the email until Monday morning.

Are you saying FDA sent out an email different than the HHS one, or merely that the HHS email came out after 5:00? HHS employees have guidance and it’s not everyone returns to work Monday.

DP. I never got anything from FDA. I checked earlier today.

You should have gotten an HHS-wide email Friday at 5:30 or so.

I never get the HHS-wide emails so I guess they forgot me on the distribution list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NASA- RTO Monday, January 27th

Memo came out late Friday evening

Same with FDA. No guidance, no one seems to be in charge because most high level feds already resigned and Trump admin hasn't appointed any acting people.

Not sure what will happen on Monday because there is no room for even all those currently teleworking from the agency buildings a few days a week to be there all at the same time. Assume many won't see the email until Monday morning.

Are you saying FDA sent out an email different than the HHS one, or merely that the HHS email came out after 5:00? HHS employees have guidance and it’s not everyone returns to work Monday.

DP. I never got anything from FDA. I checked earlier today.

You should have gotten an HHS-wide email Friday at 5:30 or so.

PP back again. If it turns out you got the HHS email but didn’t realize it applied to you, that is hysterical, though I’m laughing at your management, not you. FDA does like to act like it’s not merely a subcomponent of a very large Department.

If you didn’t get the email, check with your supervisors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NASA- RTO Monday, January 27th

Memo came out late Friday evening

Same with FDA. No guidance, no one seems to be in charge because most high level feds already resigned and Trump admin hasn't appointed any acting people.

Not sure what will happen on Monday because there is no room for even all those currently teleworking from the agency buildings a few days a week to be there all at the same time. Assume many won't see the email until Monday morning.

Are you saying FDA sent out an email different than the HHS one, or merely that the HHS email came out after 5:00? HHS employees have guidance and it’s not everyone returns to work Monday.

DP. I never got anything from FDA. I checked earlier today.

You should have gotten an HHS-wide email Friday at 5:30 or so.

I never get the HHS-wide emails so I guess they forgot me on the distribution list.

That’s insane. Get that fixed.

[Anonymous]

To the FDA person. Did you get the DEI? The HHS RTO email was in my other folder (or whatever the non focused folder is called). I’m at FDA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the FDA person. Did you get the DEI? The HHS RTO email was in my other folder (or whatever the non focused folder is called). I’m at FDA.

No, I didn’t get that either. It must be in the non focused folder. Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:To the FDA person. Did you get the DEI? The HHS RTO email was in my other folder (or whatever the non focused folder is called). I’m at FDA.

No, I didn’t get that either. It must be in the non focused folder. Thanks!

I’m at HHS. I didn’t get anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NASA- RTO Monday, January 27th

Memo came out late Friday evening

Same with FDA. No guidance, no one seems to be in charge because most high level feds already resigned and Trump admin hasn't appointed any acting people.

Not sure what will happen on Monday because there is no room for even all those currently teleworking from the agency buildings a few days a week to be there all at the same time. Assume many won't see the email until Monday morning.

The HHS email to all employees that came in after 5:30 on Friday indicated
supervisors back full time, with only situational telework, starting Feb 24. Everyone else back April 28. People hired under actual remote job announcements are exempt for now.

[Anonymous]

It's BS that people who have been working remotely for 10+ years are now just expected to uproot their lives over night. It's down right cruel and stressful. Gives no thought to people's actual lives. Removing flexibility in the workplace for remote work is absolutely going to cost productivity when people aren't able to use the perfectly good work stations in their homes, and instead have to take time off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NASA- RTO Monday, January 27th

Memo came out late Friday evening

Same with FDA. No guidance, no one seems to be in charge because most high level feds already resigned and Trump admin hasn't appointed any acting people.

Not sure what will happen on Monday because there is no room for even all those currently teleworking from the agency buildings a few days a week to be there all at the same time. Assume many won't see the email until Monday morning.

The HHS email to all employees that came in after 5:30 on Friday indicated
supervisors back full time, with only situational telework, starting Feb 24. Everyone else back April 28. People hired under actual remote job announcements are exempt for now.

No, HHS supervisors have situational and ad-hoc. It’s right there in the memo.

[Anonymous]

The HHS email also says that employees covered by bargaining unit are also exempt for now

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Anonymous wrote:Managers at the SEC must be really pissed tonight.

SEC manager here. Mainly just delighted for my staff attorneys that they are likely ok until '26; we very likely would have lost at least two high-performers in my branch more or less immediately if this went the other way.

Troll post? It goes against human nature to be cool with the idea of waking up and commuting to an empty building so that your subordinates can chill at home. Nice try.

Not a troll post at all. This is going to be a huge challenge for me and my family and I will absolutely have to manage my resentment over the needless commuting time & etc. But I won't spend a moment resenting colleagues who benefit from CBA protections, and I honestly don't think this will create a manager/non-manager rift (at least within my Division and certainly not in my Office). As I said in the original post, my main reaction was relief that valued colleagues won't have to face this challenge just yet.

DP supervisor at NIH and I am relieved that my employees have two more months to figure this out. My kids are grown and several of them have little ones. I can absolutely make this pivot more quickly than they can.

I believe my supervisors feel this way (maybe you are mine!) and I'm so grateful they are good people and good leaders. RTO will hurt them and I'm sorry they're dealing with it. I hope they don't quit.

I also think another shoe will drop and BU will go back before the end of the CBA.

Another supervisor who feels this way and I think this is 100% the sentiment of my fellow supervisors in my agency. We are all relieved our staff aren’t going to be dealing with a chaotic return without enough space. No resentment. At a minimum more time for them to prepare. And having everyone return at once would be terrible traffic for all of us!

[Anonymous]

Anyone know what situational / ad hoc telework means at HHS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NASA- RTO Monday, January 27th

Memo came out late Friday evening

That's crazy they're not giving you guys any notice. I always thought NASA was one of the happier agencies to work for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's BS that people who have been working remotely for 10+ years are now just expected to uproot their lives over night. It's down right cruel and stressful. Gives no thought to people's actual lives. Removing flexibility in the workplace for remote work is absolutely going to cost productivity when people aren't able to use the perfectly good work stations in their homes, and instead have to take time off.

But people hired under remote job announcements are exempt.