How family friendly is the CFTC?
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Anonymous
| I'm going to start working at the CFTC as an attorney soon. How family friendly is the office? Do they allow telecommuiting? How are their breastfeeding policies and is there a lactation room on site? Do they have an on site daycare like the SEC? And what are their hours like? Thanks! |
Anonymous
| I am curious to know the answer, I am an attorney at a non govt SRO and wonder if govt is the way to go... |
Anonymous
| Depends on where you're coming from. When I interviewed, I was coming from biglaw -- it seemed fairly intense as they had a lot of expedited trial work etc. but it still seemed "calm" compared to my NYC biglaw life. Now having had a different, non-biglaw experience -- I would categorize the people/hours as "intense" (but still don't have the sense that it's like 2400/yr at a firm would be). |
Anonymous
I hope not. The Federal govt. Is not your damn nanny and taxpayers money should not be paying a single Penny to care for the offspring of anyone making a 6 figure salary |
Anonymous
Huh? Why are you so hostile? The federal government doesn't pay for daycare. The SEC has daycare on site but employees pay for it. Its not free. Many large companies have lactation rooms. There's nothing controversial about that. As for telecommuting, people get their work done whether they are at home or at work. I work in the Federal Government (not CFTC so I can't answer OPs question) and I telecommute. I have a laptop at home and a work phone, so I am connected to the office the entire time and I work just like I would be working in the office (more efficiently actually cuz I don't have my coworkers to chat with). This actually saves taxpayers money because if you telecommute then you have the ability to work on snow days instead of taking a paid vacation day and also the government can downsize when it comes to the size of their offices. The amount of pent up anger you have inside of you is quite humorous. Chill. |
Anonymous
| PP here again. Telecommuting is considered "family friendly" because you get to save on the commute time. For breastfeeding women, they can breastfeed their infant directly instead of pumping which they would have to do if they are at work. I have a nanny at home who looks after my daughter and I have set up a home office upstairs. When I was breastfeeding, my nanny would bring my daughter to me and I would breastfeed her, and then get back to work. Having no nanny was never a feasible option because I, like all attorneys working in the federal government, have actual work I need to do. That work would be impossible to do had I had to look after my daughter at the same time. Also, you can't have a screaming baby in the background while you're on a conference call. |
Anonymous
| My CFTC neighbor is poolside at 2:30 PM on Fridays.. |
Anonymous
| I have a friend who works as an attorney at CFTC. It appears to me to be pretty family friendly. There isn't a daycare onsite but there is a Bright Horizons nearby. I have the impression that she had no problems pumping at work (I think she used her office). She telecommutes one day per week. Hope that helps. |
Anonymous
Perhaps you think "onsite" means free. It does not. Some federal agencies have a daycare located in the same building. Their employees who use said daycare pay for it. Not you or your tax dollars. Relax. |
Anonymous
| Thanks everyone! This is really useful! To the rude PP. Calm down. I was hired to do a specific job and I plan to do it. No one is taking your tax dollars and putting it into free daycare for federal employees. As PP said, free daycare and onsite daycare have different meanings. Google it. |
Anonymous
| What department OP? I've heard that the enforcement group moves for a lot of injunction and that they are asked to work around the clock on injunction motions with short notice. |