So does nobody work Fridays anymore?

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone got laid off. Sorry for the inconvenience to you!

So they decided to go shopping?

Still getting paid for a couple of weeks and gotta feed my family!

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This really isn’t new, this was noticeable a decade or more ago.

Fridays are a popular day off for people working compressed-type schedules, it’s also a popular day for taking PTO/leave.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I try to keep my meetings light on both Mondays and Fridays (my wfh days) so I can do laundry, errands and organizational stuff before/after the weekend.

Sounds like a ringing endorsement for RTO.

Two promotions and consistent Above Strong ratings in the past 5 years, but thanks for your concern!

I enjoy my in-office days, but some of us don’t require babysitting all day every day.

It’s not a matter of babysitting. By your own description, you spent a large part of your WFH days doing non-work stuff.

High performers don’t necessarily need to clock in and out. We get our things done (and done well) and are valued by our colleagues.

Do you just make up the rules? Even as a (self-assessed) high performer, you are supposed to actually work during your work day.

Again, my work is not a daycare and they get more out of me than a butt warmer 9am-5pm. I could get paid a much higher salary but I value the flexibility. If you get it you get it

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*seat warmer, lol

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I try to keep my meetings light on both Mondays and Fridays (my wfh days) so I can do laundry, errands and organizational stuff before/after the weekend.

This is why they called RTO

Um, no. They called RTO to generate attrition and wear down the mental state of Feds.

Were some Feds abusing WFH? Absolutely. But that’s not why they did it.

As for me - I work in private sector. I’ve “leaned out” and am in a role that only pays $300k because I love having this flexibility. I get to have my cake and eat it too. My company is lucky to pay someone of my caliber only $300k.

If they made me RTO 5 days a week (I do 3 currently) then I would quit the next day because my family means more to me and my DH earns triple what I do.

Even I think this likely a lie. And I come from a HHI.

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I work every Friday. I love it! The commute is lighter (well it used to be) and it’s quieter at work so I’m actually able to get things done without constant meetings and interruptions. I take every other Monday off.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I try to keep my meetings light on both Mondays and Fridays (my wfh days) so I can do laundry, errands and organizational stuff before/after the weekend.

Sounds like a ringing endorsement for RTO.

Two promotions and consistent Above Strong ratings in the past 5 years, but thanks for your concern!

I enjoy my in-office days, but some of us don’t require babysitting all day every day.

It’s not a matter of babysitting. By your own description, you spent a large part of your WFH days doing non-work stuff.

High performers don’t necessarily need to clock in and out. We get our things done (and done well) and are valued by our colleagues.

Do you just make up the rules? Even as a (self-assessed) high performer, you are supposed to actually work during your work day.

Again, my work is not a daycare and they get more out of me than a butt warmer 9am-5pm. I could get paid a much higher salary but I value the flexibility. If you get it you get it

+1

My DH turned down other job offers that would pay more but have much less flexibility. At this point in time our family needs that.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I try to keep my meetings light on both Mondays and Fridays (my wfh days) so I can do laundry, errands and organizational stuff before/after the weekend.

Sounds like a ringing endorsement for RTO.

Two promotions and consistent Above Strong ratings in the past 5 years, but thanks for your concern!

I enjoy my in-office days, but some of us don’t require babysitting all day every day.

It’s not a matter of babysitting. By your own description, you spent a large part of your WFH days doing non-work stuff.

High performers don’t necessarily need to clock in and out. We get our things done (and done well) and are valued by our colleagues.

Do you just make up the rules? Even as a (self-assessed) high performer, you are supposed to actually work during your work day.

Says who? I manage a team and as long as they are reachable and responsive on Fridays I’d be thrilled if they found a way to take a couple hours off during the day. They work 50-60 hours a week total and if a Fri afternoon yoga class makes it sustainable for them, great!!!

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In my workplace, we all have the option to WFH on Fridays (and are in the office in downtown DC on Mon-Thurs).

Our employer understands that Friday is a good day to accomplish a lot of tasks that cannot be done on weekends (such as medical appointments, etc). As long as we get our work done, it's OK if we need to do appointments or errands on Fridays, and then just work later that day or work on Saturday/Sunday.

A long time ago on DCUM, a working mom posted that elderly people should please do their errands on weekdays, so that working people could more easily get their errands done on weekends. I remember thinking that that post was a bit mean-spirited, but yet practical. Your post kind of reminds me of that old post, unless you're trying to suggest that these people should at their desks during "working hours" so that they are not cheating their employer?

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Well my plan if RIF is to go hang around target and not buy anything just to raise OP ire.

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This is why I make sure to work in office on Fridays. It's usually one of the easier commuting days in this area.

Lots of people here take Fridays off, or work compressed schedules, and run around like maniacs trying to get everything done before their packed weekend plans.

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Pre Covid no one worked on Fridays in the office in DC. A DC thing was to be in person M-T then goof off at home on Friday

Now that back to office same thing. My firm It is dead on Friday. We are hibrid only two days a week in person required. And I say 95 person of company stays home on Friday. Same as pre-Covid.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I try to keep my meetings light on both Mondays and Fridays (my wfh days) so I can do laundry, errands and organizational stuff before/after the weekend.

Sounds like a ringing endorsement for RTO.

Two promotions and consistent Above Strong ratings in the past 5 years, but thanks for your concern!

I enjoy my in-office days, but some of us don’t require babysitting all day every day.

Yes, I can imagine you are working very hard if you don’t need child care and can do errands during work hours.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I try to keep my meetings light on both Mondays and Fridays (my wfh days) so I can do laundry, errands and organizational stuff before/after the weekend.

Sounds like a ringing endorsement for RTO.

+1,000,000

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I try to keep my meetings light on both Mondays and Fridays (my wfh days) so I can do laundry, errands and organizational stuff before/after the weekend.

This is why they called RTO

And rightly so.