New OPM memo on RTO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the big loophole - OPM
recommends that agencies set a target date of approximately 30 days for full compliance with the
PM, subject to any exclusions granted by the agency and any collective bargaining obligations.

How is that a big loophole?

Could lack of office space be a loophole? No parking/metro access? Will union members be protected?

Everyone, its over. This is real. Our agency heads were forced to send a fascist email today , and they complied. We will get an email about this RTO matter today or Friday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we all saw it coming. I’m surprised they didn’t find away around the bargaining agreements. This is going to create huge divides across our agency as bargaining and non-bargaining are being treated differently. Oh well.

$100 says they find a way to get out of CBAs by the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Fairness requires that federal office employees show up to the worksite each day like most other American workers."

Eyeroll. So.. this all really boils down to some people being jealous their workplace/career doesn't accommodate remote work, huh?

No, it boils down to a lazy pretense for stealth layoffs.

It is neither lazy or stealth, it is efficient and effective.

Weeks ago Feds were cackling about their $300k severance packages with RIFs.

Now they are sweating about giving up a job-for-life because they are required to go into the office to keep it.

Just a handful of people quitting will save $1mm.

[Anonymous]

Guys, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Amanda Scales at [e-mail]!

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

The telework act doesn’t create an entitlement to telework. It establishes requirements and procedures that an agency must follow to implement telework.

From OPM's website - Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, Public Law 111-292 (external link) (PDF file): The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 requires each Executive agency to establish and implement a policy under which employees are authorized to telework. It also directs each agency to designate a telework managing officer, requires employees and managers to complete interactive training and to sign written telework agreements, requires agencies to incorporate telework into their continuity of operations plans, and establishes guidelines by which agencies will work in consultation and coordination with OPM to satisfy annual reporting requirements.

[Anonymous]

What about people who are background investigators, etc, who drive around meeting people and interviewing them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so stupid. utterly moronic. agencies must be furious that he’s trying to tie their hands, they know they are going to lose tons of people. many agencies won’t care but some will, and they know they will lose good people. in any other world it would be reasonable for agencies to make use of the huge leeway they’ve been given in the memo and now the guidance to basically continue as normal with a few token changes, but everyone is trying to grovel at dear leader’s feet.

it’s absolutely going to wreak havoc one way or another, and at some point it’s going to have dire consequences for the public when agencies can’t fulfill their missions as effectively. let’s just hope he gets blamed for it and his band of idiot sycophants are driven so far out of power that they’re the ones subjected to this sort of draconian stupidity the next time around. unfortunately the dems are such feckless losers that they refuse to engage on this level and instead get wiped out of power.

They will just hire more contractors, thus the rich get richer.

Good luck getting a contract! Almost all contracting officers are remote and can move over to private sector pretty easily. Only federal employee CO's can sign contracts.

[Anonymous]

Do you all read this to mean that no telework whatsoever is allowed? I'm trying to figure out if we can have people on call overnight from home, or if we need to go to 24/7 shifts in the building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Fairness requires that federal office employees show up to the worksite each day like most other American workers."

Eyeroll. So.. this all really boils down to some people being jealous their workplace/career doesn't accommodate remote work, huh?

No, it boils down to a lazy pretense for stealth layoffs.

It is neither lazy or stealth, it is efficient and effective.

Weeks ago Feds were cackling about their $300k severance packages with RIFs.

Now they are sweating about giving up a job-for-life because they are required to go into the office to keep it.

Just a handful of people quitting will save $1mm.

Wow a whole. Meanwhile Trump is planning to cut taxes on tips and overtime to the tune of $750 billion. But we need to tighten those purse strings!

[Anonymous]

I guess we all leave our laptops and work phones at the office now.

The butterfly effect is real. I wonder how much more budgets are going to have to be for public transport subsidies. And traffic is about to get really, really bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Fairness requires that federal office employees show up to the worksite each day like most other American workers."

Eyeroll. So.. this all really boils down to some people being jealous their workplace/career doesn't accommodate remote work, huh?

No, it boils down to a lazy pretense for stealth layoffs.

It is neither lazy or stealth, it is efficient and effective.

Weeks ago Feds were cackling about their $300k severance packages with RIFs.

Now they are sweating about giving up a job-for-life because they are required to go into the office to keep it.

Just a handful of people quitting will save $1mm.

Tell me how much could be saved in utility costs and rent by ending the building leases?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you all read this to mean that no telework whatsoever is allowed? I'm trying to figure out if we can have people on call overnight from home, or if we need to go to 24/7 shifts in the building.

Law enforcement?

[Anonymous]

"If an employee’s official duty station is more than 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."

Is Amanda going to pay relocation? Or severance when those employees inevitably refuse to move?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you all read this to mean that no telework whatsoever is allowed? I'm trying to figure out if we can have people on call overnight from home, or if we need to go to 24/7 shifts in the building.

yep. Turn off the computer at 5:30 pm and no more work until 8:30 am.