Anyone get telework approved at SEC?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DOGE has been at the Commission for 6 weeks now. They arrived on March 28 and for some reason added a third staff member 1 week ago.

What exactly have they been doing all this time? And how is something big not coming?

They’ve been collecting data.

Data such as? I assume you're going to say badge entries/worksmart? I mean I realize contracts and things too but just wondering what impacts employees most directly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will the Union communicate or try to tell the new Chairman he will not have the staff wanting to do anything for him? People do their jobs but any rulemaking takes people working way more than 40 hours per week. And I’m not working a minute over my time in the office.

Weird thing I'm hearing about him IRL vs the town hall and it's two different versions. The town hall speech was very much for an audience of Doge/WH, very much eff you staff. Yet people are also saying he didn't want to risk taking any questions at all because of course the top two questions would be RTO/telework and RIFs and he didn't want to say anything contradicting Doge/WH or sounding supportive of the staff in any way. Yet he's apparently making the rounds at other events at the commission - like little events groups did for public service week etc. and there he appears interested in talking to staff; not saying he's making promises or anything but doesn't come off as cold as he did at the TH. So my long shot hope is that behind closed doors when Doge isn't there - as I presume they aren't following him to every pizza party or sitting in on every substantive rule making or Exams meeting he has - he asks or higher ups just have the courage to say you know Paul we are seeing a LOT of absences as people need SOME flexibility and when they had flexibility, these ppl would work until 8 pm when they had to and now we have people burning leave to leave at 230 because no one is available for the 10 min it takes to get their kid off the bus. Like I'm hoping ppl start saying it and it starts clicking at some level. The union I have my doubts - simply bc you know Doge is in the room for any union/Atkins meeting. Though the union doesn't work for the SEC, they could still say it and Atkins could not respond/act like he agrees w Doge and then do with that information what he wants.

I'm sorry but I think this is fantasy. I do not expect telework to come back soon, sadly, and I don't think it's helpful to imagine PA secretly cares. Most agencies do rule making on a 40 hour week. If anything, I think we will see efforts to increase departures.

[Anonymous]

Stupid idea: announce what staffing number they want to be at, and implement mechanisms to get there. Wasn’t that the process that OMB mandated back in Feb (with the phase 2 plan due in April)?

I don’t get the point of all the navel gazing and belly aching and cryptic townhalls and drama.

And not sure how many staff doge has, but it must be a lot if they can devote 3 full-time people for 6-plus weeks to a relatively tiny $2 billion agency that’s budget neutral.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DOGE has been at the Commission for 6 weeks now. They arrived on March 28 and for some reason added a third staff member 1 week ago.

What exactly have they been doing all this time? And how is something big not coming?

I mean rumor has it they want RIFs and Atkins doesn't so they've probably been working on a RIF plan. But what they've actually done - small ball. You're fired if you don't wear your badge around your neck; shut down parking unless people pay monthly; and apparently changed vending machine snack vendors. Captains of industry these people.

DOGE had nothing to do with the parking situation, and I highly doubt anyone has gotten in trouble about badges.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People still don’t get it. Doge is there to find and eliminate low-hanging “wasteful” contracts, dig into IT inefficiencies, and the like. Real in the weeds stuff.

It’s *OMB/RV* that wants major reorgs/RIFs, etc.

(And nobody’s been fired for not wearing their badge around their neck. Nor does Doge control the parking vendor. Let’s stop with the nonsense rumors).

Uh no one is saying Doge personally controls parking but they are reviewing every single contract, garage being one of them. I don't know why you doubt it, that's where that sudden shift came from. Yeah parking with tight with daily parking also but it was working.

It wasn’t working. In the before time about 40% of people were teleworking so there was space for daily people. Now there isn’t.

And the contract hasn’t been changed. It’s not even a contract with the sec. It’s with the landlord.

[Anonymous]

badges firing is false and trolling

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will the Union communicate or try to tell the new Chairman he will not have the staff wanting to do anything for him? People do their jobs but any rulemaking takes people working way more than 40 hours per week. And I’m not working a minute over my time in the office.

Weird thing I'm hearing about him IRL vs the town hall and it's two different versions. The town hall speech was very much for an audience of Doge/WH, very much eff you staff. Yet people are also saying he didn't want to risk taking any questions at all because of course the top two questions would be RTO/telework and RIFs and he didn't want to say anything contradicting Doge/WH or sounding supportive of the staff in any way. Yet he's apparently making the rounds at other events at the commission - like little events groups did for public service week etc. and there he appears interested in talking to staff; not saying he's making promises or anything but doesn't come off as cold as he did at the TH. So my long shot hope is that behind closed doors when Doge isn't there - as I presume they aren't following him to every pizza party or sitting in on every substantive rule making or Exams meeting he has - he asks or higher ups just have the courage to say you know Paul we are seeing a LOT of absences as people need SOME flexibility and when they had flexibility, these ppl would work until 8 pm when they had to and now we have people burning leave to leave at 230 because no one is available for the 10 min it takes to get their kid off the bus. Like I'm hoping ppl start saying it and it starts clicking at some level. The union I have my doubts - simply bc you know Doge is in the room for any union/Atkins meeting. Though the union doesn't work for the SEC, they could still say it and Atkins could not respond/act like he agrees w Doge and then do with that information what he wants.

I'm sorry but I think this is fantasy. I do not expect telework to come back soon, sadly, and I don't think it's helpful to imagine PA secretly cares. Most agencies do rule making on a 40 hour week. If anything, I think we will see efforts to increase departures.

I’ve heard similar things but honestly my view is PA is the epitome of the southern old white man - they come across nice but then do exactly what they want anyway with no care for anyone beneath them. So yeah he’ll go to pizza parties and be nice but he could care less that you’re burning 2 hrs of leave every day to get your kid off the bus — in his mind you should quit your job then and let your husband provide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:badges firing is false and trolling

Not saying anyone has been fired but they def put out a thing being like you MUST wear your badge blah blah. And see exhibit A - all the SEC dorks w badges around their neck.

[Anonymous]

Why is the staffing target so secret? What’s the benefit to anyone of keeping it secret?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is the staffing target so secret? What’s the benefit to anyone of keeping it secret?

Because if it's secret they can change it more easily, and nobody gets to argue with them about whether it's a good target. Same reason people keep baby names a secret.

[Anonymous]

What’s the safest parking garage convenient to the office? I’ve already lost a window to the VRE station and I’m not fancying losing more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is the staffing target so secret? What’s the benefit to anyone of keeping it secret?

Because if it's secret they can change it more easily, and nobody gets to argue with them about whether it's a good target. Same reason people keep baby names a secret.

This. If you don’t commit to numbers you can change them at any time - like if you’re going w no RIFs now but in 3 mos suddenly need to please the WH - ok do RIFs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is the staffing target so secret? What’s the benefit to anyone of keeping it secret?

Because if it's secret they can change it more easily, and nobody gets to argue with them about whether it's a good target. Same reason people keep baby names a secret.

This. If you don’t commit to numbers you can change them at any time - like if you’re going w no RIFs now but in 3 mos suddenly need to please the WH - ok do RIFs.

Well several other agencies have announced their targets. Not sure it needs to be so complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is the staffing target so secret? What’s the benefit to anyone of keeping it secret?

Because if it's secret they can change it more easily, and nobody gets to argue with them about whether it's a good target. Same reason people keep baby names a secret.

This. If you don’t commit to numbers you can change them at any time - like if you’re going w no RIFs now but in 3 mos suddenly need to please the WH - ok do RIFs.

Well several other agencies have announced their targets. Not sure it needs to be so complicated.

In case you didn’t notice at the TH - PA is terrified and thus acting like a terrified person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is the staffing target so secret? What’s the benefit to anyone of keeping it secret?

Because if it's secret they can change it more easily, and nobody gets to argue with them about whether it's a good target. Same reason people keep baby names a secret.

This. If you don’t commit to numbers you can change them at any time - like if you’re going w no RIFs now but in 3 mos suddenly need to please the WH - ok do RIFs.

Well several other agencies have announced their targets. Not sure it needs to be so complicated.

In case you didn’t notice at the TH - PA is terrified and thus acting like a terrified person.

Terrified of what? He’ll be fine no matter what happens.