Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
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Anonymous
That’s nice. But again, what actually happens? How does the story end? Has the story ended like that for anyone at all? |
Anonymous
FWIW a few people in my group have been saying just go back to TW 2-3 days/wk, what are they going to do if we ALL did it. Like don’t ask, just email that morning and say you’re TW thx. Interesting idea bc if you alone are doing or even 20 or 100 ppl, they’ll have no problem firing you and making an example of you. But if 80-90% of people did it will they fire 3500+ people and shut the agency’s doors? But alas as I told my coworkers, this doesn’t work bc 80-90% of the agency is rule following dorks who’d never do it. So then when you’re in that small group of 100 doing what you want - it’s an easy firing. |
Anonymous
| I think people are just taking leave. I know I have been taking sick leave and annual leave just to get everything done in my life. I was working a lot more hours with the flexibility of telework. They don’t care so I don’t care. If the work suffers as well that was their choice. |
Anonymous
| Is no one thinking about leaving the agency? If/when you do, do you not want annual leave paid out? Or if you stay are you really going to not go on actual vacations because you’re taking random days off to grocery shop? |
Anonymous
I’m doing what k have to do now to survive. That includes taking more annual leave than I’d like. I can’t hold it and suffer now just for some payout if I leave. I’m thinking about leaving but it just doesn’t make sense for where things are in life. |
Anonymous
Agree. PP most people aren’t thinking that far ahead. If taking 1 day off lets them survive this week, they’re taking it. At some point it may slow down as people try to hold onto leave but TBH it may not because people are sitting on a lot of sick time and if they’ve been here 10+ years they earn a ton of leave so these aren’t people who need to save 5 days for their beach vacation in August. |
Anonymous
I don't find the building empty at all, seats are all full near me and restroom is crowded. There is less visiting and talking now that the novel first weeks are over, maybe you are reacting to that. But yes, people with college kids are taking vacation (colleges are out already), people have appointments and end of school year events that now require a day of leave, people are sick with RTO germs, etc. |
Anonymous
| FWIW there IS an uptick in stress/exhaustion type of health issues. I have supervised the same core group of people for years, they aren't faking and they aren't lazy people. While I'd never ask why someone is taking sick leave people, I've known these people long enough that they feel comfortable saying they're having migraines or whatever. And they don't look great even when they drag themselves back to the office the next day. So of course they're using sick leave; it's our own productivity decision that someone can't just take a few hours to rest up and then work. Or perish the thought cut them some slack so they don't develop these issues to begin with. |
Anonymous
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I feel really sorry for people who don’t have a big bank of sick and annual leave. I know if I’m at my wits end or feel like crap one day, I will just take the day off. Not everyone has that ability and there are some managers who won’t approve telework on those days.
Over the coming months, people are just going to get angrier about this. Exhaustion. No indication our new Chairman has any clue how pissed off and what impact it is having. Or even if he did know, whether he gives a flying f*%#. More people are leaving. We won’t be able to hire. I’ve already gotten a departing employee’s entire portfolio of work assigned to me. Not one or two pieces — all of it. Do more with less time because of the commute. All while having less time with family, to sleep, to exercise . . . Morale will go much lower and probably lower than it ever has been at the agency. |
Anonymous
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Public IG report just out says they expect 770 employees to leave in FY25 — INCLUDING those who just left bc of DRO/VERA!! Hilarious — gross underestimate.
It also says that 24 pct of staff will be eligible for retirement in next 2 years. My guess is that 10-15 pct of staff will be gone in next 12 months. And good luck hiring anyone (even if the freeze is lifted). |
Anonymous
You're not wrong, but this is very familiar to those of us who have worked at disfavored agencies. Chronically understaffed, hiring freezes, no budget, and so on. Less gets done, which is largely the point. You have to just accept that it's a deliberate choice, and they could make a different choice if they wanted a different outcome. |
Anonymous
| A lot of people asking for telework for the June 14 Tump parade |
Anonymous
Isn’t June 14 a Saturday? Do you mean before or after? Before right - road closure etc? |
Anonymous
| Are telework requests for Fri 6/13 being granted? I was planning to take the day off but maybe will ask to telework instead. I asked to telework during SEC Speaks (attending online) and got a big no to that request. |
Anonymous
Because SEC Speaks is a heavy traffic/crowd day? Or because why come in for 2 days of entirely virtual work? Not criticizing - I legit can’t remember if SEC speaks draws a large in person audience like from law firms etc. |