federal government full time telework positions/agencies? (or unicorn wishes?)

[Anonymous]

my first child is due in April 2018 and in reevaluating my life (as one does before first baby) I would like a full time telework position with the federal government. JD with 4 years of fed. govt. experience in procurement, full time, and up for my GS-14 promotion in May 2018.

any advice on how to even begin the search for these virtual positions, tips or tricks, or what has worked for you or whether these even exist? can you recommend agencies that have full time telework options, I know GSA is one of the top ones? i'm also not sure how to apply to these GS-14 positions as many are supervisory.

[Anonymous]

Patent office.

[Anonymous]

Dep of treasury

[Anonymous]

I know some lawyers with SSA who have this type of deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my first child is due in April 2018 and in reevaluating my life (as one does before first baby) I would like a full time telework position with the federal government. JD with 4 years of fed. govt. experience in procurement, full time, and up for my GS-14 promotion in May 2018.

any advice on how to even begin the search for these virtual positions, tips or tricks, or what has worked for you or whether these even exist? can you recommend agencies that have full time telework options, I know GSA is one of the top ones? i'm also not sure how to apply to these GS-14 positions as many are supervisory.

Let me guess you want to Telework and avoid paying for childcare for your baby.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:my first child is due in April 2018 and in reevaluating my life (as one does before first baby) I would like a full time telework position with the federal government. JD with 4 years of fed. govt. experience in procurement, full time, and up for my GS-14 promotion in May 2018.

any advice on how to even begin the search for these virtual positions, tips or tricks, or what has worked for you or whether these even exist? can you recommend agencies that have full time telework options, I know GSA is one of the top ones? i'm also not sure how to apply to these GS-14 positions as many are supervisory.

Let me guess you want to Telework and avoid paying for childcare for your baby.

She probably wants to avoid the waste of time of commute. Nearly everyone knows that working full time you still need full time childcare. (I teleworked for 7 years...I started before I had my first kid. I had a full-time nanny but did not have to waste time commuting, which saved 2 hours a day and saved me from paying a nanny overtime over 40 hours.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:my first child is due in April 2018 and in reevaluating my life (as one does before first baby) I would like a full time telework position with the federal government. JD with 4 years of fed. govt. experience in procurement, full time, and up for my GS-14 promotion in May 2018.

any advice on how to even begin the search for these virtual positions, tips or tricks, or what has worked for you or whether these even exist? can you recommend agencies that have full time telework options, I know GSA is one of the top ones? i'm also not sure how to apply to these GS-14 positions as many are supervisory.

Let me guess you want to Telework and avoid paying for childcare for your baby.

You sound jelly my friend.

And to provide context for the poster below (not your sniding, eyerolling, lame self), I want to move closer to my parents who are not living in the immediate DC area - I want to be closer to them without sacrificing my career. DH has already secured full time telework for the move, I’m holding us back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my first child is due in April 2018 and in reevaluating my life (as one does before first baby) I would like a full time telework position with the federal government. JD with 4 years of fed. govt. experience in procurement, full time, and up for my GS-14 promotion in May 2018.

any advice on how to even begin the search for these virtual positions, tips or tricks, or what has worked for you or whether these even exist? can you recommend agencies that have full time telework options, I know GSA is one of the top ones? i'm also not sure how to apply to these GS-14 positions as many are supervisory.

Let me guess you want to Telework and avoid paying for childcare for your baby.

You sound jelly my friend.

And to provide context for the poster below (not your sniding, eyerolling, lame self), I want to move closer to my parents who are not living in the immediate DC area - I want to be closer to them without sacrificing my career. DH has already secured full time telework for the move, I’m holding us back.

Then you might want to clarify your unicorn positions involved you living outside the DC metro area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my first child is due in April 2018 and in reevaluating my life (as one does before first baby) I would like a full time telework position with the federal government. JD with 4 years of fed. govt. experience in procurement, full time, and up for my GS-14 promotion in May 2018.

any advice on how to even begin the search for these virtual positions, tips or tricks, or what has worked for you or whether these even exist? can you recommend agencies that have full time telework options, I know GSA is one of the top ones? i'm also not sure how to apply to these GS-14 positions as many are supervisory.

Let me guess you want to Telework and avoid paying for childcare for your baby.

She probably wants to avoid the waste of time of commute. Nearly everyone knows that working full time you still need full time childcare. (I teleworked for 7 years...I started before I had my first kid. I had a full-time nanny but did not have to waste time commuting, which saved 2 hours a day and saved me from paying a nanny overtime over 40 hours.)

Maybe, but a few times a year some woman pregnant with her first starts asking to Telework while also talking about how much she will save not using childcare. The answer is always a firm no, but don't act like people aren't trying to have their cake and eat it too

[Anonymous]

My agency is very flexible with respect to telework, but none of the lawyers telework full time, and none of the managers telework much. The more senior someone is, the less likely he or she is to telework regularly (everyone does it on an ad hoc basis from time to time). If you can be flexible and look for something more like 2 or 3 day/week telework, that will expand your options.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:my first child is due in April 2018 and in reevaluating my life (as one does before first baby) I would like a full time telework position with the federal government. JD with 4 years of fed. govt. experience in procurement, full time, and up for my GS-14 promotion in May 2018.

any advice on how to even begin the search for these virtual positions, tips or tricks, or what has worked for you or whether these even exist? can you recommend agencies that have full time telework options, I know GSA is one of the top ones? i'm also not sure how to apply to these GS-14 positions as many are supervisory.

Let me guess you want to Telework and avoid paying for childcare for your baby.

She probably wants to avoid the waste of time of commute. Nearly everyone knows that working full time you still need full time childcare. (I teleworked for 7 years...I started before I had my first kid. I had a full-time nanny but did not have to waste time commuting, which saved 2 hours a day and saved me from paying a nanny overtime over 40 hours.)

Maybe, but a few times a year some woman pregnant with her first starts asking to Telework while also talking about how much she will save not using childcare. The answer is always a firm no, but don't act like people aren't trying to have their cake and eat it too

DP. I have never heard this. My agency is crystal clear that if you are going to telework you still need full time childcare. This applies even if you just do it ad hoc occasionally. No one is confused about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My agency is very flexible with respect to telework, but none of the lawyers telework full time, and none of the managers telework much. The more senior someone is, the less likely he or she is to telework regularly (everyone does it on an ad hoc basis from time to time). If you can be flexible and look for something more like 2 or 3 day/week telework, that will expand your options.

I’d be willing to forego the attorney position for a different series, I thought I’d have to anyway for a GS14 - all my previous agencies had a max one day routine telework with some situational telework. The 2/3 day would work commute wise but I was under impression these were even more difficult to find.

[Anonymous]

some of you must be really delusional to think an attorney working from home can also be doing childcare (which ps is illegal). those pampered stay at home wives with no kids must be getting bored on the forums.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:my first child is due in April 2018 and in reevaluating my life (as one does before first baby) I would like a full time telework position with the federal government. JD with 4 years of fed. govt. experience in procurement, full time, and up for my GS-14 promotion in May 2018.

any advice on how to even begin the search for these virtual positions, tips or tricks, or what has worked for you or whether these even exist? can you recommend agencies that have full time telework options, I know GSA is one of the top ones? i'm also not sure how to apply to these GS-14 positions as many are supervisory.

Let me guess you want to Telework and avoid paying for childcare for your baby.

She probably wants to avoid the waste of time of commute. Nearly everyone knows that working full time you still need full time childcare. (I teleworked for 7 years...I started before I had my first kid. I had a full-time nanny but did not have to waste time commuting, which saved 2 hours a day and saved me from paying a nanny overtime over 40 hours.)

Maybe, but a few times a year some woman pregnant with her first starts asking to Telework while also talking about how much she will save not using childcare. The answer is always a firm no, but don't act like people aren't trying to have their cake and eat it too

DP. I have never heard this. My agency is crystal clear that if you are going to telework you still need full time childcare. This applies even if you just do it ad hoc occasionally. No one is confused about it.

Being confused about the rules and following the rules are very different things. I can't tell you how many times kids in the background interrupt calls with folks who are "teleworking."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:some of you must be really delusional to think an attorney working from home can also be doing childcare (which ps is illegal). those pampered stay at home wives with no kids must be getting bored on the forums.

I don't think anyone is saying someone can. I think people are saying (some apparently based on experience with colleagues) that first-time moms think they can do both. There is a difference there.