Religious telework?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Christian here- how can I take advantage of this. Good Friday and Ash Wednesday are the only things I’m coming up with.

There are other holy days of obligation throughout the year. Maybe like five or six that are not on Sundays?

Catholics should work at home for all of Holy Week, which coincides with a week off for Catholic schools.

[Anonymous]

So can I just make up some goofy religious holiday and then ask for TW? Is there some sort of test of what is and isn’t a religious day?

[Anonymous]

I'm not Jewish but I requested religious Friday telework to prepare for religious Saturdays, like the example in the OPM memo. My supervisor was nervous and clearly wanted to ask questions but had no idea what he was allowed to ask. Said we have to wait on guidance from the agency! Didn't expect this level of supervisory simpering when the union is so hobbled.

[Anonymous]

Why not just let everyone telework one day a week and you can pick which day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not just let everyone telework one day a week and you can pick which day?

Because telework was in efficient and costly remember...except if for religious purposes then it is efficient and low cost.

[Anonymous]

My Friday telework RA was approved so I can prepare for weekly Black Sabbaths. Thank you OPM, and hail Satan.

[Anonymous]

DEI for false religions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Christian here- how can I take advantage of this. Good Friday and Ash Wednesday are the only things I’m coming up with.

There are other holy days of obligation throughout the year. Maybe like five or six that are not on Sundays?

Wait, what? Maundy Thursday, Ascension, All Souls’ Day, shrove Tuesday, All Saints’ Day, assumption of the blessed Mary, epiphany, Pentecost

Then don’t forget name days!
St Francis—the blessing of the animals!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Christian here- how can I take advantage of this. Good Friday and Ash Wednesday are the only things I’m coming up with.

There are other holy days of obligation throughout the year. Maybe like five or six that are not on Sundays?

Wait, what? Maundy Thursday, Ascension, All Souls’ Day, shrove Tuesday, All Saints’ Day, assumption of the blessed Mary, epiphany, Pentecost

Then don’t forget name days!
St Francis—the blessing of the animals!

Actually, all of 2025 is the Jubilee year, so see you in 26

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Christian here- how can I take advantage of this. Good Friday and Ash Wednesday are the only things I’m coming up with.

There are other holy days of obligation throughout the year. Maybe like five or six that are not on Sundays?

Wait, what? Maundy Thursday, Ascension, All Souls’ Day, shrove Tuesday, All Saints’ Day, assumption of the blessed Mary, epiphany, Pentecost

Then don’t forget name days!
St Francis—the blessing of the animals!

What a weird, random list.

— Catholic person

[Anonymous]

Maybe this is well-meant, but with an administration that is scraping medical and financial information from agencies where it was supposed to be siloed, I’d be wary of identifying myself officially with specific religious beliefs — just on the chance that I might receive a few telework days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just read it. It doesn’t specifically say Jewish people can TW every Friday or Muslims can telework the whole month of Ramadan.

It specifically mentions fasting as a reason, which would cover Ramadan. I hope this makes people's lives easier!

I am not muslim, but another mainstream faith that fasts for a season.

The point of fasting in my faith tradition is that you carry on with daily life through those40 days, don't complain, and offer up the discomfort of fasting and suffering without changing your daily schedule. Isn't ramadan fasting the same? Fasting with special accomodations to make the sacrifice easier is not the way the fasting is done. Are there any devout muslims here that can affirm or correct?

No that is not the case. In Muslim countries, regular life pretty much shuts down in Ramadan. Ramadan isn’t just fasting - there are nightly prayers in the mosque every day. Particularly in the last ten nights you pretty much try to stay up as late as you can in prayer. Also, you are generally waking up around 5ish am for the predawn meal. Commuting for 1-2 hours a day on top of all this is incredible difficult. Not impossible but very difficult.

In your faith tradition, when you fast for 40 days, do you completely abstain from all food and drink (yes, even water)? In my experience the long days and prolonged periods of no water day after day are exhausting by the second or third week.

This kind of lifestyle is not compatible with working whether in the office or at home. They should take vacation days.

yeah it sucks trying to work with these people when they don't eat anythin gall day every day. useless.

I’m sure you do a ton of work the week of Christmas. “These people” are people like me who spend the month starting work at 5:00 am in order to ensure that my work doesn’t suffer. I have never inconvenienced someone due to my religious practices but try to get anyone else to do work the days before or after Christmas - good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anyone receive guidance from their agency? Nothing at mine yet.

[Anonymous]

Teleworking today, going Rosary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone receive guidance from their agency? Nothing at mine yet.

No, but I heard some of our new appointees are worried FOIAs will make our agency look like there was a mass conversion to Islam. Must have walked by the break room and overhead people strategizing religious conversion for maximum telework.