GS-15 husband and wife collect money and not working

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH and I are feds and we each work at least 40 hours a week right now, while trying to take care of our kids. I’m sure that there are some people like this but I think they’re rare, at least in my office it would be obvious and not tolerated.

There are people like that EVERYWHERE. Not just fed.

I do not know what my World Bank neighbors do. I have asked both of them what their daily routine consists of and it's something like -- we answer emails and we go to meetings. They also have about 10 weeks of paid vacation per year.

Yes, that's how I'd answer my job if my "need to know everything" neighbor asks me what i do for living. you know what i don't tell you? between emails and meetings, i review reports, i write papers, i direct contractors, i deal with stakeholders, i perform analysis...etc. do you really want me to tell you all that??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH and I are feds and we each work at least 40 hours a week right now, while trying to take care of our kids. I’m sure that there are some people like this but I think they’re rare, at least in my office it would be obvious and not tolerated.

There are people like that EVERYWHERE. Not just fed.

I do not know what my World Bank neighbors do. I have asked both of them what their daily routine consists of and it's something like -- we answer emails and we go to meetings. They also have about 10 weeks of paid vacation per year.

There is a lot of bloat there as well. There are a lot of hard workers, brilliant and committed people, but many others who use the hierarchical/political culture to their advantage and do minimal work.
Your neighbors aren’t necessarily freeloaders just because they spend some time in meetings and do their transactions over email, though.

[Anonymous]

I've been working for the Feds since 2005, and man, if this is what most people do, I've been doing it all wrong. I've regularly worked in excess of 40 hours per week throughout my entire career. GS-14 and 15 jobs.

[Anonymous]

This is unusual for GS14 or above, but it was normal for GS12 or GS13 at one of my agencies. They reached the top of the scale and check out, but I cannot blame them. Incentives were so messed up at that agency and rewarded longevity instead of quality of work. They took advantage of the system—why work hard when you get your promotion and/or bonus by doing the bare minimum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is unusual for GS14 or above, but it was normal for GS12 or GS13 at one of my agencies. They reached the top of the scale and check out, but I cannot blame them. Incentives were so messed up at that agency and rewarded longevity instead of quality of work. They took advantage of the system—why work hard when you get your promotion and/or bonus by doing the bare minimum?

Was this the SSA? If so, had the exact same experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH and I are feds and we each work at least 40 hours a week right now, while trying to take care of our kids. I’m sure that there are some people like this but I think they’re rare, at least in my office it would be obvious and not tolerated.

There are people like that EVERYWHERE. Not just fed.

I do not know what my World Bank neighbors do. I have asked both of them what their daily routine consists of and it's something like -- we answer emails and we go to meetings. They also have about 10 weeks of paid vacation per year.

I know a lot of people that work at a state college that are the same. They are not professors and do nothing for students. They do not have top tier jobs. They answer emails and fly to meetings.

You post about this a lot. Did you want to fly to meetings too pp?