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[quote=Anonymous]I am an internal hire but came from a different office in the same agency. I have worked in the government 12 years and I have never found the stereotype about government workers to be true.

I had three rounds of panel interviews. I have technical expertise in the field and federal government in both policy and operations.

I gave the team a month where I met with each of them, observed, asked for feedback and suggestions on how to improve processes.

I gave an assignment to see each team member's work style. I met with each person about the status of the assignment and their progress. I have also had several trainings on topics the team asked for continuing education or a refresher.

What I have found is that there are half of the team who are doing the majority of the work. We use a database to track and monitor all our work and it is easy to see who is doing their work and who isn't. I receive a weekly report of all actions and can see those actions over 30 days in the queue. I also can see the notes that staff enter and receive email notifications.

I do not have time to micromange. My plate is full and I feel like I am going to scream with all this hand holding. I seriously came on this forum as I thought I was going to cry. I asked someone to write a memo. She said she never had written one. I gave her training. We met and worked on it together. I referred her to a colleague with experience.

I get a lot of pushback about assignments. Oh I have never done this and I am not going to learn, etc.

When I call people working from home, they do not respond. When I email them, they do not respond. I will wait hours. I will follow up. Crickets.

People take last minute leave like others change underwear.

In the office, I am not sure what people are doing. One woman is running a side business. Another man is on the Wash Post all day listening to loud music. Three people sit in one person's office and chat. I have received feedback from other managers of their unprofessional behavior.

I send a meeting request. No response. I send an email. No response. I go to someone's cube. They are not there. I go again an hour later. Still not there. No one can be accounted for.

I had the expectation that the folks on my team had a level of professionalism and subject matter expertise. Not only am I finding people completely defrauding the government--we are talking people who are saying they are teleworking but not doing any work-- but I am also finding there are people that have not completed one task for an entire month! So maybe they are at work but chit chatting with their office mate or friends.

Our job is very time sensitive. Letting stuff sit has fiscal and administrative consequences. I am at a loss as to what to do. I have given feedback tot he high performers and have a good rapport with them.

What I am finding as a new manager is that there are a lot of mental health issues and issues related to personal health and care of children and family members. I am flexible, but you are not getting paid to stay at home with Grandma and watch Bravo all day on the taxpayer's dime.

The meeting people did not show up to was a major review. People don't accept meeting requests. They come and go as they please. They tell me that it is a "laid back" environment. Our job is anything but laid back. It is a regulatory, fiscal position.

We don't have a lot of meetings. You can do your job remotely. But people are abusing the privilege. Before, they had a super nice but super lax manager. [/quote]

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