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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone in the future considering government jobs should be required to read this thread.

There is very little if any discussion about actual work and productivity.

Instead it’s about silly rules, HR, time sheets, exceptions, RTO etc.

Prioritize working somewhere that’s focused on actual work and adding value. Not on where someone uses their laptop.

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Fed here. We used to be about productivity and end product before doge. I have this one employee who literally walks on water. I can give him the most complicated issue and he can repackage the whole thing, tie it in a string, and he does it ahead of schedule. If he was only working 7 hours a day, I wouldn’t care. He does as much work as 3 employees. My goal was keeping him and my other high performers happy. I went after low performers and either counseled them out or fired them.

Despite being one of the administrations top priorities, my agency had been treated like infants. It’s all about your timesheet, writing your 5 bullets and working in person. Nothing else matters. In fact, we’ve had our performance metrics cancelled. Performance absolutely doesn’t matter. My best employee had a family emergency and still couldn’t get even a day of telework so they’ve been out on sick and annual leave now. It’s a massive loss to us. I begged the head of our agency to authorize telework. Employee knows I really went to bat for them, but I know they’re disgruntled. They have over a thousand hours of sick leave and 300+ of annual leave so I hope they come back, but they could be off indefinitely. [/quote]

This is what's happening at my DH's agency as well.

He would usually take sick leave for medical appointments and then come back home and remote work, since we don't live super close to his work site. Now? Everyone in his division, including himself, just takes the whole day off for sick leave and does not work at all that day. Deadlines are already being missed, but it's what DOGE wanted. [/quote]

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