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i am a new fed.

I was surprised to receive an email from my supervisor asking me not to change my telework days and spend a minimum eight hours a day in the office. I had notified him few weeks ago a situation that would prevent me to be on the office on a specific day I had suggested. an alternate day he never responded. After a few weeks. He sent an email copying my skip Level asking me to stick to my approved in person days only. I am very confused. Is this a disciplinary action? Why did he never speak to me or respond to my communication sent earlier and just sent me Written, communication adding my skip level. I thought i was keeping him informed it looks like something is amiss. I am anxious and confused. what should I do [/quote]

Was it a one off re: telework day you were seeking permission to change or is it that you want a permanent, ongoing schedule change?

Them thinking you are not working 8 hours because you are not at your desk is a really unfortunate impression that has been created and one that will take time and consistency to correct. You need to understand you are asking permission to make changes, OP, not informing. They think you are playing fast and loose and are taking advantage. You need to correct that in words, in writing and in consistent action of being where you are supposed to be during agreed to hours. If you need a different work station make a proposal to your boss and get his/her decision. [/quote]

The agency parking was full on the first few weeks of my in person day hence I requested a different day when parking was available. So one off request.[/quote]

You young people. Get.there.earlier.use.public.transportation. Why is it so hard for you people to understand the world doesn’t revolve around your needs. Lol.[/quote]

Our agency has a parking request queue which fills up months ahead of time. She may have started and not realized her in office days were already oversubscribed in parking. I doubt it was part of her intake briefing of current allocation. [/quote] OP here that is absolutely correct. It was part of intake but I couldn’t find anything for my in office days for first 5 weeks. Now I am all set for future weeks.[/quote]

Did you switch your in office day once, or once per week for the five weeks? [/quote]

Don’t answer this OP. It doesn’t matter now. OP knows what he needs to do. I hope it works out for you![/quote]

It matters with respect to all the posts saying the supervisor is over the top to email OP with his own supervisor CCed for just a one-time request. If it was happening weekly for 5 weeks, that is a much bigger deal, and OP's job is much more at risk, especially if the OP's email request was unclear that the request was to switch days every week until parking was figured out and not just on that one day, and then in addition to that, on those days OP was actually in the office, he also wasn't at his desk, apparently not having let anyone know.

[b]OP needs to count up all the days he was not at his desk for the full day on his scheduled in-office day and make note of that for his own records, in case the supervisor has their own notes.[/b][/quote]
This is actually good feedback. The supervisor may have a much larger paper trail than she realizes. It’s much harder to defend yourself when you’re not prepared. [/quote]

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