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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m in the office 5 days a week. Not a fed. The transition is hard but then you will get used to it. And you may even like it. Nothing beats in person interactions. Parents these days are over involved in their kids lives any way. Do you really have to be at every single class event in elementary school. Or every single soccer game? [/quote]

Do you have a stay at home spouse?

There are many dual Fed families around here, telework and schedule flexibility is a key part of how our lives makes any sense at all.  In my household both parents have hour plus commutes.  We have to stagger our schedules so that we’re really never home together at the same time during the week because of this.  It’s a terrible way to live and raise a family.[/quote]

NP but that’s par for the course for a dual income couple with young kids. We’ve never had quality adult time in the mornings and afternoons. Actually the dual Fed couples we know are better off than those of us in private bc they rarely log in at night, so they can watch movies together or chat while doing housework after the kids go to sleep.[/quote]

“Rarely log in at night”. Ok now this thread is just silly. [/quote]

Right??? I’m a fed manager, please remind me of the last time I didn’t work after hours.

And no it’s not par for the course at all. Most workplaces have some telework and flexibility.  It’s not 1995 FFS[/quote]

True but you also aren’t an hourly employee.  You’re a well-paid salaried manager, with good benefits.  In the private sector those types of positions often work beyond their official 40 hours, uncompensated.[/quote]

and they get paid more than OP does and have access to telework.

It’s a complete Russel Vought sadistic fantasy that feds are uniquely bad teleworkers. EVERY high level knowledge job allows (or requires) work from home. Every single one. [/quote]

So then, go ahead and apply to the private sector. If you all are as amazing as you claim, you will get snatched up [/quote]

Some will some won’t, since there aren’t enough private firms to absorb all of the workforce in DC.  Some of us will move to other cities, some of us will start our own business consulting, etc.  none of that’s good for the American people.  The best will leave if they can’t have some flexibility. Do you want that? And why?[/quote]

[b]The best people tend to be mission driven and resilient[/b]. Unlikely they will leave so quickly. The best people tend to be focused on the big picture and the long game. They can endure a rocky 4 years. Everyone is replaceable even if we like to think we aren’t. Many young college graduates are chomping at the bit to replace older folk. A wave of retirements might be a boost to the under thirty crowd[/quote]
I’m trying to remind myself that I have always been this type of Fed. But the mission of helping “the American people” is quickly losing its luster. I’ll have to envision an idealized version of the people we serve to keep my focus. [/quote]

Also those of us who are good performers have families to consider. I’m not going to martyr myself for the next 4 years for an administration that is hostile toward its employees, may water down the value of our retirements, and take away my flexibility to have time with my kids instead of commuting.

Yes a lot of Feds care about their agency mission, but it’s still a job and they wouldn’t be here if not getting paid. At what point is the compensation not worth the stress anymore? There aren’t a ton of top performers willing to go down with the ship despite what some anonymous internet poster wants to be true. Also the under 40 crowd is looking for an exit strategy as they still have 20-30 years left of their careers. They are absolutely not chomping at the bit to be flogged by politicians in the hopes that in the long run there will be opportunity to move up.[/quote]

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