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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who is going to apply for the SSA attorney advisor jobs with no telework? [/quote]

I’m an SSA Attorney Advisor. And no one, because it’s so hard to get above a GS 13.  Telework is a big reason many people stay.  Lot of parents— often moms— in these jobs because they work so well with a family. Under telework, they’ve slashed the backlog and the hard numbers are there on to say productivity and quality are up on telework days.

And it’s not just finding people.  SSA regulatory review is a specialized skill set and you don’t learn it overnight.

SSA is a huge agency. Operations staff in Baltimore and OAO attorneys in FC/CC/Wabash are completely different things.  SSA was getting hammered about the ALJ plus AC backlog a few years ago.  WaPo stories on the “million case backlog” and the “biggest backlog in the federal government”.   Now they’ve cut it in half.  Plus, they are are having huge waves on the people who know what they are doing retiring, with a lot more scheduled.

Also, SSA has a Commissioner on a 6 year appointment— so less subject to Trump’s whims than most agencies.

I think a core day would help a lot. Besides that?  Maybe I’m being optimistic, but I think the new Commissioner has bigger fish to fry than breaking something that works well. Almost all voters on both sides of the aisle care a lot when SSA when SSA isn’t working well. [/quote]

You are being optimistic. The word is that the new Commissioner is old school and not a fan of telework. On the plus side, people will have snow days again since they can no longer telework. No more working when the office is closed. [/quote]

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