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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a difficult issue. I'm a GS 14 and most of my direct reports make really similar money to me (they're high 13s), except I'm expected to buy them all lunches, give gifts at the holidays, bring in bagels often. I was glad when covid cut most of that out. I have 3 in daycare, so even $50 is a lot to me. At our annual BBQ, managers are expected to throw $100 in to purchase the room rental and food, plus make a dish.

Low level employees (GS7) get pretty angry when meetings roll into lunch and they can't really afford to order lunches in like everyone else.

Something that really annoys me are public meetings. We're expected to provide some sort of tray of food plus drinks. Where does that money come from? Yep, managers.

Gov is just kind of cheap.[/quote]

It’s definitely different if this is the situation but working in places where managers are SES or Regulators with incomes over $225K it’s different. They make $50K-$100K more than their Staff and $100 once a year seems chintzy, although I realize that they may not be as flush as it seems, they make way more and should theoretically be able to handle more than $100 a year.[/quote]

But why?! This doesn't happen in private sector companies. If your manager gets lunch, it's on the corporate credit card. Why is there an expectation that your manager buys lunch?

The majority of the fed workforce reports to a mid level manager who is likely GS13-15. The mid level managers are the ones who report to senior managers. Most senior managers only supervise other managers. [/quote]

Also - no one in private is asked to pay $15 for their Costco tray portion plus to bring in a pot luck meal. Why should managers not also be expected to contribute?[/quote]

I'm a PP who thinks managers should contribute.  But, a tiny number of people actually want a Costco tray or holiday party or happy hour, and the party planning falls disproportionately on female staff. The whole idea needs to be scaled down to just a couple events each year for cohesion purposes.

The best thing Fed managers can do for morale (distinct from cohesion) is let people leave early every once in a while. [/quote]

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