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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - have a few years and moved due to husbands job and my agency transitioned my role to remote because of my portfolio. I am far, far away and I truly miss DC but we cannot afford it and kids are in elementary school.

I find so much meaning in my work and I’d be willing to even go in satellite offices but I don’t know if that is enough. It just makes me sad that the address of my work will drive if I keep my job. I wonder if I’m being too positive and hopeful and should be jumping ship instead. [/quote]

I get what you are saying and if you were truly remote before covid I would think you’d be fine. But keep in mind that there are no guarantees with any job, be it public or private. Lot’s of people in the private sector are sad when they get laid off too. It sucks. Hope you find a work around. [/quote]

DP, but I’m tired of people making comparisons to what happens in the private sector. Feds accepted their jobs based on the protections and benefits of the public sector including giving up careers making more money. I’m 15 years in and teleworked for a decade prior to COVID. I chose this over making more money because I wanted work/life balance as a mom.

My DH is private sector so I’m aware of what can happen in the private sector. But he makes more money than me including employee stock and bonuses.

I and many Feds are having the rug pulled out from under us by a president who doesn’t give a crap about this country. He’s doing it to create a civil service full of loyalists and so he can destroy programs he doesn’t like without going through Congress. So no, this is a absolutely nothing like anything that has happened in the private sector.[/quote]

This is what bugs me.   So, what does your work/life balance mean for the taxpayers that fund your salary, excellent benefits and pension?  There is also no guarantee you'd be making tons of money/get an excellent role in the private sector.

There are tremendous benefits in government jobs all of which are funded by taxpayers.  Going to pick up Joey from school at 3PM and then signing on at 4:30PM to send one email and call it a day is not work/life balance.  There are plenty of jobs that give flexibility if you need to leave occasionally, but it is when people use it frequently that it can be a problem.

Don't you think Elon Musk will have IT check to see when everyone has been working?  People seem concerned about badge swipes.  They can access information/usage from any equipment they own.  My spouse was in a meeting (not gov) which showed all sorts of data about people not working/getting stuff done.  He was concerned about a team member who said they were working and my spouse went on the system after it became a pattern and realized the person signed on and worked for maybe a couple hours and then used some kind of device (mouse mover or some such) to make it look like they were working. My spouse also realized pretty quickly this person was using AI to do work/emails.  They would send an email here or there/hard to reach.  When my spouse got this information, then IT was contacted and they got even more.  Who knows maybe they even do these system checks, I don't know, but I would be more concerned about it happening in the coming months.

If you're worried and you are meant to be in the office and are close-by I would go in.  And if you are remote then work your hours and make sure you're actually working in the system.  Either way it will take time (I think) so just apply for roles you'd actually take and keep in touch with people in your network so that if you get laid off, you aren't just contacting people when you need something.  [/quote]

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