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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got rid of some office space during pandemic, remote employees have changed office location, although most remote employees are remote locally. Basically, some employees change teleworking status (before Covid) to remote status, with SF 50 duty station changed too.

There is no funding to get more office space (flat funding, majority of funding goes to employees' salary; while salary/other costs increase annually, there is not even enough money to fill every vacancy).[/quote]

Why people are so concerned about RTO?  [/quote]

+1. The panic is downright bizarre. To me it gives credit to the argument that people are working less at home. Doing laundry, prepping dinner, picking up kids from school and not paying for aftercare. Otherwise they wouldn’t be in panic mode at the thought of going back. [/quote]

you do understand the big difference between an uncertain driving commute and being able to walk to the school to pick up your kid, right?

right now, i can sign off from my desk at home as late as 5:45 and leisurely walk to get my kiddo before 6pm when aftercare ends. If I have to be at the office, I have to be out the door well before 5 because while *most days* it only takes 20 minutes to drive during rush hour, sometimes it can take over an hour. but if I have to leave the office by 4:45, that means I have to *get to* the office by 8am, which suddenly means either my partner (and I'm lucky to have a partner, not every parent does) is doing drop off (can't drop off until 8:15), I'm taking an hour of leave every school day, trying to hire someone *just* to walk the kiddo to and from school (ahahaha, good luck with that), or if I'm really lucky I'm doing maxiflex and putting an hour+ of remote work in every night after dinner. It's a stupid expense and burden AND I get less work done.
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Yes. Welcome to being a working parent.[/quote]

We are working parents and pre covid our routine was one parent gets up 4am to get to work by 530 so can leave and be home by 430 or so (still paid for after care). Other parent did morning and drop off and got home around 7 as a result. Both had “short” driving commutes of 30-45 min.  [/quote]

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