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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I’m a fed with teenagers and I don’t begrudge younger parents flexibility but I think the cost of this is often to their coworkers who are doing their work while they are at afternoon ballet class, or kind of paying attention on a work call while driving. The rest of us would be better off if you were fully doing your job, which is much harder to manage and track remotely. I can’t stand Trump and am dreading most of the administration, except for the scaling back of telework. My coworkers and I are all for it.

If people are doing work while at a ballet class or driving, that's clearly not ok (unless they have permission- though not while driving!) and should be dealt with on an individual basis. I agree.[/quote]

I agree as well, but have not ever experienced anyone at my agency doing anything like this.  We have a very high workload, and it would be noticeable quickly.[/quote]

No one is at ballet class at my office either.  That is shocking to read.  The flexibility I see (and am ok with) is driving a kid to an activity for 15 minutes...and making the time up by working late.  That does happen at my office.  I do not do it an any regular basis but have driven my mom to an appointment,  That would be a half day off if I did it from the office.  Maybe 30 minutes if I am working from home.[/quote]

So parents are driving 15 minutes to a child’s activity and then what? Working at ballet as previously saif? Driving 15 minutes home and then driving 15 minutes back to pick their child up before driving 15 minutes home again?

Most people I work with logging off at 3 are logging off to supervise young children, drive to and from activities, make dinner, and monitor homework. It is also disingenuous to say that these same people are working two hours every night after their children go to bed. I think most of us have also worked with people who continue to work while they are on vacation with young kids so in effect do not work because they are on a family vacation. Not having flexibility undermines morale but abuses of flexibility also undermine morale. Abuses occur when there are no guard rails: https://www.vaoig.gov/reports/administrative-investigation/va-improperly-awarded-108-million-incentives-central-office
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That’s a management issue. No one in my fed office is doing that kind of thing. [/quote]

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