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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was one of the things that bothered me when I worked for the government. I am a rule follower and recognize that “not” working during work hours could be perceived as fraud. The most annoying part was not having enough work to do during the day! As long as you’re getting work done on time and a strong performer, what’s the harm in running errands if you have time? Should be nothing, but I never did that when I worked for the government. I always stayed logged in![/quote]

My problem is, how do you define working during work hours? Someone in the cube down the hall is physically present in her cube and her computer is turned on, but she barely, hardly does any work. I am a strong performer at work. I am also present and when I am, I work hard and get things done on time (and at triple the rate of this particular co-worker) but if I take more than 15 min to run an errand, I’m the one defrauding the government.  [/quote]

Two different things. Your coworker's performance should be managed by her employer. Running an errand takes more than 15 min. Do it during your lunch break, not during your 15 min break or it can be considered time fraud.

For the federal government, time and being present matters. [/quote]

But even in the office, there are large numbers of people not really doing much of anything during their 40 hours. [/quote]

But they are at least available if/when people need them. Versus feds who are off running errands and not available at all.

I am a fed and that's what I don't get about these WFH/remote work threads. People seem to think they can just do their one report or write their one code and that's all they need to do. They can run errands or do whatever they want as long as they get their one report done. That's not how the federal government works. You need to be available to collaborate, answer questions and should ask for more work if you only have 2 hours of work a day. I've seen people get disciplined for only working 2 hours a day and constantly telling their managers they have too much work.[/quote]

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