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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, it is entirely possible that your 3 examples are just genuinely bad employees with a bad work ethic. I can see why that would make you feel as you do. I don’t like that either and, as a long time fed get mad about that because they make the honest hardworking feds look bad. In my career the bad actors have been the exceptions.

I would ask that you genuinely consider if these 3 people accurately represent a ~3 million person work sector (is that right? whatever the exact #, you get the idea) that covers diverse fields but also diverse positions from say lawyers and engineers through clerical and maintenance staff. It might be akin to having 2 bad plumbers and deciding all tradespersons are inept.

Then consider the vast # agencies that all have their own scheduling and telework policies. Plenty can step away for an hour or two so long as they get the hours in on a flex schedule. As in the general workforce, I am sure some abuse or take advantage.

The government is certainly not exempt from bad employees the same as any employer, and I agree they should be able to get rid of them more easily than they sometimes are. In my experience, which may be specific to my unique agency, by and large we do get rid of poor performers though it takes a long time. I would welcome thoughtful effective changes and would be happy to see that. The slash and grab or burn it all down mentality is not that though and I think is not in the country’s overall best interests.[/quote]

Yeah, I think the bigger issue is what these 3 people mostly have in common is OP. Somehow OP is choosing to associate with people who have bad ethics. The 2.3 million civilian workers across the country are likely very poorly represented by these three people. Other things to note: 54% of the workforce work entirely in-person. Of those that telework, 60% of those hours are performed at the worksite. Very few positions are full remote or primarily telework. https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/08/teleworking-feds-are-spending-60-their-time-working-person-omb-says/398779/

I definitely appreciate a flex schedule, where I only need to take leave for those hours I cannot be at my computer, rather than having to take the entire day off just to take my kiddo to a doctors appointment before school. As a long-term fed, accumulating 12 hours of leave per pay period (8 annual, 4 sick), I definitely carry over 6 weeks of annual leave every year. But that leave is also designed to be a short-term disability policy, as the federal government does not offer STD plans to the entire workforce. (some few agencies do offer STD and LTD policies for purchase.)[/quote]

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