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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]City employees will rebel over this.  Bowser will back down.  It will return to no more than two days in office.  Guaranteed.[/quote]
No chance.

That’s the whole point.  This is a way to reduce headcount without calling it a downsizing.[/quote]

It's not a bad idea. DC government agencies are filled with people who barely work. Also, the people most likely to object to this are people who live outside DC. If the upshot of this policy is that a bunch of DC employees living in VA/MD decide to quit instead of drive (you know they would drive not take public transportation) to work in DC 4 days a week, because they care so little about getting their jobs done that actually going to an office where they might interact with the people they supposedly serve is unreasonable to them, I am all for it. Take them off the payroll and keep them from becoming pension eligible. Fill those positions with DC residents who won't clog the streets with cars everyday.

I am not a Bowser fan but support this move. It's overdue in my opinion.[/quote]

1.  DC Government employees don't get pensions.
2.  There are plenty of people in the District who "work" and get terminated if they don't - see the OEA decisions available online.
3.  DC government employees should not be required to take public transportation given the horrible crime in DC.  You can if you want to though.
4.  Most DC government employees have little to no interaction with the public - i.e., policy analysts, attorneys, etc.  You need to disabuse yourself of the notion that every DC employee is a receptionist or sloth-like front desk agent.  There is the same variety of positions in District Government that there is in the federal government and the pay is similar.
5.  DC residents get hiring PREFERENCE when there are job openings.  The reason DC residents haven't been hired is because clearly, the Maryland and Virginia candidates were more qualified. You can address that issue with your Mayor and/or the school Superintendent.[/quote]

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