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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh, the shock and awe part of RTO is over.
RTO has served its purpose of traumatizing people and making them want to quit. It has mostly run its course. Nothing is ever permanent but if someone is hiring for a remote position in today’s environment, I think there is a good enough chance of it staying remote.
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I never understood why it was such a big deal.  Most Feds are older and worked for years even decades in office. [/quote]

People keep saying this. It’s simply not true. I’ve had telework available since 2006. That’s nearly 20 years. My entire career. So yes, it was a big deal to have it taken away in one fell swoop. I’d been able to telework 2-3 days a week since long before COVID. Being able to bring my kid to dance two days a week without taking leave because I didn’t commute those days was a big consideration in committing to dance every year, and it is a school year long commitment since you pay for the studio year whether you go or not. So it’s not like I could just pivot last March and be like, whoops, sorry, you’ve got to quit dance mid year after a decade. Now, I take an hour and a half of leave twice a week to make it happen. This is stupid. But whatever. You don’t want a full week of work out of me, that’s cool.[/quote]

You make Feds look bad. It’s one thing to pick up kids from school and then plop the doing homework or tv while you work. Even better to argue that you work better in home with less distraction and no tiring commute.  But what are you even doing here? Are you taking off at 3 and “working” at the dance studio?

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Screw off. I live as close into DC (actually in the district) and it still takes me 35 minutes each way between walking and metro. When I could telework two days a week, I started my day at 7 and was done at 3:30. My spouse does kid mornings and school drop off and I do kid afternoons. Since we live in DC there is no bussing. Our kids take the metro home, but if they had to take it to school they’d have to leave our house by 6:30 in the morning. Dance starts at 4:45. Easily doable when i had telework, which was not new or anything else so I don’t feel lazy, incompetent, or anything else. I was HAPPY to sign back in if needed after I dropped off at dance and got home, but I’m only paid for 8.5 hours as an NBU employee. I get all my work done and more, I’m currently doing the job of 4 people since my executive and admin took the DRP and another cw quit. I’m thisclose to total burn out as an acting exec while also covering my own work and everyone else’s. None of us signed up for this.[/quote]

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