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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For supervisors, how are you handling discussions around this with your employees? I find it challenging to balance toeing the company line for risk of being fired with being sympathetic to how disruptive this will be to people’s lives (though I feel some of the DCUM responses are a bit entitled also)[/quote]

My employees know that I like flexible workplace policies—I don’t plan to sugarcoat anything for them.  This is what it is.  Show up or it’s your job, same as for me. We are all adults and can make our own choices.[/quote]

This. There is nothing more I can tell them so leave your sob stories at home. You only have two options, come in quit or retire. [/quote]

There's a ton of unknowns still, even with some directive to come in 5 days/week.  Those unknowns may be things that provide more flexibility to staff with different circumstances.  You could say that those are still things that could be eventually available.

But you sound like a bad boss.[/quote]

My agency already said they will allow situational telework. I'm wondering if they eventually include ad hoc in that... probably not, but it could be very helpful for many.[/quote]

There's also flex schedules, even ones that require coming to the office 5x/week, that could help people with childcare pickup/dropoff hours.  Or even just allowing accruing credit hours one day and taking those credit hours the next (ie., no formal agreement for flextime).  There are still options that fit within a 40-hour-in-office requirement, but allow some flexibility.[/quote]

Yes. This. The problem is that the EO said full time at your duty station but I do think some agencies will still allow people to flex around so long as you’re present during core hours every day and with that I have zero problems. It’s basically what I already do three days a week. [/quote]

but full time = 40 hours/week.   I would definitely be 40 hours at my duty station if I did (say) 9/7/9/7/8.[/quote]

I think you forgot about the mandatory unpaid lunch. [/quote]

LOL.  You're right, my mandatory unpaid lunch would make that all be 42.5 hours in office, so 9.5/7.5/9.5/7.5/8.5.  Wouldn't want to let down the taxpayers![/quote]
You’ve got a good point. I might do something like that bc there are going to be some days I need to leave early ha but I’m worried if my time sheet doesn’t reflect 8.5hrs each day evenly, I could be tapped and then terminated. I do have maxiflex though and this technically is allowed-question is will maxiflex exist in this new regime or will OPM get rid of it? [/quote]

I have this same question. Maxiflex (even if none of it can be telework) would be much better than a mandatory 8.5 every day. [/quote]

FWIW, our timesheets only report hours worked, we don’t have to report the unpaid lunch, though we do have to take it.

(I’m also worried about time sheet stuff)[/quote]

I don’t see how maxiflex survives under this. The whole idea was you could fill gaps in the office with TW. I plan to just work earlier hrs and make my husband take kids to school. Thankfully mine will be in middle school next year and we’re walkers to all schools so unless it’s bad weather he’ll walk to and from home. And I’ll work 7:30-4. Sucks but has to be done. And they won’t get a single telework second out of me at home. [/quote]

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