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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My agency:

Prior to 2020:  regular telework up to 4 days per pay period.  Anything beyond that required special approval from the Director’s office.

Mar 2020 - Oct 2022:  Full remote possible.

Oct 2022 - Oct 2023:  Max telework (up to 8 days/pp), remote work available in 4 consecutive 90-day arrangements.

Oct 2023 - forward:  Telework capped at 6 days/pp.  Remote work can still be requested, but there is a non-consecutive limit.  Unclear what happens to those who moved away.

So, while we demonstrated that in-person was not necessary for the mission, the current plan under the Biden memo is better than the Republican plan of completely reverting to the pre-pandemic posture.[/quote]

Yeah, my agency had a policy that supervisors weren't allowed regular telework at all because "supervision inherently requires being in person." I'll be unbelievably mad if they go back to that after proving that wrong for 3 years, and would be willing to take a pay cut to leave the government.[b] For now I don't like 50% in person, but I may not be able to get a better deal elsewhere, so I'll live with it. [/b][/quote]

That’s the point of a lot of this.  [b]Most of the country is back to the office.[/b]  Stupid or not, the White House is following everyone else.[/quote]
Some are, some aren’t.  Feds who have been their jobs absolutely fine for three years at home have absolutely zero reason to return to to some building in the district.   [/quote]

I am that fed.  I never need to go into the office to get my work done.  However, I am not blind to the political realities that the federal workforce is already looked at as entitled and overcompensated (whether fair or not) and that this is just another thing that can be used as an attack item.  I view Biden’s memo as a protective one against the Rs who really want to shrink the federal workforce.  And how better to shrink it than by taking away “perks” like WFH.[/quote]

I think you are reading it right. That's why I am convinced this is about next year's election, nothing more. Administration is trying to preemptively address politically vulnerable areas - WFH is definitely a liability from Biden's standpoint. [/quote]
Biden’s loser son is more damaging to him politically than Feds working from home.[/quote]

Absolutely. I don’t disagree. But there is nothing he can do about son’s situation politically speaking. WFH, however, he can certainly do something to claim victory. I really don’t think this means going back to pre-Covid days for most. Just enough for him to say “I ended Covid and I brought back Feds back in the office.” [/quote]

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