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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][quote=Anonymous]Still nothing as of 0900 on Monday - I work for Army/DoD at the Pentagon- I have had 2 days of TW a week. Sorry to see that go, but writing seems to be on the wall. There are not enough desks for my office if every person came back 5 days a week - we already share offices and have cubicles - I am a GS15 - so they will have to get creative with that. [/quote]

Why go? You are a 15. Wait it out. [/quote]

you should have been notified this morning. DoD finally got the message- all telework and remote is canceled. 30 days to comply. you can fill out paperwork for situational TW so you can work from home on a snow day (not sure why anyone would so this?)[/quote]
You do it so you don't have to take annual leave.

My command basically told us that if you don't want to do situational telework then you will take admin leave if the office is closed. [/quote]
Annual not admin. Bascially if you don't do the telework agreement then you're burning your own leave. [/quote]

I don’t think they can make you take leave if OPM is closed. [/quote]

Yes they can—if it’s a snow emergency and OPM is closed, daycares are closed, you can’t get emergency care, your options are to take leave or…take leave. It sucks.  [/quote]

If you have a signed telework agreement in place. All of the current ones are now void and no new ones have been drafted. If it snows next week, then it's weather admin time because no new agreements will be in place yet[/quote]
Is that the hill you really want to die on with your supervisor?

I supervise people and I treat people like adults and don't clock watch or do any of the crazy stories I read about on here. But if someone wants to play that game with me and push hard on telework when they've been work from home for years then I can play that game too and treat people like children if that's how they are going to act over the new President's policies. [/quote]

This is actually a legitimate response though - not childish. If I don't have a valid telework agreement in place, my equipment isn't covered. I shouldn't be taking it home. [/quote]
But it is childish. There will be a teleowork agreement in place for certain circumstances. If you don't sign it then you're being childish. [/quote]

A telework agreement is a joint agreement between the employee and the employer (the government). An employee has ALWAYS had the right to not sign a telework agreement. If an employee decides they do not like the conditions, they don’t have to sign it. Same with the government. What we are all saying, and I’m a NP but agree with others, is that “certain circumstances “ seems a little too vague and I will not sign it if I get minimal flexibility as an employee. It is not “childish” and I hope you can come around on your thinking because you will definitely have employees who are unwilling to sign that telework agreement now. [/quote]

The crazy thing is that I really think you actually believe employment from a specific entity is something you’re just “owed” and you can demand any terms and conditions you’d like. PLEASE try and get that job in the private sector that according to you pays 5x what you make in the gov. Would LOVE to know how that goes!  [/quote]

I’m not making demands. The actual government, who happens to be my employer, has told me these are the terms and conditions of the telework agreement. As much as you may hate it, I am not an at will employee and I do have rights. Sorry that makes you so mad! [/quote]

DP, but oh, that’s rich. The “so mad” people here are the ones throwing endless tantrums about going into the office.[/quote]

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