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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He didn’t respond right away because he was talking to others (HR, his boss) about how to handle. They clearly told him to respond in writing. I would be very, very careful, OP. You are still on probation period, so getting a strong start should be your highest priority. Whatever it is that would keep you out of the office on a day you’re supposed to be in, you need to find a workaround. Good luck. [/quote]

Jesus Christ, an employee wanting to switch one day in a week leads to THAT kind of response?
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I agree. I think this is crazy over the top.  If it were my employee, I would have responded to the  initial email by first granting the “request” and explaining how the policy works.  If I had concerns about the employee not working a full day I would have raised that separately. [/quote]

Right that's why everyone is saying there is more going on here & boss is not just reacting to the single telework request.

No supervisor wants to cc their own supervisor on granting/denying every minor logistics request that comes in. It's not the norm for feds. In fact granting these types of minor modifications is absolutely the norm in most fed workplaces.[/quote]

NP but this is what I think is going on.

The people sh*tting on OP are over the top. I was not confused at all regarding the separateness of her two issues (change of day request; being accused of not being there 8 hours a day). So not sure why people are accusing OP of not being clear.

It's totally normal to ask to switch a single workday, and is not some crazy sign of entitlement. Even if it's within the first two months of starting. Stop sh*tting on OP for this request.

As to the being at OP's desk, it does sound like OP may have messed this one up. If OP is leaving the desk for hours every day and not informing manager of where OP is, it's possible manager thinks OP is flaking for hours a day.  This alone could be the underlying issue why manager is now bringing in their supervisor.  I would get in front of this issue stat, explain where you've been working and why, and defer to manager as to whether there are any accommodations that can be made.  If manager says no, that means you've burned through your goodwill and need to stay at your desk for 8 hours a day for the seeable future until you accumulate further goodwill.  Apologize profusely for any misunderstanding.

But given that manager has essentially rejected the Op's request to change days, AND called OP out on the 8 hours a day issue, that means something more serious is going on. It could be the 8 hours a day thing (ie manager thinks OP has been flaking out on work for hours a day).  If not, there is definitely something else going on related to OP's job performance, and OP is obviously not aware of their deficiencies.  [/quote]

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