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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]We (mid-size federal regulators) got great news that they will be increasing telework flexibilities starting in the new year.  Woo hoo!  Not to our pandemic, or even pre-pandemic levels, but it’s something.  And who knows if we will still continue to get sh(* on by the current administration in other ways, but this is good news for now, especially for those of us that made it through 2025 (just barely in my case).

Anyone else? [/quote]

do you have any more detail beyond "increasing flexibilities"?  As in, will you get once a week telework?  Or just what we have, which is five optional telework days per year for personal reasons, and then additional telework on occasion if you are waiting for a repair person or whatever.[/quote]

Split schedules to telework in mornings/evenings and limited telework for health appointments.  [/quote]

I would love a split schedule - go in for the morning (I get in early), commute at lunch, and finish at home. [/quote]

Ugh. If you do this then you also need to use the flexibility to make yourself available for meetings outside your normal work schedule. It’s already hard enough to coordinate with team members who leave at 3pm. [/quote]

I leave at 3:00 now because there's no telework. I can't join your 4 pm meeting because I'm commuting. If I could commute at lunch I'd be online till 5 or later, just like I was before RTO. [/quote]

No, now you would be MIA at an even more inconvenient time (presumably 11-12 because you would be commuting home). And then probably honestly not that reachable after 3. At least you would be forced to actually take your lunch 1/2 hour instead of claiming you are working through it. [/quote]

Why could someone not be available after 3 just because they came into the office in the morning vs if they telework the whole day?

My DH is private sector and mostly works from home. But sometimes he commutes in for some morning meetings / half day conference or whatever. Then drives home at lunch and wraps up his day as usual teleworking. Seems like nbd, no different than popping out for some lunch time errands and coming back home.

But his boss only cares if he shows up for meetings and gets his work done. He makes more than my fed attorney salary and isn’t micromanaged re: his leave use or where he works. He’s a director now but even before that he was given a lot of flexibility.[/quote]

Many private sector jobs don’t micromanage time the way federal government does. My DH is private sector and no one cares if he works 37 hours one week and 47 hours the next as long as he gets his work done.  He also isn’t forced to take a 30 minute lunch.[/quote]

That’s very different from the feds who work from 6:30-3 and refuse to take meetings after 3. Even if we need to talk to people in different time zones. [/quote]

Good for them. Draw the line. Why should the Fed employees be flexible when the admin has removed all flexibility that benefits the employee? 
In the example above, that private sector worker has flexibility. So sure, he’s willing to be flexible when it benefits his employer and take the later meeting. 
I used to be that way too - flexible when needed - when we had telework. [/quote]

We have  Maxiflex and comp. It’s just a d*ck move to have unusual work hours and then not have the courtesy to use the flexibility we actually do still have. [/quote]

Where do you have maxi flex and comp?  Staff at my agency are on fixed schedules—even those that telework part of the day.  And all staff are required to work 8 hours between certain time of the day. I do not want or need people to work more than 8 hours a day but I do expect them to actually work during those 8 hours, or at least be available to work!  Beyond that is a management issue—deadlines that require overtime aren’t the employee’s problem.[/quote]

It’s not overtime. It’s maintaining a schedule that allows you to have normal contact with your coworkers and external parties. Which means no, you cannot sign off at 3 and refuse to do anything after that point. most of these 3pm people are also dishonest about their lunch period. I’m fine with people having an early schedule for family or commute reasons but for ffs, if we get telework back, yes I do expect them to get on Maxiflex and be available for calls at 3pm from time to time. [/quote]

Our agency has core hours when employees must work a minimum number of hours.  They end at 3:30 I think.  It’s really fine—as long as people are actually working when they’re in the office or at home it isn’t hard to accommodate at all.  Keeping most meetings between 9 and 3:30 is totally feesible.  Anything after 3:30 can usually be addressed by email or wait.[/quote]

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