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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been on work calls with DoD employees around mid morning, calling into calls from gymnastics camp. Same client, couldn’t schedule Friday meetings either.

Summer swim team has fed employees (GS-15) working from the pool at 10am swim practices.

I have one client (fed employee) who worked 1/2 day Monday, 12hrs/day Tuesday- Thursday, and off on Friday. HQ agency desk job (eg not medical, shift work, etc).

I think these are the types situation that most people are upset about. Why are taxpayers paying for a fed employee to work from a pool while doing summer childcare. They should have hired a nanny/teenager to take kid to swim team. [/quote]

Anyone with common sense would not put kids in a car with teens.  Nothing wrong with that.  Many of these people make up the hours in the evenings or weekends.  Its not just feds who are RTO.[/quote]

Didn’t say parent had to put kid in car with a teen driver. Could have walked, rode bikes, etc. Our HOA pool is in the neighborhood.

Point is they are charging time on their federal time cards while also providing childcare - eg typing on laptop at pool. Who helped get the 6 year old child ready for swim team the 1/2 hr before practice?

Oh and the rest of us who need to meet with said fed employees during their currently very limited short daytime work hours, while they “work” into the evenings, will actually be able to get stuff accomplished.

I’m all for fed RTO, sorry people abused the privilege for the rest of the hard workers who understood the rules.[/quote]

I have had a similar experience. And half the time there is ambient noise or they are distracted, so the communication is unclear or incomplete, and it takes follow-up calls or emails to clarify (or if no one bothers to do that, the confusion persists!). Total waste of time and driver of frustration among colleagues.

Making up the time at night only works for head’s down work. I do that occasionally on my hybrid days, if it’s a nice day and I want to accompany my nanny and kids for a walk after school. But I would never take a meeting like that, unless last-min or something I don’t really need to pay attention to.[/quote]

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