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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These headline grabbing articles are just that. There are exemptions for lack of physical space or employee’s inability to return. Let’s see how this plays out with actual DHS employees. [/quote]

+1, the loopholes are actually huge.

[b]They are using RTO as stealth layoffs, just like the private sector has the last few years.[/b] It's also a way to clear out older workers who probably should retire but have stuck around because their jobs are very easy for them at this stage and if they can do them at home with a flexible schedule, why not.

Managers are going to come back with exemptions for most of their other workers though. A lot of these jobs have no permanent offices to go back to. Some are highly skilled workers who are very hard to replace (and most replacements would also expect WFH allowances).

If you have an empty office somewhere that you never go to, are relatively easy to replace, and are a poor performer, you should either ready yourself to return to the office or look for another job.

I can't stand Trump but I support this specific policy. I've managed people a long time and there are lots of appropriate uses for RTO but there are also a lot of people who just abuse it to avoid working and you need mechanisms for rooting those people out. [/quote]

Feel like too many people just aren't accepting this fact.  It doesn't matter if there "isn't enough office space"...[b]they may tell people to go work in conference rooms (at 10-12 per room) or set up makeshift stations.
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However, the point is to just get people to quit so everyone can talk about how much $$$ they saved the government, without having to actually fire people or go through bargaining nonsense or whatever.[/quote]

So generally you can't actually do the bolded. Space for employees is something that is in our CBA for example. And it is specific about cube requirements. I work on a team of 10 people. One would get an office and after that we have three desks in our building. Four of us are spread across the country. So there are 5 people who will have to share those three desks. Which could be fine ok they each come in 2-3 days a week and rotate through the cubes. but if all 9 of us are there you have a 1 in every 3 days situation. 1-2 days a week. Or you could pick 3 to RTO full time. Regardless it makes no sense for them to get 4 of us to quit while we're in a hiring freeze and can't backfill in order to get us to come and just add complication to a desk rotation schedule where max only 4 of us will be in the office together on the same day at any time.

It just doesn't make sense. And my manager WOULD go to bat to protect this because if he loses 40% of his team then his job will get dramatically harder. It isn't about sticking his neck out, its self protective. [/quote]

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