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I understand but has this all changed dramatically in the last 3 years since the pandemic started? My whole office used to commute 4 days a week deal with traffic or public transportation, figure out kids activities, etc and now just doing what they used to do is intolerable? I get that we had a few years with more flexibility but we're being asked to do what everyone did for decades and suddenly that's too hard and everyone will quit?[/quote]

Many people have changed jobs in the last 3 years.  For example, a year ago I moved to the federal government, accepting a role that had me come in twice a pay period.  When interviewing for this role I was told that the team planned on staying hybrid and did not plan to increase the days in the office.

So, if one was to point out that the team I joined was 5 days in the office pre-pandemic and why is that intolerable now when we all used to do it?  Well, I wasn't in this role back then, and neither were many of the people who joined my agency in the past 3 years.    So it's not a "return" for any of us, but a big change.[/quote]

Thank you! I have been in my job two years and there is no way I would have taken it with the pre-pandemic requirement to be in the office 5 days. I live too far and was very clear about that in my interview.

I decided my exit point is 3 days a week. Our requirement just increased to 50%, so I guess I'll see if I can live with that while continuing to put out applications. [/quote]

It doesn't matter if you were clear about it in your interview. Remote and telework are subject to change yearly (telework can change more often depending on the agency).[/quote]

It doesn't matter to my agency setting national policy, obviously. It matters to me in deciding whether to take and how long to stay in a job. What's the issue with this? If it's just "you and all of your coworkers are cogs in a machine and nobody cares if you stay or go, recruitment and retention aren't issues with any financial or productivity costs to the government, so everything's great," then why is it a problem? [/quote]

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