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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Feds claiming you can't call out without prior notice:  What do you do when you are sick?

Oh right, you call out.  Without notice.  Stop complaining.  The rest of the world figures this out, you can too.[/quote]

It's frustrating to hear private sector workers saying "just call out!" or "just telework!" or "flex your schedule and work later!" without realizing that many salaried feds are treated more like hourly workers and not given the level of flexibility you have. Do you have to use PTO for a 2 hour doctor's appointment, or is that something you can make up later from home, or even not count because you'll probably stay late some other day? Welp, if you were a fed, you'd have to request the time off in advance.

The only two reasons you can call out without notice if you have a very by-the-book manager are actually being ill, or "liberal leave" for weather, which we do not have today.

The whole point is that yes we can figure it out, but it just doesn't have to be this hard! [/quote]

Since you know all of these things, go right ahead and make a plan.  Like the rest of us.  Sometimes life is hard, but I don't go around saying that I'm the victim of cruelty (as the OP did) when it's just a little bit complicated or annoying. [/quote]

It is not about OPM not allowing telework on one particular day. Having to use 2 hours of PTO in and of itself it not a big deal.

But we have an entire winter ahead of us. It is going to be much more than 2 hours of PTO if there is a major weather event that broadly affects transportation and safety.

Not all of us have huge leave balances to get us through. Newer Feds don’t accrue as quickly and if you have kids then you are using your leave already. I used mine this year just trying to survive the effects of 3 hours daily commute.

My kids are older and I do not need to be at home with them if they are off school. I am more worried about being forced into the office 45 miles away when the roads are unsafe. How should I plan for that?[/quote]

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