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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]I work in a different level of government that is still allowing a lot of teleworking. Personally, I have absolutely been paying for FT child care this whole time with the exception of the first months of the pandemic.

It's become impossible to reach most employees by phone. There was never a requirement to have calls forwarded so people are just not answering their office phones or leaving an alternate number. It's ridiculous.

I am fine with having telework but the problem is the total lack of accountability or consequences.[/quote]

You think this is because of childcare that you can't reach people?  Why?  There are a number of reasons people don't pick up their phones from a unknown number, particularly certain agencies/offices.[/quote]

I've been in my job for many years before the pandemic. You used to be able to pick up the phone and reach people and if you didn't they'd call you back. We serve the public it's not appropriate to ignore calls from unknown numbers.[/quote]

This is in part a shift in how people communicate.  People under, say, 40 abhor the phone.  They will 100% get back to you in an instant message or in my case, Teams direct calls.  The cell phone is a different beast.[/quote]

+1. It’s considered rude nowadays to randomly call people without texting them first. Weird but true.[/quote]

You all are just digging yourselves deeper in. It's not "rude" to call a government office that is paid to serve the public. Smh[/quote]

still nothing to do with childcare.  Start a different thread about how you can't reach someone in the federal government.[/quote]

The fact you don't think it's relevant says so much.

I see so much entitlement in this thread. I know many federal employees that are very hard workers and I am very worried for them. But they have been paying for full time child care this whole time. It's clear that some workers simply decided their job was no longer full time and they are not accountable to anyone. People notice this sort of thing and it makes Trump seem reasonable to many people. Which ultimately hurts the many hard working feds.[/quote]

No, this thread is not making Trump seem reasonable.

This seems difficult to understand for you, but talking about not being able to reach someone is really disconnected from talking about childcare.  I get that you want to make some leap in your mind without evidence that the two are connected, but it is pure conjecture on your part.

and for the thousandth time, people are paying for FT childcare while working.  The issue is the change to accommodate the commute.[/quote]

Parents have to stagger their schedules to make it work.[/quote]

Yes, which also might mean they aren't available to take PP's call.[/quote]

You don't pay very close attention. I'm not saying that pre covid people were constantly sitting by the phone waiting for people to call them. But they did generally go into the office and would return the calls they didn't answer. Now it is very hard to reach people.[/quote]

you know cell phones exist, right?  That you don't need to be in an office to take a call?  Because you seem to think that.[/quote]

I'll quote for you what I wrote above on this point since you are are incapable of careful reading (or just see what you want to see)

[quote]It's become impossible to reach most employees by phone. There was never a requirement to have calls forwarded so people are just not answering their office phones or leaving an alternate number. It's ridiculous.[/quote][/quote]

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