Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 11:26     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
PS - every position on USA Jobs has to go through OPM approval for an exception to the hiring freeze.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 11:26     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
Anonymous wrote:How come when I go to USAJOBS, there are numerous openings for attorneys, just in DC (never mind the rest of the country)?

And many of them are “telework eligible.”

So spare me all the doom and gloom about hiring freezes, RIFs, and RTO. It’s all overblown and exaggerated by the media — at least for white collar professionals.

I have no doubt that many low level crap positions are being cut and are suffering. But don’t pretend that everyone’s affected equally.

What a joke. Btw, that’s why I don’t join a union. The interests of white collar Feds are not aligned with the crap positions that unions tend to prioritize.


It's so they can hire their "loyal" friends in Texas, Tennessee, and Florida into senior level positions on HQ salaries. None of these folks want to uproot their families to DC.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 11:22     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
Anonymous wrote:How come when I go to USAJOBS, there are numerous openings for attorneys, just in DC (never mind the rest of the country)?

And many of them are “telework eligible.”

So spare me all the doom and gloom about hiring freezes, RIFs, and RTO. It’s all overblown and exaggerated by the media — at least for white collar professionals.

I have no doubt that many low level crap positions are being cut and are suffering. But don’t pretend that everyone’s affected equally.

What a joke. Btw, that’s why I don’t join a union. The interests of white collar Feds are not aligned with the crap positions that unions tend to prioritize.


So many ignorant assertions in this post. The writing is simplistic and meant to evoke a reaction. I call Troll or a bored student. Definitely NOT a white collar Fed.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 11:17     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
Yeah, you’re wrong - almost everyone is in an office 5 days a week. Some places will allow situational telework on occasion like around doctors appts or similar and some places don’t even allow that at all.

Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 11:11     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
Anonymous wrote:How come when I go to USAJOBS, there are numerous openings for attorneys, just in DC (never mind the rest of the country)?

And many of them are “telework eligible.”

So spare me all the doom and gloom about hiring freezes, RIFs, and RTO. It’s all overblown and exaggerated by the media — at least for white collar professionals.

I have no doubt that many low level crap positions are being cut and are suffering. But don’t pretend that everyone’s affected equally.

What a joke. Btw, that’s why I don’t join a union. The interests of white collar Feds are not aligned with the crap positions that unions tend to prioritize.


So you're going to ignore all the data about the economic slump in DC and suburbs because of mass federal layoffs? My neighbor was among the first to be fired in January. Half my friends have been RIF'd. All highly educated lawyers and scientists. They were ALL called back to work at various headquarters that didn't have enough desks and parking spots, and one of them, before being RIF'd, had to get up at 5am to race to get a parking spot, until her office organized buses from the nearest metro station to the office. One of my friends whose job is safe was given an actual maintenance closet to work in.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 11:05     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, it's basically a lie, OP. You cannot actually work from home for these jobs. As a PP said, it's only in special circumstances, like when it's too snowy or cold for outdoor metro to function, that you're allowed, grudgingly, to work at home.

You need to understand the wording the way that feds use those words. It's not couch work eating bonbons while your kids gambol around you.


So the positions that are NOT TW eligible don’t allow tw under any circumstances? Ever?


Generally those positions are like security guards or nurses that have to be on site to do their jobs. Could also be someone that works with classified information and needs to be on site in a SCIF.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 11:02     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
Anonymous wrote:No, it's basically a lie, OP. You cannot actually work from home for these jobs. As a PP said, it's only in special circumstances, like when it's too snowy or cold for outdoor metro to function, that you're allowed, grudgingly, to work at home.

You need to understand the wording the way that feds use those words. It's not couch work eating bonbons while your kids gambol around you.


So the positions that are NOT TW eligible don’t allow tw under any circumstances? Ever?
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 11:02     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
Your methodology is inappropriate to the questions you are claiming to be interested in.

I do not think you are a fed.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 11:00     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
No, it's basically a lie, OP. You cannot actually work from home for these jobs. As a PP said, it's only in special circumstances, like when it's too snowy or cold for outdoor metro to function, that you're allowed, grudgingly, to work at home.

You need to understand the wording the way that feds use those words. It's not couch work eating bonbons while your kids gambol around you.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 10:55     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
Are you kidding? I am a white collar professional and am sitting in a giant conference room with a bunch of other attorneys 5 days per week. Our office has lost a ton of staff (through DRP and finding other jobs) and we are all struggling.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 10:52     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
TW eligible just means you can TW if OPM closes for snow days.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 10:47     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
So the administration is failing terribly in their effort to control the federal government…is that your point?
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 10:36     Subject: USAJOBS - You know what’s really weird?
How come when I go to USAJOBS, there are numerous openings for attorneys, just in DC (never mind the rest of the country)?

And many of them are “telework eligible.”

So spare me all the doom and gloom about hiring freezes, RIFs, and RTO. It’s all overblown and exaggerated by the media — at least for white collar professionals.

I have no doubt that many low level crap positions are being cut and are suffering. But don’t pretend that everyone’s affected equally.

What a joke. Btw, that’s why I don’t join a union. The interests of white collar Feds are not aligned with the crap positions that unions tend to prioritize.