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Anonymous wrote:I get why they want to reorg OIT. But the rest seems to be more moving people around to get the right ratios of managers to staff. But, whatever. They don’t seem to be able to get anything done. Not a single rule proposal. Everything is policy statements or extending compliance dates. So far they appear completely incapable of managing the agency.

And now that DOGE is gone, the Chairman is the target of staff’s ire. Maybe he doesn’t understand that running around saying staff is overpaid, benefits are too generous and they will never get telework back while he’s there isn’t going to inspire staff to work overtime to get anything done. Everyone will do their jobs for 8 hours per day. But anyone who has been around long enough knows any serious rulemaking requires people working many more hours than 40 per week. Good luck with that, Chairman.

When did DOGE leave?

Because anyone worth a damn doesnt want spend 8 - 12 hours a day in a crappy government windowless office pouring over contracts and IT crap and org charts for 1/10 of what they could be making elsewhere, for little or no thanks. Plus, if I were doge, I’d be super pissed that I was doing the work that MANAGEMENT was and is supposed to be doing all along.

Thinking that we will never telework again is like thinking during COVID that we will never return to an office.

Anonymous wrote:This whole RTO is kabuki theater. Both government and private sector can establish whatever “policies” they want, but it’s virtually impossible to consistently and rigorously enforce them, even if they wanted to (which they don’t). It’s just PR so that the administration/opm and (in that case of private companies) boards of directors will stop nagging them.

“Yes, sir, we have a RTO policy.” Meanwhile, everyone teleworks 2-3x a week under one of the million “exceptions” in the policy. It’s all BS.

The only people faithfully and fully following RTO are low-agency, neurotic, paranoid, risk-averse suckers who are too worried about “getting caught.” You know the type — the kind who drive 55 on I95.

Anonymous wrote:Having the same chair as the CFTC is not the same thing as merging the two agencies, which is far less likely from a political standpoint.

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Anonymous wrote:I get why they want to reorg OIT. But the rest seems to be more moving people around to get the right ratios of managers to staff. But, whatever. They don’t seem to be able to get anything done. Not a single rule proposal. Everything is policy statements or extending compliance dates. So far they appear completely incapable of managing the agency.

And now that DOGE is gone, the Chairman is the target of staff’s ire. Maybe he doesn’t understand that running around saying staff is overpaid, benefits are too generous and they will never get telework back while he’s there isn’t going to inspire staff to work overtime to get anything done. Everyone will do their jobs for 8 hours per day. But anyone who has been around long enough knows any serious rulemaking requires people working many more hours than 40 per week. Good luck with that, Chairman.

Sorry - when did the chairman say that his staff is overpaid with benefits too generous and they’ll never get telework back? Genuinely asking because I didn’t hear this and if it’s the case need to at least try to leave.

Is it really surprising? At the union meeting I went to they relayed the same thing except the telework part, but I'm sure those are his true feelings. And anyone thinking we will get TW back is living in cuckoo land. If this bothers you I suggest you indeed try to leave, because this is what's in store, and thinking otherwise is delusional at this point.

Nothing is forever. People are very short sighted in general. Someone once compared it to women entering the workforce and then trying to push them out post ww2. Eventually everyone accepted that women wanted high paying jobs too. With technology it doesn’t make sense that we must commute hours to use Teams from a different place. This administration won’t always be in power and something unexpected could happen. The people currently in power will be judged including the heads of agencies intent on destroying it and its staff.

The other party wanted us all back in the office as well. The only thing which saved us was collective bargaining, which the courts have basically said can be ignored. So moving forward we are screwed. If Covid didn't change anything long term re. TW then nothing will.

People are way too optimistic in general and think things are just going to go back to "normal" in 3 years. No, the damage this admin and scotus is doing is going to take decades of normalcy and an update of the Constitution and reform of the judiciary to recover from.

Anonymous wrote:I get why they want to reorg OIT. But the rest seems to be more moving people around to get the right ratios of managers to staff. But, whatever. They don’t seem to be able to get anything done. Not a single rule proposal. Everything is policy statements or extending compliance dates. So far they appear completely incapable of managing the agency.

And now that DOGE is gone, the Chairman is the target of staff’s ire. Maybe he doesn’t understand that running around saying staff is overpaid, benefits are too generous and they will never get telework back while he’s there isn’t going to inspire staff to work overtime to get anything done. Everyone will do their jobs for 8 hours per day. But anyone who has been around long enough knows any serious rulemaking requires people working many more hours than 40 per week. Good luck with that, Chairman.

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Anonymous wrote:I get why they want to reorg OIT. But the rest seems to be more moving people around to get the right ratios of managers to staff. But, whatever. They don’t seem to be able to get anything done. Not a single rule proposal. Everything is policy statements or extending compliance dates. So far they appear completely incapable of managing the agency.

And now that DOGE is gone, the Chairman is the target of staff’s ire. Maybe he doesn’t understand that running around saying staff is overpaid, benefits are too generous and they will never get telework back while he’s there isn’t going to inspire staff to work overtime to get anything done. Everyone will do their jobs for 8 hours per day. But anyone who has been around long enough knows any serious rulemaking requires people working many more hours than 40 per week. Good luck with that, Chairman.

When did DOGE leave?

Anonymous wrote:I get why they want to reorg OIT. But the rest seems to be more moving people around to get the right ratios of managers to staff. But, whatever. They don’t seem to be able to get anything done. Not a single rule proposal. Everything is policy statements or extending compliance dates. So far they appear completely incapable of managing the agency.

And now that DOGE is gone, the Chairman is the target of staff’s ire. Maybe he doesn’t understand that running around saying staff is overpaid, benefits are too generous and they will never get telework back while he’s there isn’t going to inspire staff to work overtime to get anything done. Everyone will do their jobs for 8 hours per day. But anyone who has been around long enough knows any serious rulemaking requires people working many more hours than 40 per week. Good luck with that, Chairman.

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Anonymous wrote:I get why they want to reorg OIT. But the rest seems to be more moving people around to get the right ratios of managers to staff. But, whatever. They don’t seem to be able to get anything done. Not a single rule proposal. Everything is policy statements or extending compliance dates. So far they appear completely incapable of managing the agency.

And now that DOGE is gone, the Chairman is the target of staff’s ire. Maybe he doesn’t understand that running around saying staff is overpaid, benefits are too generous and they will never get telework back while he’s there isn’t going to inspire staff to work overtime to get anything done. Everyone will do their jobs for 8 hours per day. But anyone who has been around long enough knows any serious rulemaking requires people working many more hours than 40 per week. Good luck with that, Chairman.

Sorry - when did the chairman say that his staff is overpaid with benefits too generous and they’ll never get telework back? Genuinely asking because I didn’t hear this and if it’s the case need to at least try to leave.

Is it really surprising? At the union meeting I went to they relayed the same thing except the telework part, but I'm sure those are his true feelings. And anyone thinking we will get TW back is living in cuckoo land. If this bothers you I suggest you indeed try to leave, because this is what's in store, and thinking otherwise is delusional at this point.

Nothing is forever. People are very short sighted in general. Someone once compared it to women entering the workforce and then trying to push them out post ww2. Eventually everyone accepted that women wanted high paying jobs too. With technology it doesn’t make sense that we must commute hours to use Teams from a different place. This administration won’t always be in power and something unexpected could happen. The people currently in power will be judged including the heads of agencies intent on destroying it and its staff.

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Anonymous wrote:Well it looks like they might have the same guy chairing both SEC and CFTC so a merger seems inevitable.

They may want to do that but it is prohibited by statute. That would give people challenging SEC or CFTC decisions in court a very effective tool.

Anonymous wrote:Well it looks like they might have the same guy chairing both SEC and CFTC so a merger seems inevitable.

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Anonymous wrote:I get why they want to reorg OIT. But the rest seems to be more moving people around to get the right ratios of managers to staff. But, whatever. They don’t seem to be able to get anything done. Not a single rule proposal. Everything is policy statements or extending compliance dates. So far they appear completely incapable of managing the agency.

And now that DOGE is gone, the Chairman is the target of staff’s ire. Maybe he doesn’t understand that running around saying staff is overpaid, benefits are too generous and they will never get telework back while he’s there isn’t going to inspire staff to work overtime to get anything done. Everyone will do their jobs for 8 hours per day. But anyone who has been around long enough knows any serious rulemaking requires people working many more hours than 40 per week. Good luck with that, Chairman.

Sorry - when did the chairman say that his staff is overpaid with benefits too generous and they’ll never get telework back? Genuinely asking because I didn’t hear this and if it’s the case need to at least try to leave.

Is it really surprising? At the union meeting I went to they relayed the same thing except the telework part, but I'm sure those are his true feelings. And anyone thinking we will get TW back is living in cuckoo land. If this bothers you I suggest you indeed try to leave, because this is what's in store, and thinking otherwise is delusional at this point.