Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 11:35     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. Fed. I used to but no longer. Especially since I am not allowed to telework.


You are not allowed to telework during regular tour of duty. But you are free to telework after working hours.


You mean unpaid teleworker.

No thanks.


i think most people here are assuming salaries workers. Obviously hourly office workers should not work after hours. Salaried workers are paid to get a job done. Most salaried workers don’t have the luxury to miss deadlines .


Salaried Feds don’t work after hours anymore by and large. I will only do so if I get credit hours and permission for situational telework which my boss does not allow.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 11:35     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Fed and i used to. Now telework is banned, so we aren't allowed to work after hours.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 11:33     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Anonymous wrote:I used to work after hours all the time. I teleworked three days a week and would attend to emails and respond to calls before and after my official work day started. I’m a fed and now that I’m back in the office with no telework I leave my work at work. I repurposed my home office and don’t bring my computer home anymore. I don’t get nearly as much work done at the office but it’s what my leadership wants.


+1. they get what they get.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 11:32     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. Fed. I used to but no longer. Especially since I am not allowed to telework.


You are not allowed to telework during regular tour of duty. But you are free to telework after working hours.


No I’m not actually - my agency is incredibly punitive so I am not going to risk an accusation that I was teleworking impermissibly. More importantly why would I do that?
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 09:14     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. Fed. I used to but no longer. Especially since I am not allowed to telework.


You are not allowed to telework during regular tour of duty. But you are free to telework after working hours.


You mean unpaid teleworker.

No thanks.


i think most people here are assuming salaries workers. Obviously hourly office workers should not work after hours. Salaried workers are paid to get a job done. Most salaried workers don’t have the luxury to miss deadlines .
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 09:10     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Yes and I don’t telework. I commute daily and then come home and work more. I also work about 4hrs sunday night to prep for the week.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 07:55     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. Fed. I used to but no longer. Especially since I am not allowed to telework.


You are not allowed to telework during regular tour of duty. But you are free to telework after working hours.


You mean unpaid teleworker.

No thanks.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 07:39     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
I’m a lawyer in biglaw, so there is no “regular hours” vs “after hours”. I work biglaw hours.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 07:01     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Yes but it's cyclical for me. When there's a hot item that needs to make it to the finish line I'll work insane hours and weekends, but eventually that subsides for a while, and no one bothers me if I take it easy for a few weeks after.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 06:39     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Yes, lawyer. Billable hour requirements, deadlines, or just to be prepared.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 06:34     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, constantly. In my line of work (academia), there's absolutely no divide between "work hours" and "non-work hours." Evenings, weekends, holidays are all fair game.

But you also don't really have a 9-5, do you?
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 05:19     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Yes..but more when I worked from home. Now I have to lug the laptop on the metro so I only do that when I really need the time. I used to regularly check in in the evening as I work with folks in several time zones. Fed
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 04:00     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Yes, constantly. In my line of work (academia), there's absolutely no divide between "work hours" and "non-work hours." Evenings, weekends, holidays are all fair game.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2026 23:13     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
Yes, not much though. Never work more than 45 hours a week. I actually feel like this is pretty generous compared to a lot of companies. I think a lot of upper GS level Feds don’t realize how good they have it in terms of salary vs. hours.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2026 22:38     Subject: How many of you work after hours?
I used to work after hours all the time. I teleworked three days a week and would attend to emails and respond to calls before and after my official work day started. I’m a fed and now that I’m back in the office with no telework I leave my work at work. I repurposed my home office and don’t bring my computer home anymore. I don’t get nearly as much work done at the office but it’s what my leadership wants.