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Anonymous wrote:Dr Oz gave CMS one day a week of telework (two days per pay period). It was done without any union involvement. If he could figure it out in an agency that’s under RFK, PA could absolutely give some telework back to staff.

Of course he could.

As he indicated in testimony last week, all these changes happened before he got there. His hands are tied.

His hands are so tied he isn’t even able to do anything since he started.

So true. It is insane.

He is a fraud.

More staff will leave. We won’t be able to recruit same level of candidates. Shit will hit the fan some years down the road. And I will be there helping put together the puzzle of what went wrong. A puzzle that will be PA’s headshot.

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Agreed, both on the leaving and recruitment.

Everyone is waiting for the TW appeal decision sometime next week. I think we will see people who have been barely making it choose leave if the lack of recurring TW goes on indefinitely, it will break them. The agency has had extended recurring telework for two decades. The change is jarring and not what the vast majority of the agency’s workers expected or were told when they were hired. It’s a mess.

I agree that the impact of this will not be felt for a while, but it is coming. There are many private companies doing RTO also, but people will start to look for a better commute, if they haven’t already. At some point the work life balance and mission will be outweighed by agency location and stress of commute.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr Oz gave CMS one day a week of telework (two days per pay period). It was done without any union involvement. If he could figure it out in an agency that’s under RFK, PA could absolutely give some telework back to staff.

Of course he could.

As he indicated in testimony last week, all these changes happened before he got there. His hands are tied.

His hands are so tied he isn’t even able to do anything since he started.

So true. It is insane.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr Oz gave CMS one day a week of telework (two days per pay period). It was done without any union involvement. If he could figure it out in an agency that’s under RFK, PA could absolutely give some telework back to staff.

Of course he could.

As he indicated in testimony last week, all these changes happened before he got there. His hands are tied.

His hands are so tied he isn’t even able to do anything since he started.

So true. It is insane.

He is a fraud.

More staff will leave. We won’t be able to recruit same level of candidates. Shit will hit the fan some years down the road. And I will be there helping put together the puzzle of what went wrong. A puzzle that will be PA’s headshot.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr Oz gave CMS one day a week of telework (two days per pay period). It was done without any union involvement. If he could figure it out in an agency that’s under RFK, PA could absolutely give some telework back to staff.

Of course he could.

As he indicated in testimony last week, all these changes happened before he got there. His hands are tied.

His hands are so tied he isn’t even able to do anything since he started.

So true. It is insane.

He is a fraud.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr Oz gave CMS one day a week of telework (two days per pay period). It was done without any union involvement. If he could figure it out in an agency that’s under RFK, PA could absolutely give some telework back to staff.

Of course he could.

As he indicated in testimony last week, all these changes happened before he got there. His hands are tied.

His hands are so tied he isn’t even able to do anything since he started.

So true. It is insane.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr Oz gave CMS one day a week of telework (two days per pay period). It was done without any union involvement. If he could figure it out in an agency that’s under RFK, PA could absolutely give some telework back to staff.

Of course he could.

As he indicated in testimony last week, all these changes happened before he got there. His hands are tied.

His hands are so tied he isn’t even able to do anything since he started.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr Oz gave CMS one day a week of telework (two days per pay period). It was done without any union involvement. If he could figure it out in an agency that’s under RFK, PA could absolutely give some telework back to staff.

Of course he could.

As he indicated in testimony last week, all these changes happened before he got there. His hands are tied.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr Oz gave CMS one day a week of telework (two days per pay period). It was done without any union involvement. If he could figure it out in an agency that’s under RFK, PA could absolutely give some telework back to staff.

Of course he could.

Anonymous wrote:Dr Oz gave CMS one day a week of telework (two days per pay period). It was done without any union involvement. If he could figure it out in an agency that’s under RFK, PA could absolutely give some telework back to staff.

Anonymous wrote:Love how PA testified yesterday that all the staffing cuts occurred before he arrived. He had nothing to do with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Reddit is reporting that HHS is appealing the arbitration decision. My guess is we will end up in the same boat. Expected but disappointing.

Agencies really have no choice to appeal. But they could also allow regular telework while appealing. Give people two days. Other agencies have done it. Once they try to start hiring, maybe someone will tell those in charge that there are few qualified applicants.

HHS has indeed notified the NTEU that the management will appeal. It will likely take the FLRA a year to rule. Then that can also be appealed. All of this means that we will unlikely to have telework back. I am absolutely certain Atkins will appeal as well. More people will leave, but that’s the point.

I also believe it will be difficult for the agency to attract talent with the full RTO in place.

I hope I am wrong. But as so may here have said, Atkins hates his staff/us.

The difference is that if the FLRA rules in favor of the union, then HHS would have to abide by the ruling during the next appeal. Now they don’t when appealing to the FLRA.

Also, the FLRA is pretty backed up, so it could take more than a year.

The whole point of the appeal is SLAPP. Each agency knew they were violating the CBAs they had. Since there are no penalties for the violations, they will continue to appeal until they are out of those options. Which will take years. By then the damage will have been done: gutted government, low morale, disengaged people, lack of competent staff. That’s the whole point!

In addition, Atkins wants to cut all SEC-specific benefits, doesn’t want to give raises.

I feel sorry for OGC attorneys who have to put their names under these frivolous filings and appeals.