Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 14:02     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:I don't like that it has been radio silence so far today, apparently from all departments and agencies. It feels like they're going to drop something awful right at COB.


That’s the expectation. They have until 5pm and I suspect most agencies need all of that time to get it figured out and to be able to address as many questions as they can in the communication (e.g. what happens to remote people beyond 50 miles, medical accommodations, hired under a remote agreement, etc).

I bet a LOT of people will stay online late today! I feel bad for supervisors who are going to be inundated.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:55     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


What kind of lazy pos people are you? You don't got to work on snow days because it isn't safe to travel. That is the only reason there is such a thing as a snow day. Take your damn laptop home with you.


We’ve been told telework is not work. If I must be in the office to work, and it’s not safe to get to the office, then I can’t work. (Not my logic; it’s theirs.)


We all know they will have their cake and eat it too. They won’t tell you to telework but will impose demands that requires off the clock telework. Like true capitalists.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:55     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


What kind of lazy pos people are you? You don't got to work on snow days because it isn't safe to travel. That is the only reason there is such a thing as a snow day. Take your damn laptop home with you.


DP. No. If work can only be done in the office, so be it. I’m not going to maintain my WFH set-up with multiple monitors and a docking station if I only need it for the occasional snow day.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:53     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:I don't like that it has been radio silence so far today, apparently from all departments and agencies. It feels like they're going to drop something awful right at COB.


You know it. 5-530 pm. Everyone butts in seats starting X date (hopefully not Monday but prepare for the worst). Work with your manager on challenges. They may provide an email or website for questions. Town hall next week.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:53     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


What kind of lazy pos people are you? You don't got to work on snow days because it isn't safe to travel. That is the only reason there is such a thing as a snow day. Take your damn laptop home with you.


We’ve been told telework is not work. If I must be in the office to work, and it’s not safe to get to the office, then I can’t work. (Not my logic; it’s theirs.)
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:51     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
I don't like that it has been radio silence so far today, apparently from all departments and agencies. It feels like they're going to drop something awful right at COB.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:50     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


This…is what the government does. And if you have young kids, you are also “allowed” to work from home without childcare, except that if you are performing childcare you must use PTO. And no, there is no guidance on what this means.

I have a 18 month old, we live in a small apartment and both of us work outside the home normally. The two snow days were perhaps the worst two days of parenting so far lol. (Well, it wasn’t helped that for the first half of the day I thought I had access to admin leave). The fact we expected this of parents during the lockdowns is insane!


The lockdowns were NUTS. I shudder remembering the time before we were able to get a babysitter. They seemed to like telework then though! Sigh.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:49     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


This…is what the government does. And if you have young kids, you are also “allowed” to work from home without childcare, except that if you are performing childcare you must use PTO. And no, there is no guidance on what this means.

I have a 18 month old, we live in a small apartment and both of us work outside the home normally. The two snow days were perhaps the worst two days of parenting so far lol. (Well, it wasn’t helped that for the first half of the day I thought I had access to admin leave). The fact we expected this of parents during the lockdowns is insane!


This is what the government does as part of a telework agreement. But if the eliminate telework is it fair to ask us to use our home resources on a snow day?


Why do you think this administration cares about fairness or workability on your end? They hate you. They want to punish you.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:48     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


This…is what the government does. And if you have young kids, you are also “allowed” to work from home without childcare, except that if you are performing childcare you must use PTO. And no, there is no guidance on what this means.

I have a 18 month old, we live in a small apartment and both of us work outside the home normally. The two snow days were perhaps the worst two days of parenting so far lol. (Well, it wasn’t helped that for the first half of the day I thought I had access to admin leave). The fact we expected this of parents during the lockdowns is insane!


Our leadership emphasized a few months ago there is a difference between providing childcare like feeding and changing diapers for an infant vs simply being in the home where children are present. So I put movies on for my kids in another room during the last snow day when they weren't outside in the front yard.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:46     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


This…is what the government does. And if you have young kids, you are also “allowed” to work from home without childcare, except that if you are performing childcare you must use PTO. And no, there is no guidance on what this means.

I have a 18 month old, we live in a small apartment and both of us work outside the home normally. The two snow days were perhaps the worst two days of parenting so far lol. (Well, it wasn’t helped that for the first half of the day I thought I had access to admin leave). The fact we expected this of parents during the lockdowns is insane!


This is what the government does as part of a telework agreement. But if the eliminate telework is it fair to ask us to use our home resources on a snow day?
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:42     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


This…is what the government does. And if you have young kids, you are also “allowed” to work from home without childcare, except that if you are performing childcare you must use PTO. And no, there is no guidance on what this means.

I have a 18 month old, we live in a small apartment and both of us work outside the home normally. The two snow days were perhaps the worst two days of parenting so far lol. (Well, it wasn’t helped that for the first half of the day I thought I had access to admin leave). The fact we expected this of parents during the lockdowns is insane!
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:40     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


They do that now! That's the deal with having a telework agreement.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:36     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?


Of course. Or just fire you for being AWOL if you fail to submit leave.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:35     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.


I agree with you 100% but I once worked for a company that expected you to work from home on snow days or you had to use vacation! Would the fed gov't do that?
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 13:34     Subject: New OPM memo on RTO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Telework can be provided for weather-related emergencies, office closures, and other situations where telework serves a compelling agency need.”

So we do have to bring laptops home everyday? Worst of all worlds.


Yep. They’re tripping if they think I’m bringing my laptop home ahead of snow days. sorry no. Neither my work IPhone nor my laptop is coming home, ever, if telework ends. If they want to decide we need to “telework” on a snow day I guess I’ll have some articles at home to read.



Snow days happen usually 2x per year on average. They’ll take that deal


Seriously why does everyone keep talking about snow days? No one cares.