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Anonymous wrote:I don’t believe the Reddit rumor, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the SEC instituted a new ad hoc telework policy that only allows ad hoc telework to earn credit hours beyond your official work hours.

Maybe. If even that were forbidden, it would create real problems.

I not infrequently have briefs due and need to work extra hours, but I cannot stay at the office until all hours because of kids. If I wasn’t able to log in once they are asleep, it’s not clear how the work would get done.

People need to just stop working and let them feel the consequences of their stupidity.

my suspicion is that ... that is actually the goal. i think the problem is folks are still being too effective and things won't start cascading failures until people--especially people with already increased workloads due to the fork and contracts being cut-- are forced to take a weeks leave due to covid, or full day leave for a dr appointment.

I don’t think the goal is to break things. I think it’s genuine stupidity and not understanding the labor markets. There is the perception that we will all just take it and the work will get done.

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about managers and becoming management, or especially senior management, that turns people from normal, reasonable people into raging pricks with axes to grind that will take every opportunity to make their employees’ lives miserable? I truly don’t understand.

You’re kidding, right?? Why would you expect line managers to stick their neck out just bc the FO/doge/RV want to impose some idiotic ambiguous policy that violates the CBA (and that goes well BEYOND what even the EO requires)? And risk their job?? Why should they?

Can’t believe you’re blaming regular mgmt bc they don’t want to help you avoid or play games with some absurd policy that they had nothing to do with.

If I were a manager, I’d say ZERO TW unless and until someone gave me concrete, written guidelines signed by PA himself. Short of that, tough.

Anonymous wrote:Atkins may have no idea about how strictly ad hoc telework is being applied. His staff seem to telework more than 1x a month.

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about managers and becoming management, or especially senior management, that turns people from normal, reasonable people into raging pricks with axes to grind that will take every opportunity to make their employees’ lives miserable? I truly don’t understand.

You’re kidding, right?? Why would you expect line managers to stick their neck out just bc the FO/doge/RV want to impose some idiotic ambiguous policy that violates the CBA (and that goes well BEYOND what even the EO requires)? And risk their job?? Why should they?

Can’t believe you’re blaming regular mgmt bc they don’t want to help you avoid or play games with some absurd policy that they had nothing to do with.

If I were a manager, I’d say ZERO TW unless and until someone gave me concrete, written guidelines signed by PA himself. Short of that, tough.

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly how are you policing JPM, GS, MS and the broker dealers from your basement?

From the same laptop you use in the office dummy.

You have to walk the hallways. When I did that type of work 75 percent of findings was from in person info. Remote you only see what they want you to see.

Anonymous wrote:What is it about managers and becoming management, or especially senior management, that turns people from normal, reasonable people into raging pricks with axes to grind that will take every opportunity to make their employees’ lives miserable? I truly don’t understand.

Anonymous wrote:I was on a call at an agency that had extremely generous telework. Must full time remainder only two times per pay period.

It turns out that it took four people to do one job. Everyone was working 2 hours day of actual work.

But it is worse than that they are paying pensions, 401ks, medical for four people instead of one person. And it is hard to supervise remotely when the managers themselves are goofing off. If you boss works two hours day you work two hours a day and your staff works two hours a day.

It is why kids are back at school as remote learning did not work.

Anonymous wrote:I was on a call at an agency that had extremely generous telework. Must full time remainder only two times per pay period.

It turns out that it took four people to do one job. Everyone was working 2 hours day of actual work.

But it is worse than that they are paying pensions, 401ks, medical for four people instead of one person. And it is hard to supervise remotely when the managers themselves are goofing off. If you boss works two hours day you work two hours a day and your staff works two hours a day.

It is why kids are back at school as remote learning did not work.

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly how are you policing JPM, GS, MS and the broker dealers from your basement?

From the same laptop you use in the office dummy.

Anonymous wrote:Exactly how are you policing JPM, GS, MS and the broker dealers from your basement?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t believe the Reddit rumor, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the SEC instituted a new ad hoc telework policy that only allows ad hoc telework to earn credit hours beyond your official work hours.

Maybe. If even that were forbidden, it would create real problems.

I not infrequently have briefs due and need to work extra hours, but I cannot stay at the office until all hours because of kids. If I wasn’t able to log in once they are asleep, it’s not clear how the work would get done.

People need to just stop working and let them feel the consequences of their stupidity.

my suspicion is that ... that is actually the goal. i think the problem is folks are still being too effective and things won't start cascading failures until people--especially people with already increased workloads due to the fork and contracts being cut-- are forced to take a weeks leave due to covid, or full day leave for a dr appointment.