Anonymous
05/23/2025 08:00
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Yeah, but I like the credit hours. It lets me take a lot more vacation than I could otherwise.
But if they get rid of ad hoc telework entirely, then you would have to stay in the office for those credit hours. Still worth it?
If people cannot earn credit hours at home and cannot ad hoc telework, work will slow to a crawl. People have to leave in evening to pick up kids etc. In my busy times when we are finishing up certain things I’m working 12 hour days and on weekends for a few weeks. I probably have three stretches of those each year. No ad hoc and I won’t work a minute over my 8 hours.
WHYYYY. Behavior like this is why they got away with taking away telework. Work your 40 hours and that’s it.
+10000
If they don’t care about you, why do you care this much? We all care about the work but we deserve better. Leave the laptop there. For all our sakes.
Don’t worry. I will. Or I should say I am. No checking email at home either.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 07:42
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Yeah, but I like the credit hours. It lets me take a lot more vacation than I could otherwise.
But if they get rid of ad hoc telework entirely, then you would have to stay in the office for those credit hours. Still worth it?
If people cannot earn credit hours at home and cannot ad hoc telework, work will slow to a crawl. People have to leave in evening to pick up kids etc. In my busy times when we are finishing up certain things I’m working 12 hour days and on weekends for a few weeks. I probably have three stretches of those each year. No ad hoc and I won’t work a minute over my 8 hours.
WHYYYY. Behavior like this is why they got away with taking away telework. Work your 40 hours and that’s it.
+10000
If they don’t care about you, why do you care this much? We all care about the work but we deserve better. Leave the laptop there. For all our sakes.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 07:40
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote:People, not to be existential, but this is just a job at the end of the day. Yes, the work will pile up. It does at any job. Why are you working a minute beyond 8 hours? You do realize you are all replaceable? This year should teach us all that. It's time not to define ourselves by work. If they want to not give us telework, then let's view work for what it is. A contractual arrangement in which work will now pile up for them to worry about, not us.
I agree but then "them" you are letting worry about it are our colleagues and then our supervisors, people we see everyday and generally like. That will put a lot of pressure on people to work more than they need to.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 04:52
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Yeah, but I like the credit hours. It lets me take a lot more vacation than I could otherwise.
But if they get rid of ad hoc telework entirely, then you would have to stay in the office for those credit hours. Still worth it?
If people cannot earn credit hours at home and cannot ad hoc telework, work will slow to a crawl. People have to leave in evening to pick up kids etc. In my busy times when we are finishing up certain things I’m working 12 hour days and on weekends for a few weeks. I probably have three stretches of those each year. No ad hoc and I won’t work a minute over my 8 hours.
WHYYYY. Behavior like this is why they got away with taking away telework. Work your 40 hours and that’s it.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 02:24
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Yeah, but I like the credit hours. It lets me take a lot more vacation than I could otherwise.
But if they get rid of ad hoc telework entirely, then you would have to stay in the office for those credit hours. Still worth it?
If I can, yes. But sometimes I will have to pick up the kids and I won’t have the option.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 22:16
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
People, not to be existential, but this is just a job at the end of the day. Yes, the work will pile up. It does at any job. Why are you working a minute beyond 8 hours? You do realize you are all replaceable? This year should teach us all that. It's time not to define ourselves by work. If they want to not give us telework, then let's view work for what it is. A contractual arrangement in which work will now pile up for them to worry about, not us.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 20:38
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Yeah, but I like the credit hours. It lets me take a lot more vacation than I could otherwise.
But if they get rid of ad hoc telework entirely, then you would have to stay in the office for those credit hours. Still worth it?
If people cannot earn credit hours at home and cannot ad hoc telework, work will slow to a crawl. People have to leave in evening to pick up kids etc. In my busy times when we are finishing up certain things I’m working 12 hour days and on weekends for a few weeks. I probably have three stretches of those each year. No ad hoc and I won’t work a minute over my 8 hours.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 19:54
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
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.
Yeah, but I like the credit hours. It lets me take a lot more vacation than I could otherwise.
But if they get rid of ad hoc telework entirely, then you would have to stay in the office for those credit hours. Still worth it?
Anonymous
05/22/2025 18:48
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
WTH why are THEY teleworking when no one else is!?
Cause he can’t afford people to be out a whole day for an hour midday appointment.
But everyone else can? That is actually a problem building wide. I had someone take off bc they needed an electrician to stop by. Fine I get it. They texted me later saying he was done in 15 min and the lack of teleworks means they're now wasting 7+ hrs today. Honestly I wish the directors etc had the balls to bring this up in front of PA when they meet with him. No one else will but the people whose work isn't getting done should make it clear how disruptive this complete lack of telework/butt in seat stuff is.
It’s like they don’t understand the work at all. If I take eight hours off, it’s not like eight hours of work evaporates into the night, never to be seen again. It just piles up. There’s more work than people as it is and the lack of flexibility is exacerbating things terribly.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 17:42
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Feel like the agency is in a death spiral.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 17:35
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
WTH why are THEY teleworking when no one else is!?
Cause he can’t afford people to be out a whole day for an hour midday appointment.
But everyone else can? That is actually a problem building wide. I had someone take off bc they needed an electrician to stop by. Fine I get it. They texted me later saying he was done in 15 min and the lack of teleworks means they're now wasting 7+ hrs today. Honestly I wish the directors etc had the balls to bring this up in front of PA when they meet with him. No one else will but the people whose work isn't getting done should make it clear how disruptive this complete lack of telework/butt in seat stuff is.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 17:24
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Whoever you are, you certainly do not work at the SEC or work any where near it. You do not have the faintest idea of what we actually do. Dear God get off your phone and do something useful.
OCIE and ARP baby.
OCIE hasn’t been OCIE for years. Seems like you are no longer in the building and likely haven’t been for a while. That explains a lot.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 17:20
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote: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.
WTH why are THEY teleworking when no one else is!?
Cause he can’t afford people to be out a whole day for an hour midday appointment.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 17:17
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
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.
Yeah, but I like the credit hours. It lets me take a lot more vacation than I could otherwise.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 17:12
Subject: Anyone get telework approved at SEC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Whoever you are, you certainly do not work at the SEC or work any where near it. You do not have the faintest idea of what we actually do. Dear God get off your phone and do something useful.
OCIE and ARP baby.