Fork in the road letter

[Duh]

I work with a couple guys that can retire now and in a few months on the LE retirement. HR straight up told them not to do it because they had no guidance or documentation on how it would affect their “special retirement.” First time I’ve seen our HR actually look out for anyone haha.

 

[jorswift]

Yep, received the letter this week. No, I will not be accepting it. The letter, title, verbiage and plan is the same as when Musk sent it out to Twitter when he bought them out. Only, he pulled the rug out from under them and didnt proceed with the benefits. From what I gather, this mostly stems from high level DC gov employees not stepping foot one time back in office since covid. Now its a huge scare tactic and even process before a large RIF comes. Who knows what is next. But if I was retiring this year or close to next, you bet I would jump on it, only to hope, they are true to their word!

 

[eamyrick]

What a mess. On a different thread but the bulk of our advanced LE training just got put on hold due to federal grant funding. I get the rip off the bandaid approach but a lot of real people who are solid workers at the receiving end of the chaos.

 

[2531usmc]

As a long time federal employee I’ve seen the productivity from 100% telework staff. At best, most of them are providing one or two full days of work a week.

A big part of the problem is that they are completely disconnected from the office and the people. They really don’t have a deep understanding of what’s happening or why it’s happening.

Trump is correct to pull them back into physical offices so their work time is more productive.

But I think, more important than workforce productivity, it’s critical that the American people believe the Federal workforce is working as hard as they are.

 

[jorswift]

As a long time federal employee I’ve seen the productivity from 100% telework staff. At best, most of them are providing one or two full days of work a week.

A big part of the problem is that they are completely disconnected from the office and the people. They really don’t have a deep understanding of what’s happening or why it’s happening.

Trump is correct to pull them back into physical offices so their work time is more productive.

But I think, more important than workforce productivity, it’s critical that the American people believe the Federal workforce is working as hard as they are.

I can say that my wife and I both work from home for the fed. She is 100% remote and I telework. I know everyones situation is different and there are $h!t bags everywhere, but my wife and I are glued more to our computers with meetings, work, reports, etc. than we were in the office. I get more done in a day at home than 2 days in the office as I dont have other people coming in, asking for help, showing them how things are done, water cooler bs, etc. My wifes performance metrics are off the charts compared to her counter parts across the rest of the country and in office. But like I said, there was an fed HR guy working from home who was caught mowing his grass during hours. So the weither they are in office or home, a turd is going to be a turd and still being down productivity. Just my .2. I have been with them almost 20 yrs, worked in office precovid, then go booted to telework for "safety". I still report 1-2 days a week in office. Now will be going back 100%.

 

[HingleMcCringleberry]

What a mess. On a different thread but the bulk of our advanced LE training just got put on hold due to federal grant funding. I get the rip off the bandaid approach but a lot of real people who are solid workers at the receiving end of the chaos.

That's good to hear. The federal grant nonsense needs serious reform or to be ended permanently.

 

[Eagle]

I'm 100% remote, and my org has been mostly remote since the late 90's. We are production based already, so bringing us into an office does nothing. Will be interesting to see how it all ends up going down, and if I have to move back to Colorado I will gladly, but I honestly don't expect my org to be required to do so given our track record and production based job.

 

[Bigbuckbandit]

Our hr department knows nothing and suggested either waiting or contacting opm.

I think it's awesome. I have a lot of coworkers who might get motivated to perform. I REEEEEEEAAAAAALY enjoy watching the daily update meetings with our regional directors where people can ask questions.

Some people are incredibly dumb. One teleworker looked to be on a porn set, another asked if this would jeopardize her position in which she makes valentine's day cards on a grant.

Lmao the porn set girl asked a dumb ass question too. She clearly didn’t read the return to office memo then asks if return to office was immediate. The RD looked like her eye balls were about to pop out.