Fork in the road letter

[westsloper]

A few of my coworkers definitely abuse telework. All I know is that a few weeks ago, when I really had to get an assignment finished, I had to work from home in order to get things done without distractions. As a supervisor, all I care about from my people when they're teleworking is whether or not they're being productive. If they aren't producing, I always have the option of changing their telework agreements.

I get why things are happening the way they are politically. The OPM emails have been unprofessional and annoying, but it really is what the people voted for and we have to accept it.

Like a lot of employees with federal land management agencies, I worked hard for many years to get a permanent position. I'm in my dream job now. I continue to work hard because I take pride in my work. I'm not leaving voluntarily.

 

[Weldor]

Good luck getting a job. Most companies don’t like hiring x gov employees. Many of the reasons are in this thread. Same goes for layoffs from large corporations. Not saying there aren’t good ones. But they get lumped in with the rest.

 

[PLhunter]

I get why things are happening the way they are politically. The OPM emails have been unprofessional and annoying, but it really is what the people voted for and we have to accept it.

We don’t have to accept it, or shouldn’t, when it’s unlawful, unconstitutional, and unethical. Right now the DOJ is firing executives associated with January 6th cases, and is ordered to doxx every employee who worked on those cases. You know the ones who convicted people who sure didn’t accept what the people voted for and who having been released have since tried to diddle kids, get killed attacking officers, and committed other felonies.

What’s happening is wrong and harmful. People need to open their eyes to it and admit they made a big mistake. It is going to get a hell of a lot worse if we take what’s coming with a “it’s what the people voted for” mentality.

 

[PLhunter]

The Biden/Harris approach was to keep spending money we don’t have until everything hyperinflates and blows the country up.

You are about to see inflation numbers that make those look like rookie numbers. Our economy had less inflation and more growth than any other major world economy post Covid. The inflation you’re about to see is going to make that look like nickels and dimes.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

I get your frustration and have no arguments about rampant gov’t waste and needed reform, or even people showing up to the office for work.

Telework and remote work are two different things, however. If you were hired for a physical office duty location and have somehow moved to another location and are claiming telework, there is a serious issue right there. In my agency, telework still requires employees to physically show up to their office at least one day/week, two days/pay period. If supervisors and employees are breaking this protocol, that’s on them and they deserve the possible disciplinary actions owed to them. Removing telework and having employees be at the office everyday of their required tour off duty is not a big deal, from my perspective anyways.

Remote work, on the other hand, allows for residence anywhere. So if an employee is hired under these circumstances and guarantees, how is it fair or legal to pull the rug out from these employees and make them show up to a physical location? This is clearly an adverse action against the employee. If this employee is worth the squeeze, how is this administration retaining employees through merit? So do we remove these folks and rehire someone to replace them to make the blanket agenda work? Sounds like gov’t waste to me…this will vacate positions and cause a bog in hiring. Not to mention, there is a hiring freeze that has no end date.

Further, with the hostile, toxic environment created with this Fork letter, who wants to come to work for the Feds now? If we’re going to get the “best of the best” to work for the Feds, will the Feds pay higher wages to attract these “best of the best” employees? If not, how are you going to fill positions in undesirable or unaffordable locations? Take SoCal for instance, I would like to know how the “best of the best” are hired for entry or professional level positions in an expensive and undesirable (IMO) location.

Good Copy....understood