Govt Work at Home May Be Over

PeoplesElbow

PeoplesElbow

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SamSpade said:
I know that most federal workplaces that have parking lots and garages depend on the staggered entry of employees to avoid daily messes - it's typical when storms or power outages that trigger dismissals USUALLY create massive traffic jams as EVERYONE leaves at the same time - instead of a staggered schedule.
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When the base has had delayed openings and said ok everyone show up at 9am we had huge traffic jams. I live close enough I can hear the national anthem every morning at my house and it took me an hour to get into work.
 
SamSpade

SamSpade

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PeoplesElbow said:
When the base has had delayed openings and said ok everyone show up at 9am we had huge traffic jams. I live close enough I can hear the national anthem every morning at my house and it took me an hour to get into work.
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I have to think that "everybody, back in the office, 8-6 (10 hrs?) 5 days a week" was a generic way of saying, ok, all those people you sent home for COVID, they come back now.

I have absolutely no knowledge of the rest of government - but since COVID ended, it seems hard to believe anyone is still out. I do know that the numbers being promoted are utterly false - most government workers aren't even eligible for telework, and most that do, come in at least a little.

My agency decided - ok, since most everyone is out - and we have more agencies MOVING in to a crowded space - let's take this opportunity to COMPLETELY RENOVATE a two million and a half square foot complex - to be designed for telework - because the pre-COVID crowding was out of control. So yeah - it WAS mostly empty for a long time, but that's because floor after floor were all being renovated.
 
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OccamsRazor

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SamSpade said:
I have absolutely no knowledge of the rest of government - but since COVID ended, it seems hard to believe anyone is still out. I do know that the numbers being promoted are utterly false - most government workers aren't even eligible for telework, and most that do, come in at least a little.
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Most admin, financial, clerical, and logistical personnel are on telework. How many of those work for the GOV?
 
SamSpade

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OccamsRazor said:
Most admin, financial, clerical, and logistical personnel are on telework. How many of those work for the GOV?
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When you say most, do you mean, across all federal agencies? Or just say, locally - PAX etc.?

I can't speak for any of that. I do know that the IRS had the bulk of their HQ employees on remote work dating a good ten year's prior to COVID. Other than that - I have no idea.

I know that several of my friends who work military or related agencies in the DC area (say, anti-terrorist or intelligence, for example) - a lot say their admin and clerical work is outsourced. As in, remote contract work. One friend was adamant about it - she'd say, what does all that have to do with the mission of (her government agency). But that's been the situation from at least twenty years ago or more.
 
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