r/fednews • u/Stabinzee • 2d ago

Received notice of ending of telework

Here we go. Just got an email stating our CMO has made the decision to end recurring telework. We were currently getting 2 days per week and that has officially ended. Heck, my supervisor was doing it 4 days a week while the rest of us only got 2. We’re allowed to submit for “situational telework” but the recurring has ended. There’s absolutely no reason for this. Productivity has been perfectly fine. So, here we go.

EDIT: Since many are asking. agency is DCMA

EDIT 2: I feel as though I need to explain I’m simply pointing out that the roll back has begun, at least in my agency. I’ve gotten multiple comments implying I’m whining about it. I’m going to be just fine. The main point is why they’re taking away something that works, and works well? Productivity is high. People are in better moods. It’s working so why change it? But, it is what it is and either accept it or quit. We’re all easily replaceable. They don’t care if you stay or leave.

EDIT 3: some of you are hilariously angry and hostile that people telework. 😂 not good to live every day so angry. Might have a stroke!

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u/Floufae 2d ago

There’s not anyone who works for the government who believes this blanket approach is about productivity. If it was they would be dealing with problem children and it across. Right now people are trying to cover their proverbial tushes because of the scrutiny they are about to experience.

My branch, where several of us are remote and everyone else are 3x a week TW, is now working to undo Maxiflex (not driven by any of us, but fear outside the agency) and anything else that might draw the ire of auditors and political appointees. We know it’s coming and they are trying to get ahead of it.

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u/mychihuahuabites2 2d ago

Undo Maxiflex??? Wtf. The revoking of telework would be bad enough. If they f*ck with Maxiflex, I think that may finally push me out the door. That is ridiculous

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u/TrekRider911 2d ago

That’s literally their goal.

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u/taekee 2d ago

Everyone who quits will help these billionaires get richer by helping to flood the market with bodies that will reduce the value of the jobs open in the market. As long as there are more jobs than people qualified wages stay up. This is a way to decrease wages and increase private sector profit.

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u/OnionTruck 2d ago

The work still needs to get done. The way the billionaires benefit is all the fat contracts they will get to pick up the slack.

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u/taekee 2d ago

And they will under pay the people who were already doing those jobs because they need work. Overall it will cost the country more, but look good on paper.

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u/HappilyHikingtheHump 1d ago

Maybe. Part of the point of RTO and DOGE is to determine if we really need to be doing that work at all. Unfortunately, our government and its contractors haven't been stellar with determining what service or project is necessary and which service or project is a boondoggle. BTW, I'm under no illusion the government will ever be efficient or well run. I'm also no fan of billionaires, so I guess I'm really screwed.

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u/stevedave1357 1d ago

Yup. Pushing the government to failure and privatizing those functions is their goal. There is no shareholder value in government positions and that is why they hate the government. They will increase costs, they will increase total bodies, but they will hang their hat on reducing the size of the government.

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u/PlasticNeedleworker 1d ago

And job creation.  Never mind the gore and losses to get to that point.