Posted on 06/20/2025 9:16:12 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Counting my time in the Corps, I’ve been a fed for just over 20 years. I swear to you, every terrible story you’ve ever heard about feds is true, probably worse than you’ve heard. I should post some stories... I think I will.
HOWEVER... There is a problem with this fed-telework narrative.
Every single non-gov, white collar worker I know, every single one, has been doing EXTENSIVE telework for YEARS. My wife was doing ONE DAY in the office per week for EIGHTEEN YEARS prior to COVID. As a fed, I never had ONE DAY of telework, not one single day, before COVID.
All my non gov white collar friends have similar stories.
Telework was not some scheme invented of, by, and for feds. Now feds are just about the only white collar people in the US without telework.
As a federal worker I retired at the end of 2019 so I missed the whole work from home thing....and a mandatory covid shot as well for that matter.
Talking to ex coworkers there seems to be two views, either people liked teleworking or they hated it.
One thing for sure, it’s just one more hot mess that resident taterhead and his administration created.
Federal workers have bad enough reputation without adding to it. SMH
“Way worse”? I guess grammar is no longer alive and well.
Just got here huh?
What federal agency were you with?
I have worked many years at home and many years teleworking.
For me teleworking was much more productive.
That said—competent management is the key—and easily measurable results are also key.
If managers do not know how to manage teleworkers then it is a disaster waiting to happen.
To those who say teleworkers can easily be replaced by folks from abroad my answer is simple—most white collar workers—whether in the office or teleworking—will be replaced by AI within a decade. Many will be replaced in the next five years.
Showing up at the office will not save them.
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He’s a federal employee....your
expectations may be unrealistically high
The person who wrote the article is a fed?
If “staffing issues” mean they hired a bunch of DEI chumps who didn’t do any work he might be right.
I seriously doubt that’s what ol boy meant when he said that, but I bet the useless sack said it with a straight face.
Never believe a bureaucrat’s claim that lack of staffing has kept them from doing their work!
“Telework” kind of defeats the purpose of even having many of these government employees in the first place.
Break it to me?
I’ve known that for 20 years.
NONE OF THIS IS A SURPRISE TO THOSE OF US WHO LEARNED HOW TO WORK YEARS AGO.
Work from home is a giant scam for most workers. It is open to widespread abuse and is far less efficient than working from the job.
I started Remote work in 2020. I retired Jan of 2024 but still went into the office every day. I am back working part-time about 4 hours a day but those 4 hours can come at any time of the day and night. WFH is not the great benefit that people think. Oddly, the remote people I know who set hard limits on working ended up back in the office with an RTO.
During Covid the company I was working for went to remote. I hated it.
ur rite.
English grammar is far worser than evah.
Somebody needta do somethin bout langwidge in this here cuntry.
Peoples is became really ignint.
So, just arrived from ....??
Look at me- a gov employ
I love to work at nothin all day
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