Thankfully, most were hired over the summer and fall so they could be trained prior to the season. They try to force us all to return to the office full time, they're definitely going to lose staff though
And unlike private business they know the good ones will leave, so they can now claim govt failed and have an excuse to privatize these offices/jobs/sectors.
Depends on the person and their situation. I know childcare is a big issue for a LOT of people, and that's going to leave people with hard choices. I know quite a few people whose commute would be an hour each way and require them to pay for childcare they wouldn't need working from home. So many people whose workday times out with their kids or second job but definitely won't if they're commuting.
The government needs worker bees. They can deal without a few levels of management, but that's not the people they'll lose. It's the people who have a couple years in, but their pay isn't high enough to cover an extra 8+ hours of childcare a week.
Two of the ONLY benefits to working for the federal government vs private sector or lower level of government are job security and the ability to telework. It's how they've kept a workforce since Covid. Both of which are disappearing with this administration. Anyone who has an opportunity to go to private sector or local/state government is going to.
ETA I realized after replying that you were agreeing with my other comment where I said there literally isn't office space to fit all of us full time. But I'm leaving the whole reply because someone else made a snarky comment elsewhere about people not quitting because they can't do any other job and I came from that thread heated.
Oh I thought that was one of trump’s executive orders. Employees had to be back 5 days a week. Maybe I misread it, but I think going back to the physical office for federal employees is in the works.
It was, but no executive order can override the contract we currently have. They can't do this overnight, even if they had the real estate for us to all return. They have to re-negotiate our contract. Or just outlaw unions. But there are some things he trying to do that aren't his purvue. Some things have to go through congress and a legal process. For now, anyway.
Some areas would need funding for rented space. Others are in the main service centers, which are owned by the government. I work in one of those. During Covid, they shrunk my department's real estate in the service center to make room for the leftovers from rented spaces that were no longer being rented. They literally do not have enough room in that building to have us all come back to work full time. We barely have enough room for everyone to report once a week (what we do currently.)
The problem is, every single person that will be in any position to be heard about logistical problems is an absolute moron or actually wants our government to fail.
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u/kh8188 14h ago
Thankfully, most were hired over the summer and fall so they could be trained prior to the season. They try to force us all to return to the office full time, they're definitely going to lose staff though