From: tye syding <bn@wy.no>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics
Subject: Re: DOGE Slashes 3,600 Wasteful HHS Jobs-Saving Taxpayers $600 MILLION Annually
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:03:20 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:25:02 -0500
-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
> > Roughly 1% of federal employees were actually in the office
> > working. =20
>=20
> Yes, that's the claim.
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> Its a deceptive nothing-burger, because
You are a denial bot and little more.
But boy howdy, you sure LOVE the giverment a LOT more than we the
people.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2024/04/survey-feds-question-=
the-why-behind-return-to-office-push/?readmore=3D1
Of the survey respondents, about 30% said they work entirely remotely,
6% work entirely in-person and 64% were working on a hybrid schedule =E2=80=
=94
a mix of in-person work and telework.
Some feds who took the survey pointed to a disconnect between the productiv=
e, flexible experiences they=E2=80=99ve described while teleworking, versus=
what their agency leadership was promoting about the value of in-office wo=
rk =E2=80=94 they said it doesn=E2=80=99t line up.
=E2=80=9CWe proved how beneficial and productive a modern telework environm=
ent
can be,=E2=80=9D one survey respondent wrote. =E2=80=9CWhy would I want to =
go back to
the =E2=80=98old way=E2=80=99 of doing things that is obviously a relic of =
the past?=E2=80=9D
Many said they felt like coming into the office served little purpose. In t=
he view of some respondents, it was simply a way for agency leaders to fulf=
ill expectations from the administration.
For many respondents, coming into the office has led to little
difference in collaboration =E2=80=94 and has even been a hindrance for som=
e.
Disruptions from coworkers and exhaustion from long commutes contribute
negatively to employees=E2=80=99 productivity.