@charliekirk11: 85% of the federal workforce works from home and only have to come in ONE DAY a month? On any given day, only 17% of the federal workforce is in a federal office building working. Many HOLD OTHER JOBS. It's one giant looting operation and US taxpayers are their mark.
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There's that cookey number again! How do they do it? Hahahahaha.
So, by this logic, we should need to keep the 17% that actually drives to work?
No we only need 17% of that 17%.
Exactly. Nobody said it was always the same 17%. 17. Kek.
“The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.”
— George Washington.
They've normalized corruption / money laundering and have been looting forever. You don't need to dig or be high IQ to see their net worth skyrocket as the years ( decades ) pass. They don't need to even hide it, because there's no system in place to actually catch and punish them.
Furthermore they have ppl too busy, lazy, or brainwashed to be able to or care to kick up shit. It's nuts we're even discussing gutting DC.
Trying to contain myself until I see big damage, but always hopeful.
Considering how much they get paid, and not working but charging the federal government anyway adds up quickly over time, and that this is stealing, would there not be serious federal offenses piling up here?
Looting the corporation?
DRAIN THE SWAMP
MAGA Dittos!
We pay about 320 BILLION dollars a year for 3 million Federal employees. This does not include benefits. There are an additional 2 million+ members of the military.
Called the Americans Disabilities Act office last Spring with questions about disability access. The woman I spoke to told me the ADA office can do nothing and that complaints must be made through the DOJ. So why then does the ADA employ 360 people, including doctors if they do nothing? Bet there are hundres of agencies like this.
Tax Form 990 is a quick way to see NGOs with employees also getting paid to do social work for government. I have not looked for easy way to see federal to state to County to City money spread. You will find most bills like Inflation Reduction Act are simply Omnibus funding.
Day #1: tell all workers to report to work, anyone not showing, is fired. Make those who show, reapply for their job.
RTO mandates are dumb. Being in office =/= better or more productive. With the internet and all the tools available it's a waste.
Yes, but there is no guarantee they are at home working either.
I know people who “work from home” about 15-20 hrs a week.
Elon can fire 80% right away.
Ehhhh the wfh thing imo is very field specific. I do think the wfh model is very advantageous to raising a family if possible. Especially if you don't want the schools queering your kid
Yes, exactly this. Any job that involves sitting in front of the computer all day such as coding, accounting can be done more efficiently from home.
No fighting with traffic every single day = happier people = more productive people
AND more time to spend with family.
It's really a win win. And the company doesn't have to rent expensive buildings.
Now I get it doesn't work for every field like construction ..or being a reporter .. or a doctor ...etc
Wfh can help improve productivity for many workers.
Think about how much time is wasted in the average office. Chatty Cathies constantly stopping by to say good morning, dish out gossip, asking to borrow something. Having to sing Happy Birthday to people, eat cake, and socialize. This is one reason why I despise working in an office.
Monitoring the internet traffic and actual work being done remotely is not hard at all, even ai can be trained to record and summarize. Employee#xxx- 64.7% of working hours on pron and Reddit, 13.8% of time working, 21.5% idle (no mouse movement nor typing).
Depends on which Agency, and there are Remote Management Offices
There are (hopefully will be past tense) who literally moved out of state during COVID without telling management. They claim they “can’t go into the office”. Seems to me they abandoned their job.
My team is on site everyday, no excuses- including snow storms.
Problem is they are not disciplined enough to do it. It only works with dedicated employees. We call the “at home” people and we hear them in carpool lines, yelling at kids, ordering food at the drive through… Great in theory to reduce office space, but the average American can’t do it.
They can also smoke dope and watch cartoons all day,they are never drug tested.....
Not all agencies and departments are like this. We are on a random drug test system many others are too, however, many are not.
They're probably watching porn.
Federal employees are being fully watched. Equipment has camera, microphone, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi just like any Microsoft, Apple, or Google device in your homes and work.
I thought that was just for schoolkids...
10% to the Big Guy
I lost my social security card once. Went to the local SS office.
First off they had a rude rent a cop who thought he was hot shit because I brought a drink in with me. Apparently no drinks allowed. He had an attitude.
Got to the window after waiting. I explained my loss. The woman behind the counter was a total bitch. Didn't even say 'hi how are you'....'welcome how can I help you' and proceeded to preach at me about losing it and threatening me that I only had four replacements left. I mean it was the first time in over 40 years I lost it.
Get rid of these brutes and scum and moochers. I pay their God damned wages!
What does this have to do with people working from home?
So I have to work 6 or 7 days a week to pay my bills nothing wrong here folk’s please move on
Thats fraud. Falsifying a time card of they hold other jobs. Prison amd big fines.
That's probably to keep them safe in-case other federal employees commit false flag terror attacks against those same buildings.
Meh the second my role becomes something I can do remote you betcha I'm going remote and it won't be for looting it will be for "providing valuable support to clients all over the usa."
What if DHS kicked everybody over Covid to remote work to fully take over GSA building? Also many did not cheat. Also 2nd job is acceptable if not federal overlapping responsibilities.
To take it a step further, we taxpayers pay for the upkeep and maintenance of said barely used federal buildings.
I really don't get all this hatred over people working from home.
As long as the work is getting done and the quality of work is equal to what it would be in an office, it shouldn't matter if they're working from home.
And if their productivity and quality of work isn't up to the same level as those working in an office, they should be fired.
It's just a bizarre thing to be angry over.
I think that it's because wfh is associated with the pandemic and it's some weird hatred by association. 🤷♀️
What is the number of employees that the 85% refers to ?
17 you say?
why are they painting americans with second jobs as criminals?!
🤷♀️ I don't understand why people are so angry over others working from home, either.
Not to mention the risk to national security due to using unsecured systems linked to the internet. Not a good idea.
I do support work for a bank so not national security but still very sensitive data. They hated the idea of anyone working outside of physically secured premises. In the end they had to moderate that attitude because of cost (getting support people to the office in the middle of the night is not cheap) then of course the fake pandemic sealed the working from home deal.
We're fully remote now and I like working from home. Do I goof off? Well yes if things are quiet but I would have done that in the office anyway.
Where state actors are concerned, especially China, remote work is an Achilles heel. If places like China are able to hack sensitive on site facilities like the US government, it is even easier for them to hack off site data due to its inherent lack of security. Think of the ramifications to multiple sectors of our cyber infrastructure, including finance and business. There already has been severe breaches of critical information in the business sector. China has no problems with cyber espionage and outright theft of intellectual property. The effort to cut costs and acquiescence to changing attitudes about the work place may be our very undoing. The recent uptick in breaches from foreign actors may only be a drop in the bucket for what may be coming.
A person has to be very disciplined to remote work. But, I do agree that the idea of working from home does have its advantages. My field unfortunately does not allow that option - direct patient care. Although in medical support areas like insurance billing and coding, there is quite a bit of it now being done remotely. I have a cousin that does medical coding at home. It works great for her so primarily so she can supervise the care of my aunt and uncle who are in their 90s. Have a great day fren.
PIV cards used in Government-issued computers show when you are logged in and go into sleep mode after, say, 15 minutes of inactivity. The worker accesses emails, video chats/IM, conference calls, training resources, etc. Yes, it IS possible to do a 40 hour week teleworking and get the job done.
There is no doubt that work can be done remotely if one thinks just about the work itself. The risk comes into play because remote access increases the points to which data breaches can occur. It is much easier from a security standpoint to have data more centralized. I fear that our technology that has opened the door for more flexibility in the work place may at the same time be our Achilles heel.