I’m assuming they’ll either stay remote (it’s not like asylum officers can slack off, they’re listening to testimony and have a years-long backup), or they’ll be put in an already-existing federal building in the area… since many won’t be full once DOGE blows through their ranks.
I’m assuming they’ll either stay remote (it’s not like asylum officers can slack off, they’re listening to testimony and have a years-long backup), or they’ll be put in an already-existing federal building in the area… since many won’t be full once DOGE blows through their ranks.
Exactly. There's a lot of commercial real estate (in some places) that desperately needs occupants. It will take some shifting but honestly it makes sense. I work with an entirely virtual team and I love not having to leave home BUT this approach is a playground for the shiftless and sycophantic. From office to virtual work goes from 20% of the people doing 80% of the work to 5% of the people doing 95% of the work (and those 5% are rapidly demoralized so that 100% output is an ever-shrinking pie over time).
It's even more terrible for younger workers who need socialization and structure to mature into competent human beings and colleagues. Full-time screen life works against social, political, & economic health & balance (and physical or mental health/balance, too, of course).
My experience and observations but I've been part-time remote with great amounts of offsite travel for most of my career, primarily virtual since 2018. Acceleration of unhealthy distortions in these latter organizations, and since lockdowns especially, has been shocking.
Unless you own your own business which makes you the boss, you need to be monitored as a worker. Remote does not mean your personal residence is your place of work. It does not mean YOU are your own boss. This is the problem of federal workers! They think they are their own bosses. NO, they don’t serve…they are employees!
I’m assuming they’ll either stay remote (it’s not like asylum officers can slack off, they’re listening to testimony and have a years-long backup), or they’ll be put in an already-existing federal building in the area… since many won’t be full once DOGE blows through their ranks.
Exactly. There's a lot of commercial real estate (in some places) that desperately needs occupants. It will take some shifting but honestly it makes sense. I work with an entirely virtual team and I love not having to leave home BUT this approach is a playground for the shiftless and sycophantic. From office to virtual work goes from 20% of the people doing 80% of the work to 5% of the people doing 95% of the work (and those 5% are rapidly demoralized so that 100% output is an ever-shrinking pie over time).
It's even more terrible for younger workers who need socialization and structure to mature into competent human beings and colleagues. Full-time screen life works against social, political, & economic health & balance (and physical or mental health/balance, too, of course).
My experience and observations but I've been part-time remote with great amounts of offsite travel for most of my career, primarily virtual since 2018. Acceleration of unhealthy distortions in these latter organizations, and since lockdowns especially, has been shocking.
These are the exact same points I make anytime this discussion comes up. I think the younger workers needing the culture is super important.
Unless you own your own business which makes you the boss, you need to be monitored as a worker. Remote does not mean your personal residence is your place of work. It does not mean YOU are your own boss. This is the problem of federal workers! They think they are their own bosses. NO, they don’t serve…they are employees!