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What exactly is the argument for eliminating teleworking here?
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DOI is about to screw me out of a $100 relocation reembursement because there is a possibility I am storing more than 18,000lbs of household goods in a 10x10x10 storage unit 
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Not USDA, but my office is trying to get more of us to Telework more often. We’re adding at least 300 more jobs and we just don’t have room for them.
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We get five days per pay period (two weeks), per union contract. I only use about two days per pay period (same day every week). I should start using more, but one worries about being perceived negatively and thus put under the microscope.
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Jan 11, 2018 04:54
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I'm down to 1 day a week in the office, as is most of my team. It's really nice.
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Does anyone have any advice on the application process for national labs? I applied and got a set of followup questions this week for one of them. The position is low-level computer science so the questions are based around that, but my background is in applied math and I am largely self-taught when it comes to comp sci and programming. Also, what is it like working at any of the national labs these days?
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Jan 11, 2018 19:26
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6 years in the government and I have yet to telework a single day. Currently, most of my job involves looking at electronic documents, creating documents in word, signing them electronically, and then sending them to someone else. So you can see why we have to be in the office every day.
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Jan 11, 2018 21:59
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It's been 17 months since I was offered a job. Do I ever get to actually start working?
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Jan 14, 2018 08:42
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No one actually works for the government. Any offices with actual staff are just self-funded by people who received Conditional Offers in the late 1970s and decided to pool their money together to rent some space and start doing the work that was listed in the original job posting. Then at 5PM they go home and mine bitcoins to support themselves.
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Jan 15, 2018 18:28
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I wish there was a way to filter out those "1" vacancy positions on usajobs.
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Jan 16, 2018 19:21
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It sounds like the continuing resolution talks are going off the rails...
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Jan 18, 2018 04:35
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I hope so! I love working and not getting paid for it! 
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Jan 18, 2018 07:37
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Delorence Fickle posted:I wish there was a way to filter out those "1" vacancy positions on usajobs.
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We got a reassuring email this morning from our office director that we will stay on and get paid. We fund ourselves though.
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In my Extremely Expert Opinion I think the chances of a shutdown are at around 75% and certainly the highest they have been since 2013 when we did actually shut down.
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We just had the shutdown talk in my office this afternoon. We’re all non essential and have 4 hours on Monday morning to cease operations if it comes to pass.
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Jan 18, 2018 20:31
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lol nobody has told us anything, which basically assures me that we're very much "unessential"
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Jan 19, 2018 04:56
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My last two interviews were for openings that were open for 2 days and 7 days, respectively. I wonder if I was interview fodder for someone who was already assigned to those positions internally?
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Jan 19, 2018 05:09
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We actually talked about the CR this week. Pretty sure it's a high likelihood since all previous CRs nobody even noticed.
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Jan 19, 2018 05:37
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Got told my shop is all excepted, so either way I work... pay or not. Does seem like this time it's more serious.
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Jan 19, 2018 05:53
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The shutdown in 2013 happened while I was trying to buy a house. That sucked pretty hard. This time around I've got pretty substantial savings and a HELOC that can float me for a long time.
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We were just told that we are essential. No furlough for me.
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Jan 20, 2018 00:26
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We got told we are essential but three people were asked to volunteer for a furlough just in case.
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Jan 20, 2018 01:36
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Josh Lyman posted:Is this because those positions are typically already earmarked as a promotion for an existing employee? You know it! As for the fun times of the shutdown "It wont impact operations for a few weeks since we're fee funded, so be logged on as normal on Monday." -Director.
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Jan 20, 2018 05:20
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Delorence Fickle posted:You know it! Same although my travel for next week is going to be cancelled if(when) we have a shut down.
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PneumonicBook posted:Same although my travel for next week is going to be cancelled if(when) we have a shut down. Also same. I have travel in two weeks. The basic version of the training course I'm going to is considered essential, so isn't being canceled. But the higher level one I'm off to might be. 
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Essentially no one at my agency is excepted. I'm on travel right now; fortunately, I was planning to come back today anyhow so it's not as disruptive as it could've been. We'll see what happens; I don't think it will be as bad as the 2013 shutdown and they may even pass something over the weekend. We do have some very expensive experiments ongoing, though, that will be essentially lost if the shutdown goes on for more than a day or two.
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I'm already seeing tweets from local DC establishments offering free stuff to government employees if they're not working on Monday (eg, local barbecue place offering free pulled pork sandwiches on Monday if you're not working because of the shutdown and show your ID).
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Jan 20, 2018 16:58
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McCoy Pauley posted:I'm already seeing tweets from local DC establishments offering free stuff to government employees if they're not working on Monday (eg, local barbecue place offering free pulled pork sandwiches on Monday if you're not working because of the shutdown and show your ID). That sounds like a violation of ethical rules.
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sullat posted:That sounds like a violation of ethical rules. If it's under $20 in value, it's fine - as a general rule, at least.
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Last shutdown Z-Burger was giving out a free burger if you showed your ID.
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Vorkosigan posted:If it's under $20 in value, it's fine - as a general rule, at least. And no more than a total of $50 a year from the same prohibited source. In this case it was a pulled pork sandwich from Sweet Fire Donna's, so if anyone was planning to eat more than $20 of those in one go, or $50 during the shutdown, maybe mix it up with a salad or fruit or something.
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Also, not sure how many it'll help, but the Fed doesn't post jobs on USAJobs, we have our own site: https://www.federalreserve.gov/careers-jobs-by-category.htm Bonus: self-funded agency means no shutdown for us. If you do apply to the IT Division lemme know so I can get that sweet sweet head hunting money.
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My friend in DC said that their feeling was even if this happened it would be a weekend thing and get resolved before the work week. But now they are much more nervous about it dragging out.
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Popero posted:My friend in DC said that their feeling was even if this happened it would be a weekend thing and get resolved before the work week. But now they are much more nervous about it dragging out. I don't expect to be working Monday at this point
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FDA is in the process of offering me a job so... this is not the best timing.
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Vorkosigan posted:Also, not sure how many it'll help, but the Fed doesn't post jobs on USAJobs, we have our own site: https://www.federalreserve.gov/careers-jobs-by-category.htm lol "experience with Lotus Notes" I'll take the shutdown thankyouverymuch El Mero Mero fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Jan 20, 2018 |
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El Mero Mero posted:lol "experience with Lotus Notes" I'll take the shutdown thankyouverymuch Yeah, we got rid of that years ago. HR behind the times as usual.
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Do we still have health insurance during the shutdown?
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