As employers including the federal government cut back on remote work, employees who never had any intention of working from an office push back and threaten to retire or resign.
from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, building occupancy at 17 agencies was at 25% or less as recently as March this year.
In some corners of the federal government, the orders have led to clashes, as management and employees remain at odds over what the future should look like.In Alexandria, Va., just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., Jesus Soriano, a program director at the National Science Foundation, sees his agency's return-to-office policy as an abandonment of valuable lessons learned in the pandemic.
Starting in October, employees must work from the NSF's Alexandria headquarters four days per pay period, or roughly eight days per month. The staff affected include program officers who play a critical role, deciding what research and education projects to fund, setting the direction for science and engineering in the U.S."They must be absolute experts in the very specific scientific disciplines that they manage," say Soriano."They are not line workers who could be replaced on a dime.
Two recent hires who spoke to NPR on condition they not be identified out of fear of retaliation said they were clear during interviews that they would never move to be close to headquarters. While no promises were made, their understanding was it wouldn't be a problem. Marrongelle also doesn't view this fall's return-to-office plan as backpedaling on any kind of promise, stated or implied.
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