I know this is unlikely to directly affect many Tildes users, but I thought it was interesting in the context of all the other discussions about teleworking that I've seen on this site. Seems like...
I know this is unlikely to directly affect many Tildes users, but I thought it was interesting in the context of all the other discussions about teleworking that I've seen on this site. Seems like if the freaking US military can tell the services to actively promote telework and remote work, then maybe your shitty CEO could maybe not insist that RTO is the only possible way to keep the business running.
Impacts me indirectly. I've got family that works for the DoD and I briefly considered a programming job with them until it became clear that I'd be expected to drive all the way to northern VA...
Impacts me indirectly. I've got family that works for the DoD and I briefly considered a programming job with them until it became clear that I'd be expected to drive all the way to northern VA and deal with that god-awful traffic at least a few days a week. I think if the DoD wants to stay competitive with the private sector for those types of positions that can be easily done from home, then they need to embrace remote work. And it sounds like they are, which me interested in a job again.
I was doing work on DoD R&D programs (as an employee of a contracted org, not a government employee) from 2011 onward. It was always so hard because they had the worst teleconference systems. They...
I was doing work on DoD R&D programs (as an employee of a contracted org, not a government employee) from 2011 onward. It was always so hard because they had the worst teleconference systems. They had limits on numbers of participants, so if you didn't get in early, you might not be able to get on the call. They were unreliable and hard to use. There was no screen sharing with he government folks because they could not reach the webex servers, and their in-house screen share was not accessible to contractors. File sharing for FOUO or Dist C stuff was a mess.
Then the pandemic hit, and overnight (not actually, but in government terms, it was very quick), the whole DoD had MS Teams and Sharepoint. We could video call with them, send them files, even join chat threads.
From a technical standpoint, I think that must have saved the way for this. So if nothing else good came out of the pandemic, that did.
This is an excellent step on DoD's part, although I'm curious as to what pushed it. I'll admit I haven't worked for DoD outside of the military, but OPM leaves it up to the individual agencies for...
This is an excellent step on DoD's part, although I'm curious as to what pushed it. I'll admit I haven't worked for DoD outside of the military, but OPM leaves it up to the individual agencies for other agencies. For example, the DoD was on the original panel that pushed for the SSR involving 2210s, yet when OPM finally greenlit it, most (if not all) played hot potato with it since it would come out of their specific budgets. With that, VA was the exception with the PACT Act, where it was a blank check.
If anything, depending on the series, GS14+ thru SES are very anti-telework for my...own biased views, but between 3 agencies, that seems to be consistent.
I know this is unlikely to directly affect many Tildes users, but I thought it was interesting in the context of all the other discussions about teleworking that I've seen on this site. Seems like if the freaking US military can tell the services to actively promote telework and remote work, then maybe your shitty CEO could maybe not insist that RTO is the only possible way to keep the business running.
Impacts me indirectly. I've got family that works for the DoD and I briefly considered a programming job with them until it became clear that I'd be expected to drive all the way to northern VA and deal with that god-awful traffic at least a few days a week. I think if the DoD wants to stay competitive with the private sector for those types of positions that can be easily done from home, then they need to embrace remote work. And it sounds like they are, which me interested in a job again.
I was doing work on DoD R&D programs (as an employee of a contracted org, not a government employee) from 2011 onward. It was always so hard because they had the worst teleconference systems. They had limits on numbers of participants, so if you didn't get in early, you might not be able to get on the call. They were unreliable and hard to use. There was no screen sharing with he government folks because they could not reach the webex servers, and their in-house screen share was not accessible to contractors. File sharing for FOUO or Dist C stuff was a mess.
Then the pandemic hit, and overnight (not actually, but in government terms, it was very quick), the whole DoD had MS Teams and Sharepoint. We could video call with them, send them files, even join chat threads.
From a technical standpoint, I think that must have saved the way for this. So if nothing else good came out of the pandemic, that did.
This is an excellent step on DoD's part, although I'm curious as to what pushed it. I'll admit I haven't worked for DoD outside of the military, but OPM leaves it up to the individual agencies for other agencies. For example, the DoD was on the original panel that pushed for the SSR involving 2210s, yet when OPM finally greenlit it, most (if not all) played hot potato with it since it would come out of their specific budgets. With that, VA was the exception with the PACT Act, where it was a blank check.
If anything, depending on the series, GS14+ thru SES are very anti-telework for my...own biased views, but between 3 agencies, that seems to be consistent.
At least when there aren't technical problems with things...