Feds- Christmas Eve off

[Bernadine]

Per GovExec, Trump signed an executive order giving most feds off on Christmas Eve.

This, plus an average 3.1% pay raise. Yay for election year, I guess.

[pumpkin]

Really?!? This would be awesome!
I'll have to see if I can find it to see if it applies to us.

[biscoffcookies]

Dec 17, 2019 19:40:49 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Per GovExec, Trump signed an executive order giving most feds off on Christmas Eve.

This, plus an average 3.1% pay raise. Yay for election year, I guess.

Wow. I honestly don't think we have gotten Christmas Eve off when it was a Tuesday before. Normally we only get it when it is adjacent to the weekend.

ETA: article here. Applies to executive branch. www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/12/surprise-move-trump-gives-federal-employees-christmas-eve/161974/

[curbsideprophet]

I am shocked.

[onthemove]

I’m not surprised. He wants a win, he wants to be liked. His literally costs him nothing, and will have people say he is both companionate and fighting against the War on Christmas. Ugh.

[ssmjlm]

We have so many people scrambling because of use or lose this morning. This is why I always tell them to give themselves a swing day just in case. I'm happy about it, b/c I had planned to work, but now at least I have more time to prep for Christmas Dinner.

[minzy]

Every once in a long while he does something that isn’t completely objectionable at face value. Yay for that!

[nessness]

Woohoo! Our agency had already given us 3 hours off, but a full day will be awesome.

[pumpkin]

I'm waiting for official notification from my agency but looking forward to the extra time to enjoy the holiday.

Now I just need the budget approved so I can work some OT.

[gerberdaisy]

Dec 18, 2019 13:42:49 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

I'm waiting for official notification from my agency but looking forward to the extra time to enjoy the holiday.

Now I just need the budget approved so I can work some OT.

I'm waiting on the official notification too, kinda odd its taking this long.

[1confused1]

We just got an email that we have to work. Whomp whomp.

[rubytue]

Dec 18, 2019 8:28:45 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

We have so many people scrambling because of use or lose this morning. This is why I always tell them to give themselves a swing day just in case. I'm happy about it, b/c I had planned to work, but now at least I have more time to prep for Christmas Dinner.

This is me, and I’m already out on my use or lose. A friend sent me the HR guidance, and it looks like I’m taking a day off NY week. My H is giving me grief about my rough life. At least this year I’ll get my leave back if we are furloughed again (any word on that for those of us out of the pocket right now?) because I scheduled it in March. 

[dragon's breath]

My crew covers the shift 24/7, and I'm scheduled to work both days. At least the pay will be nice.

We don't know our raises until May at the earliest, or some time in 2021 at the (hopefully) latest. The way they do our pay sucks, and we've had to wait almost a year to find out what it would be, then even longer to get the retro pay. Hoping that a good raise for everyone else will help our numbers, but who knows.

[nessness]

Dec 18, 2019 18:27:28 GMT -5 rubytue said:

Dec 18, 2019 8:28:45 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

We have so many people scrambling because of use or lose this morning. This is why I always tell them to give themselves a swing day just in case. I'm happy about it, b/c I had planned to work, but now at least I have more time to prep for Christmas Dinner.

This is me, and I’m already out on my use or lose. A friend sent me the HR guidance, and it looks like I’m taking a day off NY week. My H is giving me grief about my rough life. At least this year I’ll get my leave back if we are furloughed again (any word on that for those of us out of the pocket right now?) because I scheduled it in March. 

The House passed a full-year budget yesterday. Senate is expected to pass it too and Trump is expected to sign, so a furlough looks unlikely.