I was just coming in to bump this to see if anyone has any scuttlebutt. I just checked the post and federal news radio, and other than a typical Mike Casey droning… nothing. I have a conflict with our monthly “listening session” tomorrow which I expect to have some stuff. Not that management will volunteer it 😂, but there are a few vocal people who will ask and try to get them to say something. Expect it to be the typical “meh… we’ll let you know Friday morning”
eta - thinking through this… the fact that there is no news does not bode well. I would expect to see “deal reached” or “getting close” more so that “talks still stalled” 🙄
Yeah, I think I read on GovExec that there is still a CR in the house, not tied to the debt limit. Get that thing passed!
Please for all things give us a CR.
I hate to be a broken record, but I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET INTO A SPECIFIC ADVANCED CLASS FOR 7 YEARS for my job. No lie, a CW and I just did the math this morning.
I have made it a priority during COVID/telework get Phase I done, Phase II register, and less than a week before it starts, I have no idea if the class will happen.
Can I just say things are chaos right now where I am. I’m not entirely clear if it’s shutdown related, end of year related, or something else. But we have a slew of things due to our head tomorrow, and while they are done on our end, there is all sorts of arguing if they are going. So I have people pulling their hair out because our attorneys are saying one thing, and our chain is saying something else. And I have a contract I just found our I’m running, and we are trying to set up a kickoff meeting. It’s madness.
To followup to myself… the chaos was other things. And way too inside baseball to try to tease out in a public forum. 😂
My husband is at the farmers market, picking up a large order or locally ground flours for me. I think I’ve come to realize I do better with the uncertainty by having a plan of what I will do other than sit around angsty over being a pawn in a political game. Since we have recently moved and have a gas oven for the first time, I plan to figure out how a gas oven works for baking as my shutdown project.
Tangentially related, by virtue of being a fed. I worked 9s for the bulk of my 20 years, to have those Friday’s off. I switched to straight 8s when we went full telework. And I have recently come to realize how much I miss it. *sigh*
To followup to myself… the chaos was other things. And way too inside baseball to try to tease out in a public forum. 😂
My husband is at the farmers market, picking up a large order or locally ground flours for me. I think I’ve come to realize I do better with the uncertainty by having a plan of what I will do other than sit around angsty over being a pawn in a political game. Since we have recently moved and have a gas oven for the first time, I plan to figure out how a gas oven works for baking as my shutdown project.
Tangentially related, by virtue of being a fed. I worked 9s for the bulk of my 20 years, to have those Friday’s off. I switched to straight 8s when we went full telework. And I have recently come to realize how much I miss it. *sigh*
I start 9s next week, I’m excited for my every other Monday off!
I'm on 8s right now for the class I'm supposed to take. It's so weird to be off so early and not get every other Friday off.
Oh yes. When I switched, I had been 8:30-6 in the office. I switched to 8-4:30. The first few days I was like “wait… what do I do with myself?!” I hadn’t been home before 7pm on a work night in ages!
edit - also, my flour people are not at the farmers market today for the Jewish holiday. I totally missed that line which gave all the dates they wouldn’t be there.
Looks like they’ll be voting on a clean CR through December 3 today, per CNN.
Yeah it's coming together. Messy as shit behind the scenes but it should pass.
Any thoughts on what I should say to Kurt Schrader? Because all I can come up with is “remember that you’re a fucking Democrat and that is the only reason we voted for you, Kurt.” Which might be satisfying, but not the most persuasive of arguments.
Yeah it's coming together. Messy as shit behind the scenes but it should pass.
Any thoughts on what I should say to Kurt Schrader? Because all I can come up with is “remember that you’re a fucking Democrat and that is the only reason we voted for you, Kurt.” Which might be satisfying, but not the most persuasive of arguments.
Ahahahahaha well he is a bag of dicks, sooooo. If you call Id just say that you hope that he will stand with the rest of the caucus and support the needs of federal workers and their families by voting for the CR. Keep it simple. If he defects, rain hell down upon him.
Post by gerberdaisy on Sept 29, 2021 11:47:30 GMT -5
I did the opposite, switched from 8's back to 5/4/9 when telework started. Now I can't imagine going back! Love working 7-4:30 at home, just not so much when you add a 40 minute commute to it. Not to mention Fridays, those are the hardest to give up.
I LOVE my 5/4/9 schedule and even if I work OT on a Saturday or Sunday just having the Friday off has made such a difference in my well-being.
Also, we just got an email from our Secretary about the potential shutdown. Most of those I work with are expected and will confuse to work and evidently Congress has provided an advance appropriation to fund some of my agency’s operations (which likely tells you all who I work for now, lol).
Senate voted to continue funding federal government through December 3rd; now goes to House
It’s as good as done; the House won’t be an issue. Congrats on avoiding a shutdown (for now), fed friends!
Do you know if that bit i posted in the covid thread, about an amendment that would prevent vaccine mandates made it in the final? I was confused by the wording and think it was just proposed.
It’s as good as done; the House won’t be an issue. Congrats on avoiding a shutdown (for now), fed friends!
Do you know if that bit i posted in the covid thread, about an amendment that would prevent vaccine mandates made it in the final? I was confused by the wording and think it was just proposed.
I’m pretty sure what passed was clean but I’m sure people raised all sorts of things in the process of introducing amendments and grandstanding. I’m pretty sure that sort of amendment couldn’t pass the Senate anyways so I wouldn’t sweat it.