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PaApprazer t1_jb0ialz wrote

State employees have been back since last July-August. There are many articles to reference if you’re interested.

From my understanding, a formal telework agreement is already in effect for all positions that would make sense

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ChatNoir33 OP t1_jb0lpqp wrote

I’m a state employee with a full time telework agreement. The management directive about telework however does not guarantee we will get to keep that agreement and given what happened with senior level management staff, the rest of us are feeling like they could make us come back into the office at any time. The fact that no one is saying anything either way doesn’t give anyone any comfort. I was hoping other state employees might have heard something that I haven’t.

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PaApprazer t1_jb0ncno wrote

Ok, do you think senior level management were wfh on telework agreements that are now being reneged?

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ChatNoir33 OP t1_jb0q55w wrote

The senior level management in my department were under the same telework agreement as the rest of us.

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faderalngobbledygook t1_jb1cezf wrote

I am in management and I have a full time telework agreement, but since August I've been required to report to the office at least two days a week. Our union staff is still home full time, but I'm worried that if we start trying to pull them back in there will be a mass exodus. The state no longer offers great benefits or a pension, and without those it is hard to compete with private employers that pay more. Unfortunately those telework agreements were to protect the state, not guarantee the right to work from home.

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PaApprazer t1_jb1j272 wrote

My state employed friends have been back in the office since the end of last summer. Eventually, they were offered to wfh 5 days per pay period by applying for and being approved to work under a telework agreement. The state is hiring people with the telework agreement as an incentive.

Not sure how a telework agreement is to protect the state and there are only two guarantees in life.

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ChatNoir33 OP t1_jb0iunk wrote

Not all state employees.

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PaApprazer t1_jb0jyub wrote

Ok, but gov Wolfe did end the covid mandates that allowed most state employees to work from home last year.

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