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Lincoln_Logss t1_j8pb2k9 wrote

DC Fed Here!

So here’s my unsolicited two cents here.

The Mayors Office is trying to coordinate with Federal Agencies to eliminate/cut back on telework in hopes that commuting employees would revitalize local businesses in DC and help stabilize the economy.

In other words, help with local businesses, eateries transportation and more and return it to pre-Covid Times.

Additionally, the official space that’s not being used due to teleworking contractors and employees which belongs to the agencies-they want to convert to affordable housing and other services.

Again that’s not practical because the infrastructure of office buildings wasn’t made for affordable housing and even if it was-I’m 95% sure a rich real estate company will buy the building and cut a shady deal with the Mayors office and charge whatever outrageous price they want cause they can. And nothing changes…

So here’s where I draw the line because it’s all a bunch of bullshit.

#1. When the economy is bad, inflation is high and wages are stagnant, people spend less money.

So enforcing ppl back to the office in hopes that they’ll spend EVEN MORE on gas, commute and $12 lunches to sustain the economy is a falsehood.

#2. If that’s the route they wanted to go which was to end telework, then a conversation has to be had about raising the cost of wages for DC and Federal Employees to help with spending-which again, isn’t happening…

#3. Covid has forever changed the way we work now. Similar to how 9/11 changed the world around us. Businesses need to be creative to sustain themselves and make money and forcing the citizens who work here to bite the bullet isn’t it.

Simply put, you either adapt or die.

TL/DR

DC Mayors Office is bullshit and the reasons why. Salute to these Union’s for having their employees backs.

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Evening_Chemist_2367 t1_j8q65tn wrote

Oh, federal employees are going to revitalize downtown businesses? At $16 for a mediocre sandwich for lunch? I suggest Muriel work with her real estate and developer buddies to drive down costs for those businesses because there's not much compelling or affordable about downtown businesses to federal employees.

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leonardoty t1_j8raj4q wrote

Yeah, this idea that with costs sky high, we’re expected to save the DC economic situation while also being paid crap, is comical at best. I will quit if they tell me I have to come back to the office more. I’m already at 2 days a week and it’s a massive waste of my time.

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abmm1285 t1_j8zn2r0 wrote

As someone who noth lives and works in DC, I take issue with the mayor pushing so hard to make sure people have to commute into the city to buy sandwiches. They need to focus more on making sure people want to live here even if they don’t have to be close to work, and then maybe some of the companies locating in nearby suburbs will choose to locate here as well. The quality of city services here are ridiculously terrible compared to other nearby areas it would seem- no focus on improving liveability and keeping existing residents here.

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