Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   As I said - plus Hodja, a Question Date:   7/11/2022 4:13:01 PM

The time for corrective action is when they are not meeting their metric - either in response time, or getting their work done on time.

In an organization of 250, I can think of only 10 employees I would have had a problem with, should we have been able to let them work from home.  In my mind, if they prove to be unreliable, that is the time for corrective action and you have to take it, as a warning to others.  I think too often you have weak managers who don't take timely action.  

Now, when I worked "out in the field" in NJ at a major command, it was completely different.  Back then it was terribly difficult to take corrective action against anyone, much less fire them.  I am led to believe that disciplinary and corrective action is easier to do these days, because managers got fed up with the system.  Now, I have never worked for another Department other than Defense, so it may be completely different there.  I know when I worked with State, they were in a different environment.  

I can imagine that in the current labor market, in a lot of fields, employees have their pick of where they want to work and they dictate the terms of their employment.  In that, I am really glad I am retired.  When I first went to work for the government, there was no flex time, no working from home, and you were under stronger management control.  I think if some of the younger people that complain now had to work under those conditions, they would have a heart attack.  LOL

What is the ratio of contractors to govenrment employees in your organization?  When I left, there were so many contractors working in the offices, right next to the government people, it was hard to discern who was who.