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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I don't know what you mean by tone, but I was just stating the facts about the sick leave rules for Federal employees. If you are an employee for 20 years, you can accumulate 260 days of sick leave and 30 days of vacation time. That, added to the current year's weekends, vacation days, holidays, and sick leave, will allow the employee to be away from work for more than a year. There is no way a Federal manager can efficiently manage a project when their employees have that much flexibility in the work schedule.
As far as Federal employees working hard, they only need to work 40 hours per week and, if you want them to work longer, you must pay them overtime. It is illegal to not pay them.
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Mathematically, that is correct but it is a fantasy.
1. The person who has used zero sick leave in 20 years is not about to use it all at once.
2. No manager would allow their employee to be on sick leave for that long without medical documentation. (Yes, I have seen Fed employees fired for abuse of sick leave)
As far as Fed employees working hard, you apparently don't have a clue. Every place has its slackers but I personally know Fed employees who regularly worked uncompensated hours and others who gave away their annual leave rather than taking it. It is usually (not always) illegal to not pay a Fed employee for all the hours they work but it is also illegal to pay them 40 hours if they worked less - it goes both ways.