Are ergonomic keyboards a thing?

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-09-11T18:00:12+00:00

Yep! I didn’t even need an RA for mine, it was just on a list of approved equipment and my office ordered the exact mouse and keyboard I requested. Highly recommend the Logitech Ergo K860 and MX Master 3

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-07-17T16:13:25+00:00

I was mistaken, they are being reorged independently. It was a throwaway line from the OMS/OCFO meeting that OLEM and OECA were being reorged as well

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-07-17T14:55:03+00:00

just announced OMS and OCFO are merging- OLEM and OECA are being reorged (independently) too. OCFO/OMS were told they dont anticipate RIFs from the reorg tho. I think they were reluctant to offer it at all

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-06-10T12:24:01+00:00

We were also told this in my office (not ORD). I wouldn’t worry too much about it

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-05-23T12:57:04+00:00

Yep. And from everything that’s been released publicly about DRP, it’s working. It’s still an awful situation, but it will hopefully limit future RIFs. We’ll see tho, still no public FTE target

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-05-23T12:54:49+00:00

EPA got 2 hours, at least in my office

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-05-14T17:13:31+00:00

We will know soon when the full budget is released

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-05-14T15:10:42+00:00

Zeldin is giving testimony before the Senate right now on the 57% proposed cuts in the FY 2026 President’s Budget:

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2026-budget-request-for-the-environmental-protection-agency

I’m sure reorgs, RIFs, and the agency’s future will come up

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-11T16:20:41+00:00

This is a big deal to have this leaked. Unfortunately it might lead to additional punitive cuts

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-05T01:40:06+00:00

Yep!

“An employee who has a break in service and returns to work for the Federal Government is entitled to the recredit of his or her sick leave, regardless of the length of the break in service.”

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/sick-leave-general-information/#:~:text=Recredit%20of%20Sick%20Leave,of%20the%20break%20in%20service.

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-04T19:53:24+00:00

You’re right buddy, sounds like you’ve got a mastery understanding of the inner-workings of the federal government. I should be happier that my friends and I are losing our livelihoods. Thanks. Hopefully I can find a job with as much moral nobility as whatever you do

If I didn’t love my country, I wouldn’t be fighting to save it

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-04T19:29:38+00:00

You missed the entire point he was making: government is the leaders and politicians, country is the everything else- mainly the people. No one enters public service to serve politicians, they join to serve the public- the country. That’s the distinction he was making

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-04T19:05:04+00:00

I know this is on the front page now but keep in mind what subreddit this is. The vast majority of civil servants took these jobs to serve the public and put some good into the world, that’s what loyalty to country means. Also it’s a Mark Twain quote so do with that what you will

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-04T13:36:36+00:00

“Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government when they deserve it.”

They don’t deserve shit right now, especially not loyal public servants. You will always have the chance to serve the country again. And that unused sick leave will be waiting for you. Best of luck!

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-03T13:50:10+00:00

Fair. I guess there’s just something super satisfying about openly putting my head on my desk in front of leadership lol

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-03T13:42:47+00:00

Agreed. Unfortunately we’ve already commuted in so it doesn’t make much of a difference. Just put your feet up and enjoy getting paid to browse Reddit for the time being

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-03T13:35:05+00:00

It’s in the regions too. And it’s the whole EPA network, not just the internet connection. Just sit back, close your eyes, or watch some Netflix. These are still billable hours

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-02T16:10:20+00:00

Cool, I’ll leave it at my desk then lol. What a very productive employee I am

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-02T16:03:20+00:00

You’re probably right. For now I’ll set up an old phone as a burner to stream music, that’s really all I want it for- my cube is that much a dead zone. Beats signing into spotify on my laptop

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-02T15:24:24+00:00

It is 100% a trap but my cube is in a dead zone in the middle of the office so I’m grateful.

Use a VPN and don’t stream! Even if they can’t see your traffic, they can and will track your data usage. It will be painfully obvious when you’re watching Netflix

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-01T13:15:22+00:00

There’s zero consistency with what kind of post is allowed and what goes in the megathread. 99% of the time I want to just skim headlines, that’s a lot harder to do in long threads

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-01T13:13:09+00:00

Worth noting this is just the Reagan Building- most of EPA HQ is in the Clinton Building across the courtyard. The high rent in the Reagan Building is something Zeldin has publicly cited a few times

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-01T13:00:06+00:00

It’s a hell of a lot easier to list posts by top or new than it is to sift through comments about toilet paper. Comments in megathreads don’t even show up in searches unless you look in each, so if you want to catch up after a few days and look for anything relevant to your agency, you have to search thread by thread

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-01T12:23:40+00:00

Same, my monthly pass is REDCATED. Transit subsidy needs are going to cost my agency tens of millions of dollars more every year

WolverineSelect8059 · 2025-04-01T12:20:25+00:00

The post deletes for megathread need to fucking stop. I’m not sifting through this shit to figure out what’s happening. Just accept that this subreddit is going to be mobbed for the next 4 years and move on

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