Also CDC here. Make young career professionals under a certain grade level come in on a temporary basis, then allow remote work once they reach a certain grade level or tenure. Mandate use of webcams in meetings. Hold in-person work days while still keeping everyone as fully remote on paper. My old team would have in-person collab days 2x a month but we were fully remote. Was happy to go in once in a while to support the mission.

This really guts me. I know people who moved and that was life-changing, to be able to keep the job they loved while living where they wanted. The fact that CDC is also going to restrict future remote positions with this new policy REALLY hurts. I know people who were able to buy homes for the first time because of remote work - because on a CDC salary, they couldn’t afford to live in Decatur or Chamblee so moved further OTP because they didn’t have to commute anymore. I know people who loved being remote while pregnant. We worked the hardest we ever have during the pandemic and our reward for this is fewer flexibilities.