The FDIC Does Not Seem to Care About Its Commitments or Its Employees - Anonymous employee FDIC Employee Review

It seems that FDIC commitments and employee reliance on those commitments are irrelevant to the FDIC. The FDIC signed an agreement with the Union that permitted home based telework. Employees granted home based telework made significant career, financial, personal, family, and geographic decisions based on the FDIC's clear promise that they will regularly work from home. Out of the blue, without citing any failures in performance, the FDIC decided to disregard the agreement it signed, and pull the rug out from under the employees who trusted and relied on the FDIC's word. For no apparent reason, the FDIC demands "home based" employees report to the office 3x/week beginning in January. 5x/week could be next. If you are considering a job opening that refers to home based telework options, do not rely on the currently published telework policies and do your due diligence about what will be required of your position in January and therafter. Also, note that employee morale and trust in senior leadership is very low. Regardless of one's views on telework v. in-office work, there is a fundamental problem when employees cannot even trust their employer to abide by an employer-signed agreement.