The way I read the DoD guidance, commands can request/make ETPs. My immediate supervisor is remote (and arguably the hardest-working person in our shop) and I think he's going to be fine.
IT is one area where I think remote work can make sense. Our S6 guess work one floor down from me, and almost anytime I need something I message them on Teams, they respond right away, and then remote-in to my laptop and solve whatever it is that I've dorked up.
But other shops... when I was trying to come into this job, the people responsible for getting me onboarded and paid weren't responding to my emails so after a couple of days I went to their on-post office "Oh you're looking for <that person>? She works remotely." Well yeah, she might be remote, but she's not working. At least not on the things I need her to work on. "Sorry, no one here can help with that." WTF.
Everyone in that office should have been in that office.
IT is one area where I think remote work can make sense. Our S6 guess work one floor down from me, and almost anytime I need something I message them on Teams, they respond right away, and then remote-in to my laptop and solve whatever it is that I've dorked up.
But other shops... when I was trying to come into this job, the people responsible for getting me onboarded and paid weren't responding to my emails so after a couple of days I went to their on-post office "Oh you're looking for <that person>? She works remotely." Well yeah, she might be remote, but she's not working. At least not on the things I need her to work on. "Sorry, no one here can help with that." WTF.
Everyone in that office should have been in that office.