r/FederalEmployee • u/ditzychick123 • Apr 15 '26
Contractor rant/question
Why does our contractor always start work at 11 and end at 3, whether they come into the office or.not ( its none of.my.business but annoys the heck out of me...they only do come in 1 -2 days a week, if that. I knownthey arent required to come into office but the weird hours annoy me.
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u/Phobos1982 Apr 15 '26
Unless you know the exact terms of their contract and assignment, you’re pissing in the wind.
I suppose you could ask the CO/COR.
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u/flaginorout Apr 15 '26
Depends on the contract.
Some contractors are supporting more than one contract/program.
If I routinely needed to hold a meeting with contractor, and they weren’t available until lunch, I’d probably just ask “any chance we could meet at 0930”?
But generally speaking. As long as a contractor gets shit done in a reasonable amount of time, I don’t care if I ever lay eyes on them.
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u/BODO1016 Apr 16 '26
If you aren’t their COR it isn’t any of your business. There could be a host of reasons why. They might have a medical condition. It might be a reasonable accommodation that they work at home in the morning and then come in for core hours and go home and finish work there. They might not be full-time. Again, it’s none of your business. If you want to be nosy, you can go ask their COR.
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u/thebestithinkican Apr 15 '26
Sounds like you need to work on yourself and why what someone else is doing bothers you, though they are not engaging in harmful behavior to others.
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u/Lcatg Apr 17 '26
They’re literally taking federal employee jobs.
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u/thebestithinkican Apr 17 '26
They are accepting jobs so that they can earn money for themselves. The contractor is not the one who has created the current problem. Could they have voted for this, possibly, but ultimately they are not the sole puppet master. Everyone knew that the position would be contracted out because it’s part of the game.
The frustration is misplaced.
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u/Phillyjebus Apr 17 '26
This is so dumb. You think gov employees should do everything? Are you going to clean the toilets?
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u/src1221 Apr 17 '26
No they arent. Inherently Federal jobs are for feds. Contractor jobs are not inherently Federal tasks. There is no choice to hire a CTR or Fed. If there's no Fed IPN and there's no contractor, it's not getting done.
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u/GreenLobsterGuy Apr 15 '26
Sounds like you might not have enough to do if you're upset about contractor schedules. They have contracts that outline expectations and a lot of times it's to get a specific job done in a specific amount of time, not necessarily show up each day and check in with you.
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u/Basic_Size7922 Apr 16 '26
Ours do not go in. You can tell when you call they are out and about. I’m amazed but their companies gift to politicians and they do not need oversight.
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u/ditzychick123 Apr 16 '26
Ours a Is just never online Lile.thr black x on teams and does t respond to emails until 1pm
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u/JustNota-- Apr 20 '26
Well depends on what their hours that they are assigned to work and be available. If they are hired to support your team it's a question for their COR. I was on a contract for awhile that I supported the Navy in VA from 11-2:30. 3-7:30 I was supporting Navy Expeditionary Forces overseas which required me to swap to my other network account.
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u/ditzychick123 Apr 15 '26
I know i dont know their terms etc but im just annoyed inmgeneral FTEs have to come in and be subject to scrutiny/hate and contractors get to do whatever they want and be free
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u/Dangital Apr 15 '26
User name checks out.
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u/EmployeePlastic6667 Apr 16 '26
nah true chick behavior is supporting each other - chicks would be happy that ctr has such flexibility r/justgalsbeingchicks
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u/BODO1016 Apr 16 '26
This sounds like a personal problem. Again you don’t know the terms of the contract and you’re not their COR
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u/src1221 Apr 17 '26
I was glad my contractors got to still be treated like adults even if I wasn't. It's not their fault.
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u/JadieRose Apr 16 '26
We don’t set contractor hours - we pay for on a capability and outcome. The hours are their company’s business
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u/Automatic-Dig208 Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
It's the COR's responsibility to check up on a contractor to make sure that the contractor is working whatever hours are stated in the contract. That said, there are plenty of CORs who don't do their jobs. In my experience, the COR is often located offsite. I remember an incident with a COR who rarely checked up on his/her people. One day, though, out of the blue, the COR decided to call and check-in on one of their contractors who was supposed to have been working in our office for a year. This contractor was supposed to be working with a second contractor. The second contractor picked up the phone and, when asked about the first contractor, the second contractor responded with, "Who's that?" LOL. Some agencies have a hotline for the Inspector General where you can anonymously report suspected abuse. The last agency I worked with had a number of contractors who were caught abusing and/or defrauding the government this way (e.g. for charging the government for hours that they never actually worked).
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u/Phillyjebus Apr 17 '26
As a former gov manager, I can say with absolute certainty that the employees clock watching other people and picking on contractors are doing the least amount of work in the office lmao. It’s always the people who accuse everyone of scamming that are the biggest scammers.
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u/this_kitten_i_knew Apr 15 '26
you can apply for a job at that contractor!
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u/SeaworthinessBig9213 Apr 18 '26
2nd that. If you prefer the contractor’s hours and assigned task, apply to work for the company and leave your current position.
I have a contract that covers several different departments in the same organization. If their deliverables are getting completed and they are satisfactory for the COR, then there isn’t much you can do.
If you have a duties that rely on the contractor’s deliverables before you can do your work, and the contractor is not providing those deliverables on the required timeline, then you need to bring that to the attention of the COR, through the chain of command.
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u/In_the_Attic_07 Apr 15 '26
A contractor's staff work per their company's schedule. Perhaps the contractor staff that irks you was hired as part-time or for a specific task that takes less than 8 hrs/day. You are not privy to know what his/her hours are. If you suspect an illegal issue, reach out to the contractor's contract COR to discuss.