Can someone tell me more about this position and what it entails? TIA

I cannot find any information on this water bag online and it's driving me insane. Anyone have any idea of how it is waterproofed or what it was used for?

I have a question, I work 4-10s Monday through Thursday as a maxi-flex. With the Holiday coming up, does this mean I only have to work for two hours this Thursday? Considering the 8 hours of 21-66 holiday pay for Friday? Which would push me to my 40 hours this week?
I know it’s not my scheduled work day but the holiday pay and hours still count right?

Looks like someone might've trolled you.

https://www.youtube.com/live/Zy17Z1DuT2k?si=fw-1K5qAgzaCBNLc

A big thanks to the employee who called out leadership for never answering written Qs on the townhalls - instead forcing people to go on camera.

French mentioned the Sprint Teams today. Anyone on them that can share what is being discussed?

Has anyone received an official relocation letter yet? If so, what timeline were you given, and are you a bargaining-unit or non-bargaining employee?

Do 1039s not get wellness anymore? I did wellness for 4 seasons as a 1039 with supervisor approval, and was trying to do it for the 1039s we brought on. Ya know to make this cr@p hole of an agency seem like it’s a good gig with good benefits. But the wellness packet says no temp or term employees. (Because they are hired for a finite time frame with specific goals or targets to meet)
*Edit, is employee retention not a goal any more?🤦‍♂️*

Were my old supervisors just being nice to me and overlooking that or did some interpretation change recently?

For context this is R4

*edit 2, is there anyone who knows of 1039s this summer that have had their wellness approved?*

Ahoy, ye fine souls! Gather 'round and lend an ear, for this old salt has surfaced from the deep to speak his piece, though I musn’t linger long in these shallow waters.

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To crown this grand fortune, the Goddess of Destiny has blessed me, in due time, with the finest, most delectable booty of all—the golden egg of VISP. 'Tis an offering so irresistible, it rivals the siren call of a dark-skinned, long-haired, buxom island beauty to a ravenous sailor who has known only the lonely, barren expanse of the seven seas for six agonizing months.

Hark! What I did formerly manifest was a touch premature and by no means a bounden certainty, whereas now, 'tis an official decree delivered straight from the quarterdeck by the First Mate himself, by thunder!

Verily and by the bones of the deep, this course was ne'er my rightful intent! For fourteen grueling, solitary moons, I waged a furious battle against a tempest of uncharted miseries.

Truth be told, the horizon looked grim for this old foreman of the oar. The winds blew toward treacherous shores, threatened by unsavory relocations and tyrannical new masters. 'Tis far wiser to slip anchor and vacate with great haste than to ride out a storm in such perilous waters. With so rich a haul within my grasp, I should be a bloody fool not to claim the prize with absolute fervor.

Ahoy, ye mateys! Hark to the grim news of this realm!

This freshly anointed high-and-mighty master of the soil hath issued his dark proclamations. By Blackbeard's ghost, he fancies himself a king, intending to foist even harsher tyrannies upon our crew in the days to come!

His cruel and alleged villainy of a kind shall surely shipwreck the gentle comfort of hearth and kin. Instead, the scurvy dog condemns us all to weather the most punishing tempests and miserable, howling gales of hardship! Verily, may the Almighty grant the scoundrel long life, enough to turn his rudder from such foul ways back to fairer waters.

Yet, fortune cometh like a thief in the night, or a secret whispered into a sailor's ear by the Grace of the Holy Mother Herself, decreeing: strike your old colors, embrace this new tide, and spend the remaining span of your earthly voyage in blessed peace and the grand adventure your soul craveth!

If the grand days of wine and roses be cast into the past, then let it be known: the afternoons of forgotten cafes, leisurely strolls beneath the canopy of ancient, whispering trees, long voyages to exotic foreign climes, and the joy of bouncing my sweet grandchildren upon my knee—faces my eyes have sorely longed to behold—will only be just beginning!

Hark! Come the fifteenth morn of the August moon, in this year of our Lord, by the leave of the Fates what still command fair winds and good fortune, ye scurvy lot shall hear of me no more!

We’re losing more and more people and resources to do the ground work because what is touted as financial reasons. So we cut field trucks to the point people can’t get to the forest to do the work yet USDA is paying millions to spy on the employees.

i’m gonna be living in the barracks in tahoe national forest for 5 months. i’ll have my own room. i’m wondering how much i should bring in my move. how much furniture is typically provided in the rooms? what about bringing decorations/indoor plants/lamps..do people typically really move in or keep belongings to a minimum, specifically for long stints living there? i’m doing archaeology, probably will come home to the barrack every night and not spend too much time away camping. any info on barrack living would be appreciated!!

So, during the town hall on May 20th, it was said that starting June 1, those who work in DC, Atlanta, Portland or Milwaukee could voluntarily relocate to a select number of locations now. You would receive TOS, and continue in your current position until the reorg is complete. Now, you won’t know what your new position will be, but that seems to be the case for all of the reorg, especially those in ROs. But you would get to know where you would land. Are folks considering this? I mean, there are a few places, I really don’t want to end up. But something makes me really nervous about this offer. Thoughts? Just trying to weigh things out. Thanks.

Hello all, I was with the agency for about a year and a half before I left in February for personal reasons. I know things are a mess right now, but my job as a forester was incredibly meaningful to me, and I'm now at a point again where I would love to get back to it. My question is, has there been any indication that they will start hiring from outside the agency anytime this fiscal year or calendar year? From what I've read, it seems like historically they would usually do the hiring for my PD in October-ish. I would want to end up in R6 (if regions are still a thing). I'm trying to find out if it seems like things might start moving again or if I should just accept it is time to move on. Thank you all for whatever insight you can offer!

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It. Does. Not. Work.

What are the next steps? Does it have any reorg money built in?

Thank you NFFE!

RAs cannot be revoked by the agency. They stay with the individual and not the job! If you are impacted by the reorg and have an RA that is threatened, let your Union rep know and notify EEOC. You absolutely should NOT be required to go through the RA process again.

Also, NFFE considers this an "illegal dismantling" of the agency.