The notion that the U.S. government workforce is a huge, deskbound bureaucracy is the typical stereotype, but that vision is only part true. The federal workforce is huge, and it may be well be bureaucratic — but federal workers are not always deskbound. Many federal jobs require mobility. Agricultural and industrial inspectors, Border Patrol agents, tax and financial examiners come to mind. Even federal office workers are circulating more these days, though. And then there are the “traditional” teleworkers who don’t travel much at all — even to their own offices. Instead they work from home at least a few days a week.
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Federal Telework Initiative Not Quite There Yet
Posted by: John K. Higgins March 20, 2012 05:00 AMThe notion that the U.S. government workforce is a huge, deskbound bureaucracy is the typical stereotype, but that vision is only part true. The federal workforce is huge, and it may be well be bureaucratic — but federal workers are not always deskbound. Many federal jobs require mobility. Agricultural and industrial inspectors, Border Patrol agents, tax and financial examiners come to mind. Even federal office workers are circulating more these days, though. And then there are the “traditional” teleworkers who don’t travel much at all — even to their own offices. Instead they work from home at least a few days a week.