"fox news" hate kind of hurts the efforts of your "no hate" speech.

Not all state employees work in an office or at home.

And nobody noticed

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One of the few perks of the job that could help with retention at the moment. Salary has really caved in due to inflation....

I’m a state employee with a full time telework agreement. The management directive about telework however does not guarantee we will get to keep that agreement and given what happened with senior level management staff, the rest of us are feeling like they could make us come back into the office at any time. The fact that no one is saying anything either way doesn’t give anyone any comfort. I was hoping other state employees might have heard something that I haven’t.

Ok, but gov Wolfe did end the covid mandates that allowed most state employees to work from home last year.

Suck rolls downhill. If the bosses have to come in, the chain of command will follow. Downtown Harrisburg seems to need the influx of state workers to survive in the long term.

You’re guess is as good as ours. Everything regarding the continuity of telework has been met with silence or non-answers.

I’m sure management and executives will find a way to ruin things for those of us currently part time teleworking.

Not all state employees.

State employees have been back since last July-August. There are many articles to reference if you’re interested.

From my understanding, a formal telework agreement is already in effect for all positions that would make sense

NJ state employees have been back to the offices in Trenton since October 2021

They want all Senior Level Management workers back first. They will decide on everyone else later.

Well although Lancaster County is quite a religious county (lots of Amish and Mennonite folk), Lancaster City is quite artsy and definitely supports the LGBTQ community. If you're not familiar with Lebanon County, it's a bit "rural" shall we say, but most people are very friendly. It's one of the fastest growing counties which can be good and bad.

The minimum standard isn't met by organizing a coup apparently.

I keep hearing that. What is PA Dutch cooking?

I noticed! I loved grabbing middle eastern food in Phoenix and we found some in Lancaster. Super happy about that.

We went to Lancaster this weekend for the market! We ate at Cocina Mexicana. It was actually really really good. The closest I’ve found so far.

My wife and I have wanted to move back east for awhile now and couldn’t decide where. Found out my grandma needed some help so this is where we landed for now.

It’s definitely been an adjustment living in such a small town but it’s close to so many places we visit and want to visit (DC, NY, NY, etc).

We’d love to find a more LGBTQ friendly area to visit though lol.

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Two thoughts come to mind. 1. Just my opinion, but to me there was some substance or drink involved here. I wonder if the police looked into that. 2. I guarantee that when hate crime charges were brought up her first thought was “this is what’s wrong with Merica”.

That’s another thing that annoys me, how America fetishes the military. Military grade this or that, like if you knew how often military gear breaks down that would not be a selling point,. Or all the dudes with the high and tight with beards and wrap around shades wearing a ‘this I’ll defend’ GoRuck tee with the American flag on the sleeve, the irony being they never served. Or all the SealTeam Six type tv shows.

I think serving is great, I am also pointedly aware that that doesn’t make you a great human being. I served with some awesome people that had a huge impact on me, also served with some low lifes I wouldn’t acknowledge knowing. The military is just a crosscut of America, good, bad and ugly.

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And they are all the real victims in this situation.

First question, why Jonestown? Not much going on up "this neck of the woods" but great hiking trails in Swatara State Park.

As others have noted, there are lots of things to do in Lancaster and Lititz is a cool small town.

Agree that Ray Azteca is pretty good and the people are very friendly. The best Italian place I've found in the area is Lazzaro's in Palmyra. Reservations a must.