WEBVTT 00:00.233 --> 00:04.477 Hi. I'm Courtney Devlin, and this is my DCMA. 00:05.739 --> 00:09.242 I work for the Financial and Business Operations 00:09.242 --> 00:13.213 Directorate here at Fort Lee, Virginia, here at the headquarters. 00:13.380 --> 00:15.849 I'm a manpower management analyst. 00:15.882 --> 00:20.086 I've been with the agency since February of 2018. 00:20.520 --> 00:24.324 And what I do for the agency is I help define 00:24.424 --> 00:27.794 the requirements associated with the workload 00:28.895 --> 00:30.730 within an organization. 00:30.730 --> 00:34.801 The team that I work on has a great synergy between us. 00:34.801 --> 00:39.406 We're able to work out problems together. 00:39.406 --> 00:41.808 We have been able to use MS Teams. 00:41.808 --> 00:44.110 We've been able to collaborate. 00:44.144 --> 00:47.881 We also have the flexibility of coming in and meeting in person. 00:48.248 --> 00:49.749 You know, we enjoy seeing each other. 00:49.749 --> 00:50.884 We're a good team, 00:50.884 --> 00:55.755 so we enjoy meeting in a conference room and doing some collaboration, 00:55.755 --> 00:59.692 going over policy review or working on a project 00:59.692 --> 01:02.028 where we can bounce ideas off of each other. 01:02.195 --> 01:04.864 So we do have that flexibility. 01:04.864 --> 01:08.835 What I'm most excited about is seeing what the new normal is going to be. 01:08.835 --> 01:13.773 You know, continuing to retain the flexibilities that we had, especially with telework. 01:14.074 --> 01:17.844 I think that's going to be an added plus to our work-life balance. 01:18.144 --> 01:22.882 Also, you know, during the pandemic in 2021, I actually found out 01:22.882 --> 01:26.586 I was pregnant with my first child and I was still able to work. 01:26.586 --> 01:29.622 You know, I was able to train another employee to assist 01:29.622 --> 01:33.159 while we, while I was going to be out on maternity leave. 01:33.159 --> 01:36.996 I worked up until the weekend before I delivered. 01:37.330 --> 01:42.001 You know, when I came back to work, I was able to ease back into everything 01:42.001 --> 01:46.239 and to ease back into my mornings, knowing that my office was right, 01:46.606 --> 01:47.941 right in the other room. 01:47.941 --> 01:49.409 I don't have to, 01:49.409 --> 01:53.613 you know, go through that morning chaos and get my little girl off to school, 01:53.613 --> 01:59.319 and not be able to do the things I need to do with her, and rush out of the house. 01:59.452 --> 02:02.455 I'm able to work the hours that I need to work. 02:02.922 --> 02:09.829 And I have been able to effectively complete any workload 02:09.829 --> 02:13.800 that I had just as effectively as if I was in the office. 02:14.134 --> 02:17.303 I also, you know, have my athletic shoes on, 02:17.670 --> 02:22.575 and I'm able to bounce outside right after my workday's 02:22.775 --> 02:25.678 ending if I wanted to get some exercise. You know, I had, 02:25.678 --> 02:29.382 I just have a great quality of life 02:29.382 --> 02:33.286 during the the telework availability that we have now. 02:33.286 --> 02:37.056 So it has just been a wonderful experience for me.