# SSA Faces Workforce Flexibility Concerns

Social Security Administration (SSA) employees discussing return-to-office policies report that flex time and credit hours ended in the TSC after the mandate, and express concern that the change may spread across the agency. The discussion also raises concerns about workforce attrition and possible privatization, but provides no documentary evidence of an agency-wide policy change, confirmed privatization decision, solicitation, or procurement action. For procurement professionals and industry stakeholders, these reports are workforce signals—not evidence of a contracting opportunity or a change in SSA’s acquisition plans.

- Treat the reported TSC changes as unverified and limited in scope; the signals do not establish an SSA-wide policy or operational decision.
- Contractors should not interpret concerns about privatization as a planned outsourcing action or use them as a basis for forecasting SSA procurements.
- The discussion may be relevant to workforce continuity assumptions for existing or prospective SSA support work, but it identifies no contract requirements, deadlines, or actionable solicitation details.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Published:** October 06, 2026

### Government Entities
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Office of Hearings Operations (OHO)
- TSC (TSC)

### Key Quotes
> It’s been gone in the TSC since shortly after the RTO mandate, right along with credit. Seems like it’s spreading to the whole agency now.
> — Community commenter (username not provided)

> The only reason OHO stays flexible is because we have judges who take hearings at 8 am, but I don’t think people in my office should take comfort in that fact and think it means they’re exempt from the rules.
> — Original poster

### Sources
- [SSA is becoming a failed agency](https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1wz1mu6/ssa_is_becoming_a_failed_agency) - reddit-fednews