I was once a GS-14. It wouldn’t have been difficult to make that report. In fact I could’ve easily demonstrated that I was paid far less for the work I did than what I ended up making self-employed doing the same thing.
What are they afraid of?
Exactly. I could give 4 or 5 bullet point, single sentence, answers in a matter of a couple of minutes to that question. No big deal. If it is a big deal and an employee is having difficulty coming up with 4 or 5 things that sound reasonable and productive, maybe they need to find different employment.
Anyone here that is still active in life should be able to do the same thing in a few minutes.
In the last week I:
* Found vendors to do repairs to the frame of my Lotus project car to include repairs, stripping paint, removing rust, and applying primer.
* Stripped said frame of extraneous components in preparation for the above.
* Acquired an engine hoist to make moving said components to vendor safe and effective.
* Performed 3 electrical service calls as subcontractor to a general contractor.
* Worked approximately 16 hours on book
History of Surface-to-Air Missiles to 1955. Currently editing text.
* Researched and obtained catalogs from parts vendors for Lotus project.
Not all, but enough to satisfy the basic idea involved here. That is, I was busy doing productive things.