My workplace said this too yesterday, from next year they want everyone in 3 days a week. How pathetic
Ordered back one day a week
“Oh well that’s still okay
Ordered back two days a week
“Still better than a full week”
Ordered back three days a week
“Least it’s not a full week”
Ordered back four days a week
“Still get to enjoy a three day weekend though”
Ordered back five days a week
“Just normal ain’t it”.
They are really trying their hardest to piss off the most amount of people in the shortest time.
Accepted a civil service job literally two weeks ago mainly because of the flexible working. Already quit my last job.
Looks like I’ll be job hunting next year as well…
I would be offering up my resignation and moving on. There is no power on earth that could make me return to an office environment.
Good. WFH can be a delightful thing but it’s removed contact between junior employees and senior employees. This will inevitably reduce the outcomes for young people who won’t receive as substantial amount of guidance and on-the-job training as their peers had received.
Working from home is a good idea on a number of fronts:
1. reduces Environmental impact of traveling to the office
2. clearer roads and more seats on trains etc..
3. improves work life balance creating the ability to optimise your day best on all the other shit people have to do
4. Generally greater productivity (no wasting the day chatting to people and ability to focus without pointless interruption)
5. reduces living costs for workers
6. Happy workers generally (obviously some people crave social interaction)
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Its like their attitude to a four day week trials that show improved productivity this is a completely illogical stand to make. It is just people not being able to get around the change because they have a very old fashioned outlook on life.
This constant drive for status. There are economical reasons e.g. coffee shops in town, parking fees etc.. but this just means that the economy has to transition. We cannot just try and keep things the same as we believe that they were and should be. Its a very retrograde stance.
Progresss please.
Yes but they are scared to enforce it, they know perfectly well that the pay freezes are causing salary decline in real terms and they don’t want to stoke a revolt.
They need to make it worth doing for the staff, not just saying to do it. We only have a small number of desks before you have to perch on sitdown points and the office atmosphere is so poor that i despise going in more than once a week anyway.
>Sources say the tougher rules are based on internal civil service research, showing “significant benefits” over working from home, including “collaboration, innovation and **fostering a sense of community**”.
I don’t know if being united in thinking “I fuckin hate this place” really counts as a sense of community
And we will bend over and take it instead of standing up.
I am already in discussion with my PCS rep, I urge you all to do the same and speak with your unions.
Push this back!
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My workplace said this too yesterday, from next year they want everyone in 3 days a week. How pathetic
Ordered back one day a week
“Oh well that’s still okay
Ordered back two days a week
“Still better than a full week”
Ordered back three days a week
“Least it’s not a full week”
Ordered back four days a week
“Still get to enjoy a three day weekend though”
Ordered back five days a week
“Just normal ain’t it”.
They are really trying their hardest to piss off the most amount of people in the shortest time.
Accepted a civil service job literally two weeks ago mainly because of the flexible working. Already quit my last job.
Looks like I’ll be job hunting next year as well…
I would be offering up my resignation and moving on. There is no power on earth that could make me return to an office environment.
Good. WFH can be a delightful thing but it’s removed contact between junior employees and senior employees. This will inevitably reduce the outcomes for young people who won’t receive as substantial amount of guidance and on-the-job training as their peers had received.
Working from home is a good idea on a number of fronts:
1. reduces Environmental impact of traveling to the office
2. clearer roads and more seats on trains etc..
3. improves work life balance creating the ability to optimise your day best on all the other shit people have to do
4. Generally greater productivity (no wasting the day chatting to people and ability to focus without pointless interruption)
5. reduces living costs for workers
6. Happy workers generally (obviously some people crave social interaction)
​
Its like their attitude to a four day week trials that show improved productivity this is a completely illogical stand to make. It is just people not being able to get around the change because they have a very old fashioned outlook on life.
This constant drive for status. There are economical reasons e.g. coffee shops in town, parking fees etc.. but this just means that the economy has to transition. We cannot just try and keep things the same as we believe that they were and should be. Its a very retrograde stance.
Progresss please.
Yes but they are scared to enforce it, they know perfectly well that the pay freezes are causing salary decline in real terms and they don’t want to stoke a revolt.
They need to make it worth doing for the staff, not just saying to do it. We only have a small number of desks before you have to perch on sitdown points and the office atmosphere is so poor that i despise going in more than once a week anyway.
>Sources say the tougher rules are based on internal civil service research, showing “significant benefits” over working from home, including “collaboration, innovation and **fostering a sense of community**”.
I don’t know if being united in thinking “I fuckin hate this place” really counts as a sense of community
And we will bend over and take it instead of standing up.
I am already in discussion with my PCS rep, I urge you all to do the same and speak with your unions.
Push this back!