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Killing remote work could kill government efficiency in Wisconsin
The Hill ^ | 12/24/2024 | Gleb Tsipursky

Posted on 12/24/2024 8:50:15 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The debate around the value of flexible work for government workers has intensified, not only at the federal level but also in state government, with certain legislators adamant about mandating a return to traditional office settings.

In Wisconsin, this has come to a head, with Gov. Tony Evers (D) threatening to veto any state budget that contains return-to-office mandates for state employees.

Using Wisconsin as a lens, it is evident that pushing government employees back into the office en masse is not only counterproductive but also short-sighted, ignoring the realities of modern work dynamics and evidence supporting flexible arrangements.

Wisconsin’s experience demonstrates that remote work enhances both productivity and equity.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bureaucracy; efficiency; government; kill; labor; lol; remote; wisconsin; work
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Government efficiency? WTF? Government can't run a two-car funeral. Gleb is a moron.
1 posted on 12/24/2024 8:50:15 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Get your lazy a**es back to work, in the office, unless you have some provable medical condition that prevents you from doing so.


2 posted on 12/24/2024 8:52:35 AM PST by Eli Kopter
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I wish Freepers would quit posting this junk from The Hill. The Hill, Gleb Tsipursky, and the Left are obsessed with gov't which right now is America's and the American People's greatest enemy.

NUKE THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PORTION OF THE FEDERAL GOV'T!!!!

3 posted on 12/24/2024 8:57:07 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Wisconsin’s experience demonstrates that remote work enhances both productivity and equity.” As a business owner what is equity?


4 posted on 12/24/2024 9:02:47 AM PST by kawhill (Did they say why Willard? Are my methods unsound?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Headline is Bab Bee worthy.


5 posted on 12/24/2024 9:05:42 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wisconsin’s experience demonstrates that remote work enhances both productivity and equity.


and equity.


6 posted on 12/24/2024 9:06:03 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Most work should be remote, and government buildings turned into housing. the problem is that much of remote work is fraudulent and not tracked properly.


7 posted on 12/24/2024 9:06:43 AM PST by montag813
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Even the dairy farmers have to get dressed and walk to the barn to work. This article just delivered another 50,000 republican votes, and yet made Madison giddy with what they falsely see as support for the government couch worker class.


8 posted on 12/24/2024 9:09:48 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Government workers should all wear body cams so that their supervisor can watch them “work from home”.


9 posted on 12/24/2024 9:10:25 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Jim W N

I have to agree, we get plenty of exposure to the leftist media. We don’t need that crap soiling FR.


10 posted on 12/24/2024 9:11:21 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Or it could skyrocket efficiency!

These publications just want to hate Trump no matter what. See Tagline.


11 posted on 12/24/2024 9:11:45 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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Or it could skyrocket efficiency!


or it could stay the same with less workers.


12 posted on 12/24/2024 9:19:10 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: kawhill

“Wisconsin experience” proves nothing at all. If “work from home” has not impacted the overall productivity as compared to having all the employees on-site and bent over their desks, then the agency has employed far too many employees for the workload.

Be sure the employees are goofing off just as much while they are physically present as they are while they are “working remotely”.


13 posted on 12/24/2024 9:19:47 AM PST by alloysteel (This is yet another test. There are no right or wrong answers, only the correct response for you.)
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To: montag813
> Most work should be remote, and government buildings turned into housing. the problem is that much of remote work is fraudulent and not tracked properly.

In general, I think you nailed it, I think it’s much more cost effective to have people work from home if their role is suitable, but I think we should use the unused office space to detain illegals awaiting court dates.

Musk should do this with all of the unused office space the Federal unions just opened up.

As for tracking remote work, IMHO you shouldn't hire people if you can't trust them to work unsupervised, remote or not.

I primarily work remotely, and I will let my boss know if things come up at home (repairs, internet outage, etc) which interfere with my workload, but I am salaried.

14 posted on 12/24/2024 9:19:58 AM PST by SecondAmendment (The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What a bunch of liberal hogwash.


15 posted on 12/24/2024 9:27:32 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bureaucracy is the most efficient way to demonstrate maximum inefficacy.


16 posted on 12/24/2024 9:29:46 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Article:

“equity” = anti-white hate.

I guess you can do that remotely or in the office.

Lol.


17 posted on 12/24/2024 9:32:08 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: kawhill

Fatter pensions and sweeter benefits....oh, and you can’t get fired.


18 posted on 12/24/2024 9:35:11 AM PST by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sexual harassment and violations of social policy are not happening when workers aren’t in the same building.


19 posted on 12/24/2024 9:36:24 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Eli Kopter

Government Bureaucracies are totally dedicated to the Maynard G. Krebs work ethic.


20 posted on 12/24/2024 9:36:31 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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