Posted on 05/04/2024 3:44:58 AM PDT by Loyalist
Tanya King, a transgender and autistic public servant working for Public Services and Procurement Canada, said she is concerned about the possibility of having to spend more time in the office. PHOTO BY JEAN LEVAC /Postmedia
Some federal public servants are expressing frustration over the government’s reported plans to ask employees to work from their offices for three days a week starting in the fall, many taking to social media to express concerns about everything from commuting to finding childcare.
Tanya King, a transgender and autistic public servant working for Public Services and Procurement Canada, said she is concerned about the possibility of having to spend more time in the office, given that she has faced harassment and micro-aggressions from her coworkers.
“I’m very nervous about going back to the office,” said King, who has been working exclusively from home while waiting for the government to approve her request to work remotely, which she made following medical advice. “I’m worried that it will be a catch-all, they will want all of us to go in without considering it on a case-by-case basis.”
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King said she’s “not shocked” by the news but said the government should address issues with workers’ access to workspaces and equipment before sending them back to the office more often.
“I’ve definitely found myself dealing a lot with work pass issues, security, network issues, equipment issues, desks not having chairs,” said King.
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Agreed.
Covid forced the workplace to shift. Rather than going back to a “time honored model” with many flaws, the workplace should evolve.
The real issue is productivity and worker retention. Commuting time is a loss, workplace schmoozing is a loss. Frivolous meetings rather than zoom is a loss.
The savings in costs of workspace, desks, workplace amenities is substantial. Flexibility for workers to set hours decreases need for time off since work day hours can shift to accommodate appointments, wait for deliveries, etc. Workers will be less likely to leave the firm and lose the flexibility of working from home.
Working from home is best for employees with excellent work ethics, commitment and a skill set that is amenable to online tasks or projects that can be uploaded. Some jobs will always be “in person” jobs but these will decrease as automation evolves.
Companies need to find ways to assess productivity and to alert workers to the results such that the workers who are goofing of are warned, disciplined and severed. Forcing people to commute to work when the results are equal or better from home is pigheaded & counter productive.
You nailed it and are 100% true in what you say.
This just disgusting. What is this world coming to? Such a travesty of justice expecting an employee to show up for work. Goodness gracious. /s/
It beats working in a cube farm or bullpen (desks but no walls).
I’m not distracted by loud coworkers talking or the corporate bs. I remain productive, and can have lunch with my wife.
+1
Being a normal guy, I would definitely look forward to returning to that particular office...if nothing else, at least for the obvious floor show.
Working from home would be nice. For two weeks.
I guess it works for people who are raising young families.
Public servants!!
Entitled swamp dwellers would be a much better description for them.
Government is the only place a mentally ill degenerate like this can get a job. And HE is helping autistic people? I assume that includes children. Keep an eye open for this guy. What better place to groom children than a government agency with autistic children.
Yah. So, supplement the rules on this with an office survey: “Which of these folks (check all who apply) do you NOT want to see back in the office?”
Publish the list, especially if the boss is named. That way when the inevitable discrimination suit is filed ‘E can claim it was all a joke.
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