Federal Government & Union spar over returning to office

[OldSolduer]

Then there's this guy

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That last line should read “shove it up your roody poo candy ass”

 

[Remius]

Question did she find a better job, equal job, lesser job or unemployed?
If she found another job were the pay and benefits comparable?

At level in another agency. Like I said it was a toxic workplace that led her to leaving.

 

[Furniture]

Honestly for decent pay, if your asked to get into the office 3 days a week, STFU and do it.

Says the guy not in a position to have to do it, and with no understanding of what the workspaces are like. Imagine being told to report to base, but every time you came to work you reported to a different unit's building, and then called your WO to confirm you were indeed on base. You'd be complaining loud and long as well...

If there was a coherent plan, with assigned desk spaces and the need for in office collaboration people wouldn't be complaining nearly as much.

But it's easier to just believe that all PS workers are lazy and entitled...

 

[Brad Sallows]

Why is the assumption always that public servants are over compensated and not that private sector exploits its workers with below poverty wages, employment volatility, and anything else it can get away with not paying? It’s not impossible that it is a little from column A and a little from column B.

I would hope workers from one sector are not looking across at another and reflexively demanding reduction of the other groups benefits to achieve parity instead of exploring an amelioration of their own benefits… but that is human behaviour.

Put a bunch of kids in a room and give one of them a cookie. The other kids will also want a cookie when they see the first one handed out. Some of those kids might think to ask for their own cookie. But it is a sure thing there will be one loud and jealous individual who declares the situation unfair and instead of asking for a cookie (what they really want) they will present the argument that the first child should be stripped of their cookie.

In order to set the value of a job, you need a yardstick. The private sector uses market prices. What does the public sector use?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Says the guy not in a position to have to do it, and with no understanding of what the workspaces are like. Imagine being told to report to base, but every time you came to work you reported to a different unit's building, and then called your WO to confirm you were indeed on base. You'd be complaining loud and long as well...

If there was a coherent plan, with assigned desk spaces and the need for in office collaboration people wouldn't be complaining nearly as much.

But it's easier to just believe that all PS workers are lazy and entitled...

Or, in some workplaces, you have to book your workspace on a first-come-first-served basis, right?

I'm a fan of WFH IF the work can get done as well (or better) than it can in the office, and I'm with people saying some work needs to be in person, for sure. But when GoC cut spaces or created a ton of smaller spaces that are available almost like a lottery, well ....

 

[QV]

This whole fiasco is an embarrassment. But is anyone surprised the federal PS can't get this right?