Can’t wait for people who don’t know what they’re talking about tell me it’s a good thing!
Tylersbaddream on
That’ll fix the environment, traffic AND employee morale all at once.
Lumindan on
One more step towards their attrition goal I guess
Plenty of folks are gonna find work elsewhere, once you take the work from home genie out of the bottle, it isn’t going back in.
TheBusinessMuppet on
I am not paying a fucking nickel downtown. All the landlords and businesses that support rto can pleasure themselves with a cactus.
Wind_Best_1440 on
If people are wondering why they’re doing it, it’s the easiest way to lay people off.
„Come back to the office, or we’ll take that as you quitting.“
Essentially, it’s laying people off by them quitting. Work from home is now a double edged sword, because at any point a company can lay you off without giving you work benefits for losing your job if you quit yourself.
TheZarosian on
Public servant here. A slap in the face to my productivity and flexibility.
I just handled an emergency request at 8PM literally yesterday. I was unofficially on-call with my phone the whole weekend checking here and there in case something came up. I stuck around routinely with my neck out past 5PM to just finish up one thing while at home. I routinely had my phone with my ready to hop online at a moments notice while prepping dinner between 5 and 6. Last week every single day I was home I ate lunch at 2 because something needed to be done.
I guess with this in place, my commute is my time. No checking emails, no responding to requests. I clock in at 9, clock my hour lunch at 12, and clock out at 5. If someone wants me to work overtime then they can tell me that in writing prior to my end time and I will clock in every single minute worked. If someone messages me at 5:01, they can wait until tomorrow.
hula_balu on
There was a report on news that commercial RE is picking up… no shit. Thats why they did RTO. Corrupt ass mfs.
metaxaskid on
Take photos of the parking prices rn. Guaranteed to increase in July just so they could squeeze us a little more.
Top-Cauliflower9050 on
Let’s all continue to have teams meetings with those less than 20 feet from us.
Ask me how I know?
Mediocre-Touch-6133 on
I’ve been working from home for the past 3-4 years. Office has decided that we need to go to the office 2 days per week. Today was my first day back. It’s hell. Half the people are just chatting all day. My boss and 90% of the co-workers I need to chat with online are in a different province. I can barely communicate with them due to the office noise. I’m surrounded by depressing beige and yellow. I grabbed a diet coke and a shitty bagel at the local store. It cost nine fucking dollars. I was less productive in office than I am on my worst days working from home.
I’m honestly considering reorganizing all my vacation time to just those 2 days per week. I’d look for a new job but I’ve been here 20 years and my understanding is that the job market is horrible right now. I might try to play the agoraphobia card. My employer claims to love diversity. Might be time to put that to the test.
Tattsreincarnated on
Best way to combat climate change the Liberals spend so much of our tax dollars on? Make more people commute and burn up fossil fuels. Genius.
RealNews613 on
Many collective agreements are currently expired. Let your bargaining team know that WFH is the number one priority.
NihilsitcTruth on
Here comes the hammer.
Straconus on
This will not make anything better…
484827 on
How come we’ve pivoted from ‘environment is the priority,’ ‘reduce carbon footprint,’ ‘straws will end the world’ to ‘everyone back on the Queensway; Sparks Street needs business…’
cptmcsexy on
I dont get to work from home but its great others can save money on gas and have less drivers on the road. Going to work during covid was the one thing good about it.
OneBillPhil on
I don’t work for the feds but this is ridiculous. I don’t want to hear another fucking thing about climate change from them.
Officieros on
More rented space, more renovation, more $$$ wasted for all taxpayers (PS included).
Officieros on
Private sector response: *it’s a good start, but we need them full time in office*. TBS prepares for RTO5 in January 2027.
FromDownBad on
Today marked the 4th straight day of completely messed up GO Schedules in Toronto. Typically there are trains every 10 minutes on Lakeshore East. 6 an hour. The last 3 days reduced to 2 per hour. Today there was one between 3 and 4… platforms packed and people shoving to get in. Construction workers (rightfully) asking why remote workers weren’t working from home. So many didn’t get on. Had to wait another half hour or hour. It’s gonna go into the weekend maybe longer.
FireMaster1294 on
Impressive. When do our politicians have to start working 4 days a week in person every week instead of their PERPETUAL VACATIONS
contactcreated on
I really wish they could just be honest and say that they want people to quit. Please stop with the ‘collaboration’ nonsense.
WhatEvil on
The stupidest shit. Getting around Ottawa is already ridiculous. The road network is so fragile, they’ve cut buses and the train doesn’t cover half the city, and it’s stupidly unreliable. Just going to make everybody’s lives worse – not even just public workers, anybody who needs to go anywhere any time.
ChiefHighasFuck on
Do know what 4 days a week in office means? It means 5 days a week in office is coming. Boiling the frog.
Stumpyflip on
People are more willing to work a little overtime if wfh. Going into the office, NOBODY will switch gears to work again from home.
jigglywigglydigaby on
Finances are tough for Canadians…..so let’s make them pay more in travel, parking, etc so we can……*checks notes*…..gain absolutely nothing in productivity
prayfor-Mojo on
Canadian corporations were given billions for the pandemic response and didn’t have to pay it back.
But workers have to go back „to the way it was.“
They should have to pay it back then.
BandicootNo4431 on
The government better get rid of the environmental regulations then.
We had an opportunity to meaningfully reduce our carbon footprints WHILE saving taxpayers billions a year by divesting rental properties we use as offices.
But instead the government whent from 2 – 3 – 4 days in the office.
So great, we’ll prop up Brookfield property management as well as Tim Hortons and Subway, pollute more and spending billions doing it.
Perfect!
ObliterasaurusRex on
Surely this mandate is driven by facts-based research and published metrics that show increases in morale, collaboration, and productivity when employees work in the office full time, right? RIGHT??
DemonInjected on
What about the environment, or is that label not cool anymore? So we have all these environmental taxes, no plastic bags, no plastic straws but now we need you all back in the office for more emissions. Sucking and blowing I tell ya.
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Can’t wait for people who don’t know what they’re talking about tell me it’s a good thing!
That’ll fix the environment, traffic AND employee morale all at once.
One more step towards their attrition goal I guess
Plenty of folks are gonna find work elsewhere, once you take the work from home genie out of the bottle, it isn’t going back in.
I am not paying a fucking nickel downtown. All the landlords and businesses that support rto can pleasure themselves with a cactus.
If people are wondering why they’re doing it, it’s the easiest way to lay people off.
„Come back to the office, or we’ll take that as you quitting.“
Essentially, it’s laying people off by them quitting. Work from home is now a double edged sword, because at any point a company can lay you off without giving you work benefits for losing your job if you quit yourself.
Public servant here. A slap in the face to my productivity and flexibility.
I just handled an emergency request at 8PM literally yesterday. I was unofficially on-call with my phone the whole weekend checking here and there in case something came up. I stuck around routinely with my neck out past 5PM to just finish up one thing while at home. I routinely had my phone with my ready to hop online at a moments notice while prepping dinner between 5 and 6. Last week every single day I was home I ate lunch at 2 because something needed to be done.
I guess with this in place, my commute is my time. No checking emails, no responding to requests. I clock in at 9, clock my hour lunch at 12, and clock out at 5. If someone wants me to work overtime then they can tell me that in writing prior to my end time and I will clock in every single minute worked. If someone messages me at 5:01, they can wait until tomorrow.
There was a report on news that commercial RE is picking up… no shit. Thats why they did RTO. Corrupt ass mfs.
Take photos of the parking prices rn. Guaranteed to increase in July just so they could squeeze us a little more.
Let’s all continue to have teams meetings with those less than 20 feet from us.
Ask me how I know?
I’ve been working from home for the past 3-4 years. Office has decided that we need to go to the office 2 days per week. Today was my first day back. It’s hell. Half the people are just chatting all day. My boss and 90% of the co-workers I need to chat with online are in a different province. I can barely communicate with them due to the office noise. I’m surrounded by depressing beige and yellow. I grabbed a diet coke and a shitty bagel at the local store. It cost nine fucking dollars. I was less productive in office than I am on my worst days working from home.
I’m honestly considering reorganizing all my vacation time to just those 2 days per week. I’d look for a new job but I’ve been here 20 years and my understanding is that the job market is horrible right now. I might try to play the agoraphobia card. My employer claims to love diversity. Might be time to put that to the test.
Best way to combat climate change the Liberals spend so much of our tax dollars on? Make more people commute and burn up fossil fuels. Genius.
Many collective agreements are currently expired. Let your bargaining team know that WFH is the number one priority.
Here comes the hammer.
This will not make anything better…
How come we’ve pivoted from ‘environment is the priority,’ ‘reduce carbon footprint,’ ‘straws will end the world’ to ‘everyone back on the Queensway; Sparks Street needs business…’
I dont get to work from home but its great others can save money on gas and have less drivers on the road. Going to work during covid was the one thing good about it.
I don’t work for the feds but this is ridiculous. I don’t want to hear another fucking thing about climate change from them.
More rented space, more renovation, more $$$ wasted for all taxpayers (PS included).
Private sector response: *it’s a good start, but we need them full time in office*. TBS prepares for RTO5 in January 2027.
Today marked the 4th straight day of completely messed up GO Schedules in Toronto. Typically there are trains every 10 minutes on Lakeshore East. 6 an hour. The last 3 days reduced to 2 per hour. Today there was one between 3 and 4… platforms packed and people shoving to get in. Construction workers (rightfully) asking why remote workers weren’t working from home. So many didn’t get on. Had to wait another half hour or hour. It’s gonna go into the weekend maybe longer.
Impressive. When do our politicians have to start working 4 days a week in person every week instead of their PERPETUAL VACATIONS
I really wish they could just be honest and say that they want people to quit. Please stop with the ‘collaboration’ nonsense.
The stupidest shit. Getting around Ottawa is already ridiculous. The road network is so fragile, they’ve cut buses and the train doesn’t cover half the city, and it’s stupidly unreliable. Just going to make everybody’s lives worse – not even just public workers, anybody who needs to go anywhere any time.
Do know what 4 days a week in office means? It means 5 days a week in office is coming. Boiling the frog.
People are more willing to work a little overtime if wfh. Going into the office, NOBODY will switch gears to work again from home.
Finances are tough for Canadians…..so let’s make them pay more in travel, parking, etc so we can……*checks notes*…..gain absolutely nothing in productivity
Canadian corporations were given billions for the pandemic response and didn’t have to pay it back.
But workers have to go back „to the way it was.“
They should have to pay it back then.
The government better get rid of the environmental regulations then.
We had an opportunity to meaningfully reduce our carbon footprints WHILE saving taxpayers billions a year by divesting rental properties we use as offices.
But instead the government whent from 2 – 3 – 4 days in the office.
So great, we’ll prop up Brookfield property management as well as Tim Hortons and Subway, pollute more and spending billions doing it.
Perfect!
Surely this mandate is driven by facts-based research and published metrics that show increases in morale, collaboration, and productivity when employees work in the office full time, right? RIGHT??
What about the environment, or is that label not cool anymore? So we have all these environmental taxes, no plastic bags, no plastic straws but now we need you all back in the office for more emissions. Sucking and blowing I tell ya.