Die Personalgewerkschaft der Bank of Ireland akzeptiert die Regelung, dass Arbeitnehmer zwei Tage in der Woche im Büro erscheinen müssen
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/05/18/union-accepts-arbitrator-ruling-that-bank-of-ireland-staff-attend-office-two-days-a-week/
Von homecinemad
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This whole debacle has show just how weak the union is, I’m not sure why people pay to be in it at this point.
Well 2 days a week isn’t bad, could be worse, like 2.5 times worse
2 days a week is fine. But it depends on how far you are from location.
The main competitor to them asks staff to come in 3 days a week. Very hard to say 8 days a month is unfair.
Edit: people love a downvote. Im not in favour of return to office but to be fair to union its hard to come out and say its unfair by BoI when other banks have worse terms.
They just made Department of Social Protection back office go from 1 day to 2 days in the office, when they could realistically do the whole week WFH. Meanwhile front office workers only get 1 day WFH, and that ofter gets cancelled due to staffing issues.
Meanwhile AIB have been doing 3 since January
So they effectively just accepted a pay cut for any staff member who has to pay to needlessly commute 😂😂😂😂
I’d be telling them where to stick their deals.
Having to come in two days a week was never really the issue. Relative to other companies at least, it’s fine.
The problem was the way BOI communicated it, their initial insistance it was none of the union’s business, the obviously dishonest rationale for introducing it, and (more recently) tying it directly to pay.
It’s one thing to introduce an unpopular measure. It’s another to do it in a way that immediately makes your workforce massively distrust you.
I need to work for myself. These companies and their arbitrary rules can do one.
In my case, I’m pretty much 100% work from home as my wider team are not Dublin based, but in my unpopular opinion WFH is to the benefit of the individual on the day but the detriment of the company and staff over the long term.
Swinging around in a chair and chatting about a topic is more productive than speaking over teams, that off chance coffee chat can make us aware of important details, recent grads can solve issues together faster than when separated, the social side of working together during the day and going for drinks after is better for mental health.
On the flip side when you’ve kids the flexibility is great, and cheaper housing down the country gets us a better home, students can afford rent and still work for the Dublin company.
I think when people speak passionately about WFH they are either not aware of the office benefits or more likely they ignore it because of the short term personal benefits and „if they take and inch they’ll take a mile so we better intrench ourselves now“.
So a mix of 2 or 3 days in the office is probably a good balance for all over the long term.
Of course that’s not great for those who bought way down country and need to do long commutes to Dublin once a week but folks did that move during COVID knowing they were chancing it. They might not like it, but you can’t take the risk to get the better home and then fully expect it to pay off. It’s a bitter pill to swallow but that’s the cost in my unpopular opinion.