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    Menschen könnten aufgefordert werden, von zu Hause aus zu arbeiten, wenn der Krieg im Nahen Osten und die Energiekrise andauern – Tánaiste


    Menschen könnten aufgefordert werden, von zu Hause aus zu arbeiten, wenn der Krieg im Nahen Osten und die Energiekrise andauern – Tánaiste

    https://www.thejournal.ie/government-support-package-iran-6992995-Mar2026/

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    2. AluminiumCrackers on

      What people? Even the public sector is trying to push people back to the office for no reason. The government should have aggressively pushed working from home after Covid. It was good for people’s mental health, the environment, traffic congestion, cost of living. This government is so stupidly reactive. They have no forward thinking at all.

    5. Arrays-Start-at-1 on

      They’ll ask companies nicely to let people WFH and when they say no the government will throw their hands up and say „oh well“.

    6. PeteIRL on

      Or, you know. Just give workers the right to choose to work from home. I know of one person who was mandated to return to the office 5 days a week. Her commute would have been from Camolin, Wexford to Dublin city centre. It was only when she handed in her notice that her employer changed their mind. It’s absurd to insist that people go to the office if their job can be done from home.

    8. StaffordQueer on

      People are going to be so upset about this! Scumbag public who demanded to be forced back into the office cause they hated the freedom, environmental efficiency and positive mental health effects of working from home. That’ll show them.

      /s

    10. 98Kane on

      He’s talking out both sides of his mouth. I’m working in semi state and we’re being pushed back into 2 days minimum now, against the wishes of the union and forcing people from all over the county to come to Dublin.

      The government want people in the office. In the middle of a housing and fuel crisis, they’re actively pushing people to commute. Despite those same people doing their job perfectly fine remotely for the bones of half a decade.

    12. OnlySheStandsThere on

      They’ll vaguely suggest that maybe employers should consider thinking about looking at the idea down the line and then shrug and say they did something.

    14. agamerdiesalone on

      Wow that is the first smart idea I heard from FFG in basically ever. Other than don’t speak. 

    16. Ed-alicious on

      Jesus fuck, WE ALL WANT TO WORK FROM HOME. 

      Legislate for it and it’ll help with traffic / housing / energy use. 

    20. Drengi36 on

      I hope those of companies that decided WFH wasnt suitable tell them where to stick it.

    21. AnGallchobhair on

      If only there had been an opportunity to introduce legislation that allowed workers to have the right to work from home. And if only Mr. Harris hadn’t nixed it into you are allowed to ask but without any rights

    23. CanioEire on

      But what about the commercial landlords and the banks who have capital tied up in properties that wont be used… won’t somebody please think about the landlords & banks !

    25. harry_dubois on

      Oh no – a work from home mandate? But what about all the innane smalltalk from colleagues we’ll all be missing out on? The joyful commute? The BS office politics? The side-hustles? The UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE???

      Our shareholders invested a lot of money into office property and it’s like nobody even cares… 🙁

    26. GerKoll on

      Oh no, spending all day at home with the wife, who works from home since 2020, and the cat? How will I cope with the good time after they force us back into the office for no reason….

    28. ForbiddenToblerone on

      Oh, yeah.

      Simon Harris asking the firms to let their workers WFH will certainly have the firms shaking in their boots.

      What a useless pencilneck.

    30. garcia1723 on

      If your job can be done from home, why isn’t it? Are the companies jus being cunts?

    31. DangerX2HighVoltage on

      Just do it already and stop dragging things out. I can only imagine having leaders who are proactive instead of always late out the gate with everything

    32. stuyboi888 on

      May be, might be, could be, thinking about. 

      Let’s just wait and see lads, we float some ideas, take no real action but we show face. 

    33. Alarmed_Station6185 on

      At least he’s moved on from announcing the state saving scheme every 5 minutes

    34. TehIrishSoap on

      We had a chance in November 2024 to vote for parties that wouldn’t have forced us to return to the office and we didn’t take it. Keep that in mind next time.

    37. Return_of_the_Bear on

      Mystic meg, the foremost economic forecaster of our times. Jesus wept, Harris is a fool.

    39. wrghf on

      It’s just so tiresome how Irish politicians are always so damn mealy-mouthed.

      “May be asked to work from home” doesn’t mean a fucking thing when the boss just says no, and that’s that. The vastly overwhelming majority of jobs either aren’t able to be done from home, or the employee has absolutely no say in how often they work from home.

      It’s just so weak to come out with things like this when he knows there is absolute no authority whatsoever to back it.

    40. WatashiwaNobodyDesu on

      But but but what about the company culture? The camaraderie? Won’t anybody think of the camaraderie!

    41. AggressivePie8111 on

      Could they not start doing that already? I love how forward and planning ahead our government is.

    42. TheAwesomeMan123 on

      But what about the companies team bonding, collaboration and effective productivity? How will we manage this? It’s untested and uncharted territory.

    43. AgentSufficient1047 on

      Housing disaster (worsening because of the fuel crisis)

      Road deaths spiralling

      Fuel crisis

      City congestion

      Childcare and birth rates falling off a cliff for all the above reasons

      And the climate emergency the government is so keen to tax us on

      WFH is the ultimate immediate-fix silver bullet. Ireland bends over backwards to make businesses comfortable. I believe we can act on this and set a new standard internationally (at least within Europe)

    44. kupoadude on

      Hillarious how remote work is possible when they need it. Honest to god, it’s changed my life and my relationship with work in such a positive way! No longer get sunday scaries, don’t have to have fake lunch convos and can walk my dog instead. No one from work even has my phone number, just email. I really think the working class need to campaign for this more. Same goes for remote learning from colleges given how many students are forced to commute everyday. Most work culture hasn’t really caught up with tech at all!

    45. ClassicVaultBoy on

      Companies don’t care about the cost of your commute.
      Go to your office and make sure to charge all of your devices from there, quickly enough you will be asked to work from home.

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