“The Minister of Public Service Nicola Willis is expecting public servants to stop working from home to help bolster the flagging local economy is micromanaging gone mad and counterproductive.” NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff said.
“This Government has already tried to control staffing ratios in terms of ‘front line’ and ‘back office, and now it is trying to control where people should work.”
“Minister Willis should concentrate on the big picture issues confronting Aotearoa New Zealand, instead of trying to manage the day-to-day operations of the public service.”
“Though flexible hours and working from home options vary across organisations, it’s understood that people are more productive and happier with flexible arrangements. In a cost-of-living crisis it also reduces the financial and environmental impact of transport and parking. This is an operational matter, one the minister shouldn’t be involved in.” Wagstaff said.
“Working from home practices have benefited from new technology, making it easier to connect remotely. The advent of COVID speed up the adoption of these tools and practices, demonstrating value to employers and employees alike.”
“Employers offering a hybrid model of working from home for part of the week has become very attractive for some workplaces, both in terms of convenience and productivity.”
“It’s crucial that the public service offers good work that attracts and retains the workers we need. This decision will just make that goal much harder in an already difficult environment.”
“Despite the Government doing its best to portray itself as modern, innovative thinkers, this decree demonstrates that in reality they don’t understand the value of a modern, positive, high-trust workplace culture. Micromanaging and stopping staff from working some of their time at home is all about an old-fashioned command and control mentality.”
“The Minister of Finance is fooling herself if she thinks forcing people to stop working from home will correct the damage done to the economy by the massive job cuts.” Wagstaff said.
“Public servants only have so much money to spend. Now they will have to spend more on public transport and less on their local communities. It is a zero-sum game,” said Wagstaff.
Some of the very people crying now are the very ones that voted these cunts in, looking at tricola her arrrrse is getting fatter by the day.
a desperate attempt by the government to blame every thing other than them selves for the collapse thats coming to NZ .wHAT WE ARE SEEING IN wELLINGTON IS NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME ITS BECAUSE PEOPLE DONT HAVE SPARE MONEY .I read this morning that it costs over $100 a week to travel to work from the other side of the hill into wellington so who is then going to spend another $100 per week just so some cafe can survive .Those same cafes were fully supported by the last government for 3 years and now reality is now showing how much they were supported in that time .If I was in a government job working from home I would be looking else where instead of spending $300 a week on travel and supporting a cafe to make Willis feel good .Then there is the added expense of care for children for 4 hours a day at before and after school programs which could be $200 per week .Very soon we find that it is no longer ecenomic to return to the office .Them we must remember the extra $500 a week they are spending is money they most likely dont have .
‘ It’s not about frickin’ targets. It’s about outcomes.”
So target = work from home = just as much production and happier workers.
Outcome = work from home = just as much production and happier workers.
So why Luxie and Nicola get knickers in twist?
This is like Victorian workhouse idea – people must work for their food even if work is pointless (dig holes fill them in again).
Working people must know their place and obey their masters.
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