The federal government says there may not be enough room in some offices for all workers as the public service prepares to return to the office four days a week starting July 6.
Civil servants currently only have to come into the office three days a week — a rule that was put in place in September 2024 as government employees were for the most part working remotely in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier this month, the federal government announced it expects employees who haven’t done so already to return to in-office work for a minimum of four days a week starting this July. Government executives will be expected in the office five days.
In a French-language statement emailed this week to Radio-Canada, the Treasury Board of Canada said that Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) will work closely with organizations to ensure “adequate office space” is available for staff.
I have a core memory from a a course I was doing as COVID lockdowns were kicking off.
Student: “How will I know my employees are working from home?”
Prof: “How do you know they’re working from the office?”
Exactly. When i used to work an office job, I swear I’d be doing 1 hour worth of work and the rest of the day I’d be miserably looking at the time and waiting for the day to end so I could go meet my friends to get drunk or drugged up. It was a vicious depressing cycle.
I remember CEOs going on national TV to whine about employees working from their couch. They don’t give a shit if we’re working. They’re paying to have control over us.
This.
Let output be the measure of productivity. If the work is getting done, who cares where it’s being done.
Hint: managers who can’t walk around micromanaging people.