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A data point from my world, which is in Canberra (our capital) government world where security says that if you’re doing admin work - basically you’re using you
by jen729w 5y ago
A data point from my world, which is in Canberra (our capital) government world where security says that if you’re doing admin work - basically you’re using your elevated privilege account - you must be in the office.
8 of the 9 people in our database support team left because they just didn’t want to do this. They easily found other jobs without this requirement. We basically can’t hire anyone else because when they learn that they must come to the office, they lose interest.
And Canberra is fairly small and we don’t have a traffic problem worth mentioning. Getting to work is easy. People just don’t want to now that they know that they can work from home.
- gbear605 5y agoInterestingly, that’s not a problem that the US government faces unless you’re doing work with confidential military secrets. I wonder why the different policies worked out like that.
- stirlo 5y agoIs this standard government admin or something involving sensitive information where this requirement may be valid? I assume the outcome will be no one wants to do this work as an employee and they’ll end up filling the holes with expensive contractors (who may even be made exempt from this requirement).
- tallytarik 5y agoAt least they tried to spin it as security related. The word from most federal departments has been “hey, time to come back to the office because… that’s how it was before.” Compare to, for example, ACT Government, which announced months ago that they’re permanently moving to flexible working arrangements. It’ll be interesting to see over the next ~12 months how much federal government talent is lost as a result.
- jen729w 5y agoIt’s always been a requirement, it’s not new since Covid. But we were all just in the office all the time before. What’s new is that people realise there’s another way, and they want it.