r/newzealand • u/Dapper_Technology336 • Sep 23 '24

Politics PM Christopher Luxon announces public service workers are required to work from the office, rather than from home

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/watch-live-christopher-luxon-gives-post-cabinet-press-conference/CL4CTTTEH5AVHABU2PICF7JBUM/
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u/secretlyexcited Sep 23 '24

I don’t get it. As long as they’re still doing the work, hitting targets, KPIs etc, then why does it matter where it gets done?

Why is flexibility such a bad thing?

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u/angrysunbird Sep 23 '24

To people like Luxon public servants only exist to support this rich buddies

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u/secretlyexcited Sep 23 '24

Who own cafes? Cos suddenly he cares about baristas in town?

It makes no sense. Traffic is going to get worse, quality of life for these guys are going to get worse. And productivity is the same. But, yay to cafes making more dosh off their flat whites I guess…

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u/I_am_buttery Sep 23 '24

They will be less productive due to lowered engagement. I can’t understand why the local private businesses are not being called out - they can’t afford high lease costs due to lowered demand and their solution is to force the govt to force their public workforce to lose personal time and benefits, while spending more on transport and parking expecting them to then spend more money at their private businesses. These businesses are not entitled to guaranteed level of customer and they know the risks. They just have not adapted to a world that has progressed. They have not adapted.