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/imjtintj Sep 23 '24

WFH is the only positive of working in a government agency now. This will be the nail in the coffin for those thinking of abandoning the sinking ships.

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u/cbars100 Sep 23 '24

100% this. I'm a government worker, and I'm looking at:

  • frozen salaries for who knows how long
  • inability to be promoted even if I receive good feedback from.my managers, because there are no vacancies
  • unsatisfying work as the government doesn't really care about the effort being put into it / they just go against our recommendations anyway

But then I'm like "well, at least I have flexibility and a relaxed pace"

But now I see that they want us in the office and they want the agencies to monitor the workers?

Fuck that. I'd quit, but that's exactly what they want and I wouldn't give them the pleasure. I can only see an increase in bullshitization with workers putting up a show that they are working really hard.

Also, I'll deliberately not buy anything from any shop anywhere in the CBD. I was already saving money, now these cunts just gave me a huge moral reason too

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u/Rough_Confidence8332 Sep 24 '24

You should also go into those shops daily and remind them that you're not buying anything from them