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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

“The Deep State appreciates your hard work, know how, and dedication. Come work for us from home and help stymie the Shallow State”

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why? I think businesses should be left alone to decide.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They’re talking about federal employees

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

Imagine owning the libs by spending your whole life trapped in an office serving capital.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ha ha, joke's on them. Our office doesn't have space for all of us. We downsized to ..gasp.. save money, which is what the federal government is supposed to do. They'd also have to renegotiate the union contract, something they just finished doing, so it's not something they really even can address for several years at least.

But Biden isn't squeaky clean on this either, he mandated some percentage of office space being utilized. Supposedly this was to help local businesses, like the fast food chicken place across the street that has survived without us there for almost 5 years now. (They were renovating our building and had us all move out during the pandemic.)

But there's something wrong with the formula being used to calculate utilization of the building - and in our case, even if every cube was full every day, we still wouldn't meet the requirement, because of how it's calculated. I don't have details, but it apparently includes space people can't occupy - like server rooms and the cafeteria - and there's no way to get an exception.

I'm pretty sure upper management would continue the telework setup if they could (I really think they intended to be primarily remote before the Biden administration put the brakes on it). But higher authorities have said no. Our current telework agreement is that we have to go into the office twice per pay period (two weeks), which isn't too bad, but I'd still prefer not. My return to office is scheduled for February. We're bracing for a lot of people to find other jobs or retire, and it has already begun.

I'm hoping to retire in about 7 years. Maybe this next administration will buy me out. I'd be open to a generous severance package.

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[–] GreyYeti@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It did seem weird to me that Harris or any of the other democratic candidates campaigned on remote work. Seems like a smart pro-worker position to take that would directly impact a group she was trying to court: college educated professionals who skew male. Plus lower environmental impact, cheaper gas, more opportunities for working parents, etc.

The cynical reason I assume it wasn’t a talking point is because the 1% who directed the media conversation had a vested interest in return to pre-Covid status quo.

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[–] nanami@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

A people elected government has a mandate to protect its people. Its real frightening to see that instead it announces adopt the worst business practises of private economy.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Get a government job they said, it’s super safe and secure they said.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Lol they're not going to get top talent unless they raise pay

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Psst, Doogees, wait until you guys see what Robbie has planned for stay-at-home."

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