On a recent Friday in Canberra, a deflated public servant friend revealed that there were only three people at work on a floor space that can seat 30 to 40.
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Officials from at least one major government department are telling stakeholders not to schedule meetings in Canberra on Mondays and Fridays because public servants may not be there. What are all these public servants doing at home? Working as hard and productively as if they were in the office? Some officials and contractors “working’” from home have devised schemes to keep their computer active to make it look like they are online. One strategy is to open up an old Teams or Google Meet chat from an expired date to stop the screen server turning on.
Taking flex days and lieu days in return for extra hours and weekend work is part of a modern and flexible labour market.I, like other parents, enjoy the flexibility of being out of the office to occasionally attend my children’s school assembly, sporting events, pick-ups from school and to meet a tradie at home or look after a sick child.Empirical research on work from home is still in its infancy since the pandemic, and it’s too soon to know the long-term effects.
“When you work in policy, you are working in teams, and there are all sorts of benefits around spillovers and corridor chats and creativity.
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