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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
I But they're out at a garden centre, or Waitrose or summat and you have to await the opportunity for speaking to them (and maybe not in the same timeframe as you need it). Bleedin' obvious, really.
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Does any employer actually allow that, Seph?
When I worked from home, I put in more hours than I did when in the office as there was no travelling time, and what’s more there were no interruptions from colleagues unless it was about work.
I was always available when needed as my telephone extension number would put callers straight through to me just as if I was at work in the office. I could attend meetings via Zoom or Teams or attend the office as required. It worked very well.
Once booked in at the start of the day, I was expected to be available until clocking off for lunch, etc. If I even dared to nip off to the shop, I would have been disciplined because I was being paid to work. There were tough performance measures and targets in place. Monthly staff meetings would be held to ensure everyone was on track and not falling behind with their targets. Any work overlaps you mentioned would be picked up at those meetings as everyone in the team related what they had been doing and what they were planning to do.
The way WFH works in some local authorities results in staff rarely being available, so we must ask ourselves what is going wrong in those councils. This is why Reform UK are focussing on this.
That’s how it should work, and office space should be reduced as a result, saving on cost. Hot desks were available if employees were required to come in for specific reasons. If organisations actually bothered to manage these schemes properly they could both save money and increase efficiency.
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Originally Posted by Russ
The company I work for has become much more productive since bringing in hybrid working. Keep them at home if it suits them.
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Sounds like your company has got it right, Russ.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Surely, we want government and council staff to operate as efficiently as the private sector? Requiring staff to be in all the time who don't need to, just adds to the real estate costs and acts as a deterrent to good employees working there
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Yes, agreed, as long as all the checks and balances are in place.