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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.

I’ve worked from home for well over a decade.

Private or public, doesn’t matter to me. I don’t get a refund for the heat, power, broadband I use at home for work, and have never asked for or expected one.

And as long as that is the same in the public sector, and tax payers realise the savings made by council workers working from home, then it’s a win win. Even Smurf Daddy must agree on that !

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Originally Posted by Russ

For those of us who work from home we have software that monitors our productivity.

I don’t have that, and would reject it.

I have set objectives, bau tasks and regular catch ups with my managers ( once a fortnight). If I was micro-managed by software or management I’d sack it off.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

All this WFH theory is spouting pure ignorance.

Let's say I'm sitting in the office on a three desk pod arrangement. My neighbour is on a call with his colleagues and I overhear something that impinges on my project, I can immediately react (as appropriate) rather than either be out of the loop entirely, or find out somewhat later (if at all).

As I said, bleedin' obvious.

Or you’ve gone to the toilet and don’t hear it.