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Originally Posted by DoubleF
Yep. Lots of hard workers around those that have either succumbed to ennui or trapped between morons and slowly going crazy/running out of patience to outlast gate keepers to "fix" things at the city. Lots of hard workers, but they're typically stuck between a rock and a hard place in terms of getting work done. Then the KPI used is so woefully awful and incorrect for the situations to the point that those that want to abuse the system can abuse it to an appalling level.
A contract work situation was frustrating and bizarre enough. I cannot imagine what it's like dealing with it full time. Chatting with some people who currently work there or know people who work there, it's insane to hear some of the things happening there right now that would be considered nonsensically stupid in the 90s and early 2000s, let alone as of today.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9436175/c...m-home-policy/
When you have some gate keeper who is planning on mandating people back into the office 3-5 days a week, but restricting the ability of individuals to adjust their in office work hours (going in early and leaving early or going in late and leaving late for appointments etc.) AND also claims that anyone hybrid working from home actually contractually agreed that they will not have kids or pets at home during work hours... that person is so out of touch on certain boundaries. So out of touch to the point that mentality is going to cause attrition to go through the roof and prevent many people from bothering to apply for the city.
Mandating people back isn't out of the ordinary or the issue or the out of touch part. All the weird extra overreaching aspects of the mandate are the issue. I've heard of the reason why it's like that, but it's like burning a house down to get rid of a few mice. I and most other assume they will revise the office mandate rules not to be that ridiculous, but if not... It's sad that stuff like this is not unexpected. |
I had a big story typed up here of something to your point that would happen almost weekly, but it just came across as me having an axe to grind so decided not to share. Long story short, tech or engineer would screw up scheduling jobs, then blame the workers for not being able to be in multiple places at once, resulting in management trying to put further restrictions on using sick days,
during a freakin' global pandemic, despite the fact that people calling in sick didn't even contribute to the problem. There's way more to it than that, but you get the idea.
Burning a house down to get rid of a few mice is exactly right. The vibe I got was that there was a weird, vindictive, us vs them mentality from management toward their workers. I never understood it.
It's odd, technically where I work now is still part of the City, but it's completely separated from city admin, and it's the best damn job I've ever had. Just something rotten down there