Nicola Willis demands tightening of working-from-home arrangements | 23 September 2024 | RNZ
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- In a statement, the Public Service Minister Nicola Willis has directed department bosses to tighten up on working-from-home arrangements.
I want proof of the lies she is telling. They simply want to force people out to spend money on petrol and shops. Really helpful when people are doing it tough .. add more costs!
I dont think this has anything to do with the Govt wanting people to spend more. They just want govt employees to show up at work every day like the large majority of other working Kiwi's. When it comes to govt departments and its services, most Kiwis want better value for money and more accountability. There is better value for money and much more accountability when all Govt employees are at work than when many are not at work, quite simple really.
@@D-Marie0970 I don't care what you think. I know what is going on and won't be sucked in by their double talk. Unlike some!
Do you have peer reviewed research to back this up, have seen plenty of studies showing most are more productive and work more uninterrupted hours when WFH. It lowers roading costs and emissions, as well as office rents for organisations.
@@markdev4796 No need for research. It is common sense.
@@luckyM9963 another sucker! lol
All these years of Govt Departments downsizing their office footprint, expecting the employee to pick up the tab for power, heating, internet etc, then the CEO of New Zealand and his offsider want everyone to rush back into the office - to buy coffee?
How many public servants are there, compared to desk availability in offices?
I'm hearing that hot desking and being packed in like sardines are on the menu.
I wonder what cold and flu season next year will look like when all the Govt workers will be sitting on each others laps, just to get the job 'done'.
This announcement sounds like smoke and mirrors to cover up a deeper problem.
Get back to work. Sitting in your underwear stuffing your face from the fridge isn't going to get this country moving. Turn up show up. Entitled laptop class disgrace. Cleaners, receptionists, shop workers have to turn up. Loser.
Covid proved pretty conclusively that a lot of jobs can be worked from home.
And corona proved isolating any virus is legally unimportant according to big pharma and New Zealand MSM...
@@Lexi_Zone surely that's up to the employer is it not?
How many more public servants did Jacinda hire again? Yet, we have no increase in the performance of service. Most people realise that govt departments are never as effective and efficient as most businesses. Even less so when they can choose to work from home. It's time we ban all govt employees from working at home, period!! I want value for money from my tax $$ ...and I want better services. Go to work!!
@@D-Marie0970 great reply
@@davemills2822 employment contracts that have negotiated with office/home balance and the government go yeah nah?? GTFO.
tl;dr; Willis doesn't trust Govt staff to know when it's appropriate to work from the office. I wonder if this will come with unlimited sick leave as well?
I really hope they track staff illnesses and the type of illnesses.
One wonders how much the commercial building owners will be rubbing their hands together with the news that occupancy rates (and therefore costs) will go up. How much is it per square meter these days? Over $600?
Or lining National, Act and NZ First pockets 💰
The offices are empty because this govt sacked them all 😂
So no proof still Luxon, waffling as always.
I didn't hear stat's for working from home. Or a balanced argument. I work in workers compensation, and a flexible environment with a supportive agency makes for a truly connected team.
Don't forget to mention the commercial leasing industry is collapsing due to lack of demand for office occupancy.
Would be helpful to insist that all MPs live and work in the Capital City too. Try that one on for size
"Four years after COVID"?? We were in Orange Alert only two years ago.
Four years since... pay restraint renewed under the last government. That's about 6 years of no pay rises. So job-hopping is rife. Our buildings are getting smaller, to accommodate a smaller in-town workforce. Productivity is higher with a bit of motivation.
None of your business Luxon, if people are working from home. Its up to the company how they deal with thier workers.
Company? Luxon heads the government, and the government pays public servants. It's very much his call.
Wait a minute. After this government has cut jobs in the public sector, they now want the remaining staff to come to the office? Oh FFS, another dumb move from an inexperienced government.
Luxon is floundering, he's not the CEO of NZ. Reducing inflation is a joke, they are increasing inflation.
Nonsense thread.
@@mozdicksondoes it affect you? Probably not that’s why you’re supportive. It’s an over reach by an authoritarian government.
Absolutely crazy isn't it? Looks like a lot of govt employees are commenting. Cannot believe people think it is acceptable to work from home on Kiwi tax $$$. Self-entitled bludgers!!
@@Staxsgurl it affects all Kiwis, less people present = lesser quality of service delivery for my tax $$$
So he never works from home? I am damn sure Willis does.
Gardening, house work child minding pet walking baking shopping sleeping watching TV visiting families, going to the gym attend zoom meeting s, use an avatar while on the beach. Mow the lawn, build a deck. Paint the house, go to the hair dresser, get another part time job,
I want that public service job
This government is absolutely smashing it.
the commercial property is about to collapse like it has America, goodbye cities.
It already has
Willis and PM are talking sensible
I don’t see an issue they work for the govt so if the govt says work from the office what’s wrong ,pre 2020 we all worked from the office so what has changed ?
Technology making it easier, knowledge that it can be done?
pffft they are only concerned about the commercial property market collapsing
That should apply to politicians in the house
What a boomer take LOL
It's alright snowflake, he was here before you.
I demand that we have access to monitoring the prime minister and his cabinet while they are at work over cameras to make sure they are working hard all the time not wasting my tax.
It's much more productive having the flexibility of working from home a few days a week minimum. Especially for parents of young children. To remove this sensible option is autocratic, just to force more people into the city to spend their hard earned cash. It's a very backward step. Wasting time travelling back and forth into the city, all the office chit chat. Get real Nicola, it's a bad bad idea.
Wow this is embarrassing. Have they run out of announcements?
The Government needs to calm down.
The more that can work from home, the less traffic blocking up the roads.
The less "omg, its rush hour" ,,
RELAX INTO IT GOVERNMENT.
YOU STARTED IT.
I hope public servants will learn to work their 37.5 or 40 hours a week; switch phones off at 5, leave laptops at work, take all their breaks, don't work when sick, don't cancel annual leave, dont stay late to finish an urgent request, don't schedule meetings around lunch hours, ask for overtime and forget about the goodwill. Many public servant's are undervalued in many ways. Countless additional hours are worked by goodwill and commitment to the job by public servants.
Wait a second I have a great idea, let's build some tunnels! That won't put us in debt further.
Sick of hearing about Auckland CBD. You parrot that stat like its some kind of gold standard. GANG RUN TOWNS!!!
The slackers have finally been noticed.
what a load of cobblers
Please stop trying to control my life. Thanks 🙏
Get a job then, your entitled
@paulperniskie8096 there you go again. You assume this person doesn't have a job? Where did they say that?
Monitoring.....
@@user-rz9px7ge9h indeed. I am employed full time.
@@paulperniskie8096 you're *
So this is what Ms Willis has been working on from her kitchen bench. These are expectations. Not enforceable just yet. Many employers= ?how many. Good employers. I note the language here. Maybe people are working 4 day weeks 12 hr days hence fewer people in Lambton quay on Mondays and Fridays??'
The reason people 'were traditionally brought together for work' was because working from home was NEVER an option. Ms Willis 'has heard from more than one public servant= 2 perhaps.
BUT no mention of the high level of bullying in the workplace. No data so what she is saying is All anecdotal then.
A mother with a young child who is frequently sick and cannot attend daycare due to daycare rules and who has not got unlimited sick leave can still work from home without all the office noise and still be just as productive. Not every mother can afford a private nanny or has a family member they can rely on. This is going to make it far more difficult for mothers to continue in the workforce. Is that the aim??
We dont work for you Luxon/Willis. Stay in your own lane people.
Who do you work for then?
@@HunkyMan777 I work for Nunya
@@user-rz9px7ge9h ANZ Bank ahhh
As a public servant Im looking forward to actually using sick leave now after years of working from home if unwell - guess ill just be on sick leave instead. The Govt only sees the side of the argument they wish to and for every "fact" they speak there is a counter fact (aka: the truth).
Free West Papua
Don’t need government to give advice on private employment agreements outside of the public service.
While I agree that there are benefits on both sides of the equation, here, this reeks of fundamentalism. Decision making should be ruled by data and research, not by dogma.
Run your govt services like that, don't dictate to others! Any astute employer will have their finger on the pulse. We are not dumb!
what an absolute crock
Are you disappointed that you must actually do a full week's work for a change?
You missed spelled it - take out the 'r'
Yes Nicola we should all drive everywhere to keep the cbd cafe alive. Big OIl owns you, admit it.
I think it will avoid them having to pay redundancy if those working from home quit because they don't want to work from the office.
The Puppetmasters have spoken. We all better get our noses to the grindstone, to feed the rich and powerful so they can sit back and sip their wine in their mansions. Poor them.
omg what planet is she on
Luxon: "What I would say to you is that I'd like to exert more control over everyone's lives.... to improve my KPI's.... and outcomes."
...and the "fricken targets"!
I had no interest in what these 2 civil servants had to say but I found the lady in the background fascinating!
MoE staff work from home as Education House is not earthquake strengthened. The irony is half MoE staff are associated in the property section!
It's all about punishment with these people
What about MPHana Maipi-Clarke receiving an award of international standing ….!!!
I worked from home for a Bank & lets be honest, working from home is lazy & slack. Standards drop & we become complacent. My new job means for the last year going to work. What a difference!
That's just means your lazy and slack with no supervision 😂😂
Soo funny exposed yourself.
Willis entitled ,who is she to tell people were thy can work from home or not ,absolutely arrogant.
Really employment means you comply with employer requirements. I suggest if you really wish to persevere with your approach become sef employed and you might grow up quickly.
@@paulperniskie8096spoken like a politician who thinks they can tell everyone else what to do.
What about employers-can they work from home. They may even be able to make a little profit.
WAGGING from home has been a problem from day 1. Not for all, but 1/3 at least, I suspect.
"performance matters" - but you wont get a payrise and you should just feel lucky to have a job right now....
This is a massive new reporting expectation. Plus the paperwork of setting up agreements. This coming when most agencies will have lost some HR staff due to baseline cuts.
Sounds like administrator Willis is pushing for more collective contracts across the public sector, standardizing conditions across the workforce. Hmmmm this doesn't along with their IEA philosophy of people being able to negotiate their own terms and conditions.
Public servants should have gone back to the office a long time ago - at least 2 years ago. Not possible for management to monitor performance, and parents do not have the right to work from home and look after kids at the same time. If they want to look after the kids, then quit your job
The private sector requires a daily planer with every hour accounted for.
Really, private sector worker here. With a great team across the country, allowing the regions to inject city job incomes into the economy. These backward looking administrators are trying to re invent a world that a large part of world have moved on from. Most public sector collectives or IEA already include the hybrid working agreements. These administrators pretend HR in these sectors have no idea, which is not true
Wgtn city is dying, so govt doing what it can to revive it, albeit post public service cuts.
Source: "y'know?"
Covid also proved that a lot of people cant work efficiently from home. There are a lot of people who abused the privilege of working from home and basically took the piss. Its the employer who end up suffering from slack employees.
Proof?
You don’t know what your doing
As a tax payer yes public servants should be in the office
Sucks for the eateries in the suburbs tho
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂lol
What is it to her? If companies want their staff to work from home then its up to them to do what they like and government has no say in it. This country is not a dictatorship, or is it?
This is about government employees “working” from home arrangements.
I guess as minister of public services this is her responsibility, right?
Public Services Minister = Nicola Willis.
This is for public servants - they are paid with taxpayer money and I expect them to be in the office working and when they are not socialising about matters outside work related conversations
What's a dinamic?
Commercial building loans won't default banks who have a lot of leverage in this area stay safe??? The internet has made this possible for many parts of public sector service to be done just as efficiently from home some people are just planners, some people just deal with approving documents that are filled in online whats the need to be at the office. I support returning if it makes sense not to prop up parts of the economy that are failing due to advances in work place technology.
Working from Home is much more productive. Maybe we just have way too many people with coffee machines and over priced pies....Café owners much?
Time to get your arse off the couch and get back to work like the rest of us
I know many a cafe/pharmacy/florist/dairy in the subrubs that love the fact more people WFH. People are still spending what little money they have to spend, theyre just spending it in different locations. I dont need to support the Wellington CBD. I support my local village. On principal i wont be buying coffee/lunches etc in the city. Ill save it for the weekends in my local community
Some of those media questions 🤦
One size fits all and interference is what these guys seem to be doing. They are out of touch with anyone outside their little bubble! I haven't noticed not enough people at their work sight?
Look at all the entitled public servants bleeting like lost sheep
She looks like she's packed on the weight,,,at least she eating well😅
If you can work from home you are not needed in the job.
Who is Philip???
I dearly hope Winston Peters does not sign New Zealanders up for the evil 2030 agenda, Luxton.
Working from home does not sound good to me, however this is great for parents in rural and country areas.
Bravo!
Re-election please, we want to vote again
Good on you Nicola , stands strong , don’t step aside, remember that well over 85 odd percent have to go to work , 5 days a week , so tell those govt civil servants , you have reaped a glorious Time, which was only to be a temporary solution to the covid period in our lives is now over , so get back to the office and earn your exorbitant wages .