Working From Home Megathread

Any news on the Right to Request Remote Work, I read that the legislation was supposed to be in place in Q3 2021 although other sources said Q4. Obviously, we're well into Q4 now with Christmas on the way and I don't think there has been anything about it since August. Can kicked down the road, Varadkar waffle?

DoH has converted to WFH unless told otherwise.

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I quit my job 2 months ago (after 5 years in the company working as a Data Scientist) cause my employer wanted me to go back to the office 2 days per week.

I was lucky enough to build 1 year emergency fund so I can take my time looking for the right new job.

I keep receiving calls from recruiters now and they all sound like a broken record, that I won't find any WFH roles as the vast majority will be hybrid or onsite. I always respond thanks but no thanks, I will never go back to an office love WFH.

Employers, let your employees decide if they want to return to the office or not, otherwise you won't have the staff to make your millions!

One big thing with WFH, is that is will have a big environmental benefit. Firstly less people commuting to work, will reduce pollution. Also, a second benefit will be less traffic for those who need to be physically at their jobs, which again reduces pollution and also benefits them as well, as they can get to their job quicker as well.

Also, office spaces could perhaps be turned into housing, which we need more of.

WFH is imo a no brainer for the government to promote, due to all the benefits, and with not very man downsides. Also, most downsides can be mitigated over time with technology, and other stuff like create local working hubs for people who need that due to not having space to WFH.

Also, with covid the benefit is obvious.

100% agree.

I have seen so many people online giving out about people WFH when they had to go to work all through the pandemic. My OH is an operator in pharma so can’t WFH. He loved having little traffic and now already it’s taking longer to get to and from work then a few months ago. For anyone who gets public transport to work surely less people on a luas or bus during rush hour is a good thing.

For the people worried about businesses in city centre struggling without office workers. Firstly, suburban or rural businesses will benefit from the change. Secondly, could we not tackle some of the unsustainable urban sprawl happening and get people living in city centres again (as long as it’s properly built and gives enough space etc to meet people’s needs). It’s not good for the environment to have so many commuting to Dublin every day from Louth, Meath, Kildare, Wicklow etc and it’s certainly not good for the people doing those commutes. A hybrid or wfh policy would really make a big difference.

My job has put a workplace return back to next year now. Absolutely delighted. I was going to leave next month but am now staying on for another couple of months.

As mentioned in the last couple of pages, management/HR types are giving it the large one about how great it is to have people back or how sad it is that people can't come back (whatever the situation). These are people that absolutely live to work, who are communicating to people at the bottom of the workplace heirachy that just do the job to pay the bills.

These are type of folks that organise workplace fun because they have no friends outside of work.

My work hours are dead set. I know what time I'll be starting and finishing at but I do be shocked when I log on in the morning and do be seeing internal emails at 8-9pm at night. WTF is wrong with these people? And these are the ones that are absolutely desperate to get us back into the offices.

NPHET are to discuss work from home tomorrow.

Will NPHET tomorrow recommend that the government finally update their WFH advise to clear WFH advise i.e. WFH where possible for Winter?