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Civil Service - Post Lockdown - Blended Working?

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  • #2762
    Ezeoul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,269 ✭✭✭Ezeoul


    @TaurenDruid

    Another interesting question might be:

    • Have you moved location / bought a home on a presumption that WFH would continue to be available to you?

    Thinking of the bigger picture (as some of us do) one of the good things that came out of the pandemic was WFH. It opened up options to CS all over the country to live and work from where they choose, and not just having all commuting and crowding into offices in main centres and competing to rent / buy homes there.

    I personally know more than a few who bought in their home counties, including one person whose HQ was in Dublin but they bought a house in Cork (though subsequently resigned when not allowed to continue WFH 5 days a week when we returned to offices) and another who commutes from their new house in Sligo to Dublin once a week. Off the top of my head, I can think of other staff who commute in from Limerick, Wexford, Cavan and Galway.

    If WFH was suddenly withdrawn, and everyone who is commuting in was ordered back to spending four days a week in the office, it would cause CHAOS.

    (As an aside, should we maybe put ideas for questions on the Survey thread?!?)



  • #2763
    Augme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,051 ✭✭✭Augme


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122439202#Comment_122439202

    But it is actually a fairly radicial statement. It would be like suggesting Civil Service Departments will put a halt to flexi time becusse that isnt widely available in the private sector. Career breaks, flexi, shorter working year, split working patterns, exam leave, study leave etc are all available in the civil service while not being as widely availablein the private sector. Working for home will be the exact same. In future, it is likely a four day worning week will he common in tje civil service before it is in the private sector. Traditionally, the civil/public service has always been the trend setter forpositive work/life balance initiatives that are then introduced in the privete sector.



  • #2764
    ledwithhedwith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 427 ✭✭ledwithhedwith


    WFH and 4 day working week was in the private sector before the civil service so not sure what your on about. Anyway I hope I’m wrong and wfh is here to stay.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122440074#Comment_122440074



  • #2765
    Ezeoul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,269 ✭✭✭Ezeoul


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122440074#Comment_122440074

    Indeed.

    And as with most of these things you mention, you'll find it was the Public Sector who did it first, and then was followed by (some) of the Private Sector - not the other way around.

    And WFH has been available in the Civil Service since 2003. They called it "e-working" when I applied for it. :)



  • #2766
    Augme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,051 ✭✭✭Augme


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122440135#Comment_122440135

    They certainly weren't for the majority in the private sector.



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  • #2767
    curiosity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 376 ✭✭curiosity


    Not sure what the situation is in other departments, but here in CSO we're still in pilot phase, with year two ending on October 31st. Remaining at two days per week on site for next few months.

    Post edited by curiosity on


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