Major WFH change looms for one million Aussie workers: ‘Critical’
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/work-from-home-rule-could-be-coming-for-one-million-aussie-workers-we-are-fighting-042120012.html
Major WFH change looms for one million Aussie workers: ‘Critical’
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/work-from-home-rule-could-be-coming-for-one-million-aussie-workers-we-are-fighting-042120012.html
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Hell yeah! Time common sense wasn’t held hostage by 1980s obstinance.
Big WFH enjoyer here, was such a boon when we received it and sucked losing it. Devil’s advocate though, should employers really be forced/not have the right to decide on WFH themselves?
Excellent news. People shouldn’t be forced to clog up the roads and PT, waste money and time coming into the office because of “the shareholders” if their job can be done from home. If the office has a good culture, people will come in voluntarily if they want.
This shows how important unions are for worker rights.
if you can WFH you should. It frees up capacity on the roads and PT for others that have no choice. It also frees up capacity for trades to get to clients quicker. It also reduces the need for massive transport infrastructure spends while making life a little bit easier for office workers which increases productivity and morale. There are benefits for everyone, except the Property Council of Australia and the parasitic cafes.
> two in three Aussies reporting they were more productive at home because they could focus without constant distractions
Can we also get rid of these fucking open plan offices pls?
But but… won’t somebody think of the property council?!
/s
I am thankful I work for a company that actively supports work from home.
I have enough work to do as is. I do not need the distractions and the people who pop over to your desk and ask you to do something quickly for them.
I do NOT want to go back into the office daily.
My team goes in for 1 day every other week to catch up and we ALL (managers included) agree we are less productive on those days.
So I’m glad this might become the default. Fingers crossed.
WFH as standard (for the jobs that can be done this way) also frees people up to live in more affordable parts of Australia.
They should encourage it and any meetings than can be held online should be.
To help the environment stop all unnecessary travel and allow wfh for those who can.
Housing crisis and the high rise in day care costs can be both eliminated if working from home is encouraged
as a former manager this is great news. Most of my former team were just as efficient, if not more, from home than at work. Also avoided the problem of “sick days” where people who just couldn’t be arsed to travel in could stay at home and be useful
>with two in three Aussies reporting they were more productive at home because they could focus without constant distractions.
Note to all: always be suspicious of self-reported studies. They’re not necessarily inaccurate by default, but they are very susceptible to wishful thinking or outright lies.
The real problem is that with this particular issue, it’s hard to get a measure from unbiased sources – management studies can be just as biased as well. And there’s no easy way for a dispassionate third party to get access to this kind of data (especially since ‘productivity’ is something of a wishy-washy definition)
I would support a tax break for those that aren’t able to WFH as someone who WFH’s frequently
Now we just need a 4 day work week
I worked for an organisation that had wfh up until 12 months ago where they forced us to start coming back in to the office “to build relationships”. We now have to do 3 days in the office and 2 from home.
So instead of getting to spend my days in meetings at home, I have to run from meeting room to meeting room all day instead (if you’re lucky enough to get a meeting room) and then spend 2 hours a day plus fuel and tolls to get there and back and before and after school fees to top it off. Life was so much easier when it was wfh and my relationships in the office have not changed because we are never all in there together anyway.
Aussie here living in Europe for the past 9 years. I’m actually a bit worried about moving home, mostly due to the lack of WFH possibilities. I’ve worked in tech & SaaS the whole time while over here and by default the modes are hybrid at minimum, but mostly full remote. Important meetings and workshops are in-person, otherwise everything is done online.
I know it’s anecdotal but I’ve got around 5 friends in Aus whose offices have all forced them back 4/5 days a week. If they tried that here in Europe there would be mass resignations. Maybe it’s a cultural thing, but I find the difference between both continents incredibly odd.
WFH of up to 2 days per week was part of my perks moving to my current position. None of my job requires be being in the office.
I started at 1 day, then after 6 months said I’m moving up to 2 days.
Now we are being told that we are all going to have to have a meeting with the senior manager plus the GM to “justify” our continuing WFH.
I’m pissed. I already have to justify my 2% pay rise each year, now I have to justify part of my employment agreement? What next? Justifying my annual leave package?
Me just trying to get work in general. 🥲
I get SO much more work done from home, I eat better, and I’m here to do laundry during the day. I can cook meals as soon as I clock off. I’m not clogging up the roads getting to and from the city. Everybody wins (except commercial real estate owners)
Only bad managers want people in the office 100% of the time.
So now you need to go to work, to use AI and watch it do your job, which will then replace you so you can go home… or does everyone just stand around in an office while AI works in the cloud.
I’m confused.
Anti WFH sentiment is driven by the mainstream media and real-estate interests. They NEED businesses to rent large office spaces in cities.. otherwise they lose money. So they pay money to fear monger.
It’s an absolute scam. WFH is the best
My CEO will not be pleased to hear this. He’s been ranting about how Melbourne is falling behind Brisbane on RTO, on top of the disappointment of people leaving work at the end of the day instead of putting in more hours
Yes stay off the roads and WFH!!
The now compulsory out of hours meetings can get fucked too.
To promote culture, just at the employees expense
But but but, what about the commercial properties?!? Won’t someone think of the landlords? /s
Yes my daughter has been asked to return to work for 5 days because of a new boss. She presently works 3 days at home and 2 in the office. My son thinks it’s a way Companies get rid of employees??
This is great for all the reasons listed above. One thing that I notice for my self is that going to the office forces me to interact with people and I think as we progress as a society this might become more important for younger generations who start work WFH. As these issues may take a while to surface, if they do at all.
Otherwise this is great
Work is what you do, not where you go. Hybrid working has allowed so many parents to get back to working full time.