The Bare Minimum- Setting the standard? PLEASE SHARE
Good morning and happy Sunday!
We are closing in on two thousand signatures for this petition!!!
I have been told that the MTA IT dept has released its telecommuting policy. Talk about doing the bare minimum.
Let's hope other departments and agencies don't follow this model.
While it's great that they listen to us, it is not enough.
We also want to give all supervisors the discretion to make it full-time based on the employee's performance. Office time should be limited to rare events.
I am sure that at any recruitment drives they have one of the main questions will be about this. Don't discourage talent before they even submit for a position...
MTA IT has been doing it since 2018 full time without ANY issues...
As I previously said, I received emails from four colleagues telling me they are leaving for the private sector, which allows them to work from home. That is now up to six.
Paying the price for office returns
Don’t make your employees commute an hour or more each way to sit in a box.
Workers who find the return to office challenging can chalk up one more reason: inflation. Beyond losing the convenience and other advantages of working from home, employees are finding the cost of buying lunch or commuting has risen drastically since the pandemic closed offices two years ago. Menu prices have increased the most on an annual basis since 1981. Gas prices are surging, affecting the cost of commuting, either by car or public transportation. And while consumer prices have reached four-decade highs, wages are not rising as fast. Especially ours.
For years, wage negotiation has centered on how much workers EARN in terms of salary and benefits.
It's well past time to discuss how much workers SPEND to do their work.
When workers compare how much they SPEND working from home to how much they SPEND going to the office to complete the same tasks -- that sum needs to be factored into any "rto" scenario.
A return to the office represents a massive cut in income for many. These are often employees who kept the business afloat during an unprecedented time in history.
A great reckoning is in order.
For many workers, traveling to the office could mean giving up two or more hours a day that had been recaptured during the pandemic. Some employees were using that time for personal endeavors. Others were using it to work more. Either way, much of that time will be lost during the return.
Also, if you're not getting a sizeable raise, it's costing employees to drive just to the office, given gas has increased over 30%, plus double-digit inflation.
Given the labor shortage, it's an employee market, so we'll see how this plays out over the next couple of months. #remotework #greatresignation #retentionmanagement #employeeappreciation #employeebenefits #freebenefit
Remote work is better for wallets and not to mention the environment. If you aren't giving your employees a commuting stipend and adjusting salaries for inflation, don't mandate they be in an office. The world changed. So did the way we work!
PLEASE SHARE WITH ALL NY STATE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SUPPORTERS
Thank you
Be Safe
Varnessa