Shot in the Dark

The Inhumanity

Governor Walz, throwing Saint Paul’s ailing downtown a much-needed bone, calls state employees back to the office…

…a little:

 

Sure, much of the private sector never left the office (or work site), and much of the rest of the free market world has re-adapted.

But not Minnesota’s oh-so special state government union employees:

And they’re putting teeth into their whining:

My big question:  how many of them need to come back, not only to the Saint Paul, but to Minnesota. 

Or the US.

Or Earth?

I thought I was getting a little carried away with that last one, but the more I think about it…

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12 responses to “The Inhumanity”

  1. Greg Avatar
    Greg

    OMG! OMG! OMG!

    Walz is proving to be an authoritarian fascist. He….he…he…..is WORSE THAN TRUMP!!!

  2. bikebubba Avatar
    bikebubba

    You know, there are indeed times when I think Musk has “stepped in it” by not “following the process” for eliminating workers and such, but at another level, I really do think that the concept of “DOGE” has a lot of virtue. At the very least, let people know what’s going on.

    And although I’m working from home today, it’s still really key for a lot of workers to actually see their colleagues and mix with them. So if someone does not understand and appreciate this, they really need to either repent or be let go. (and repent before their next job starts)

  3. donlokk Avatar
    donlokk

    Well, during my years as a state employee I was out of the office well over 50% of the time…in International Falls, Morris, Mankato and every other county seat. Just not at home.😀

  4. Bill C Avatar
    Bill C

    Next thing you know, Walz will ask every state employee to list 4 things they did last week. Because listing 5 things is just too difficult.

    If it’s possible to have less than zero/negative sympathy, I’ve sure got that when it comes to the “problems” that public sector employees experience. Why? Because their salary/wage is generated at gunpoint.

  5. JamesPh Avatar
    JamesPh

    Based on first-hand experience as a supervisor, government employees “working” from home is a joke. Gov. Newsom is finally calling back California state employees 4 days a week starting July 1 (see, he really is conservative!). Unfortunately for California, the Governor kind of gave away the store and allowed “telework” as part of collective bargaining agreements, so it will have to play out in the courts.

  6. SmithStCrx Avatar
    SmithStCrx

    One of the reports I’ve seen says this only applies to employees that live within 75 miles of the office. WTF?!?! Why is it dependent on the employee’s residency and not the position held?

  7. ArthurRadley Avatar
    ArthurRadley

    How are they gonna explain this to HR at their 2nd job?

    I would make them get a booster clot shot, too.

  8. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    Arthur;
    Ha! Good point, but I would add, who’s going to run their company that they started while raking in taxpayer cash?

    This is anecdotal, but a friend of mine that is connected into the DC swamp pretty well, told me that in a first pass before the call back to work, they found over 150 people running their own businesses. Of course, a few of them were dumb enough to out themselves when they used that as a reason that returning to the office, would be detrimental.

  9. Greg Avatar
    Greg

    Well, to be honest.

    I spent 20 years as a state employee and found that I was most productive working at home. Almost twice as productive. Granted, these were times when I was a heads-down programmer and my boss encouraged it as long as I met my deadlines.

    Almost 30 years ago, Microsoft did a study on the productivity of software developers and found that it took nearly an hour to achieve a level of concentration that was most productive.

    A single phone call or email broke that concentration, so they implemented a do-not-disturb policy for mornings.

    Some people can handle it, some cannot, but the loads will screw off no matter where they are, but at least if you are working from home, they can’t wander into your cube to wail about their personal issues.

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  11. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    Greg,
    Interruptions, whether unintentional or self imposed, are a problem.

    As a sales geek, I have worked for three companies that had dedicated prospecting time for the first three hours of the day, at least two days per week. In fact, I implemented that policy when I was a sales manager and we just had phones. During these times, support staff were banned from interrupting the sales people .

    Further, a friend of mine, who worked for Ricoh, told me about their planning for installing printers and copiers in an environment, to maximize productivity. These devices were placed where they could be utilized by large numbers of workers, but avoid placement near restrooms and lunch/break rooms.

  12. nerdbert Avatar
    nerdbert

    I design chips. Same as programmers, even our manager agreed we were significantly more productive during ‘vid when we were working from home.

    And for decades I spent 80% of my time working from home. The number of coworkers on site in my group is 1-2, so all the meetings and chats are online anyway.

    Doesn’t matter, though. The CEO wants us in the office, so in the office we go. There are more complaints about schedule slips, but hey, the CEO is happy that the building he’s paying for is getting used.

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