Jane Hume said that it would be an "expectation" that "all members of the APS work from the office five days a week".

Farking hell, seriously? I work from the office 4-5 days a week (by choice, I like the separation) and I think that a 5 day RTOA mandate is just incredibly dumb. Let the people work from home. If office attendance is low use mostly carrots and incentives to get people in.

A more cynical take is that this is a way to get APS resignations and reduce the headcount.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/dutton-walks-back-public-service-wfh-plan/105141758

What the heck?! Every once in a while I'm reminded about the terrible work culture we have in the U.S.

TIL: "In 2016, the French government adopted a 'right to disconnect' law that allows workers the freedom to not respond to messages from employers outside of established working hours. Ireland, Belgium, Australia, and other nations have instituted similar restrictions."

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/04/work-email-slack-boundaries/682261/?gift=AtCraSRqNRvTUn7Ll1sj4TjgXed41CW0bU0rCY0drBI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Actually somewhat excited about work today, finally getting privs to an Azure PG instance and testing out some ETL. I've been prepared for months!

But I've been so demotivated by the forced RTO order from our governor that I barely recognize this feeling. It's how I used to feel on the regular, but now I just want to crawl in a corner and scheme with my union brothers and sisters.

Just imagine, if I could continue #WFH, I'd be motivated like this every day! But politics ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Try to focus on positives, you say?

Okay, it's Friday, I'm #WFH so had an extra hour of sleep, and I have a chiropractor appointment this evening so my workday ends one hour early.

That's it, everything else sucks. #MorningsSuck

Oh boy, we now have creepy monitoring software on our work laptops....

"It's for diagnostic use only! Honest!"

Also, "hi" to whoever tracked me typing this!

Hope coffee starts doing its thing before anyone in my Teams group notices that my status is set to "ZZZ". #WFH #MorningsSuck

Trying to get my brain back into "application analysis and design" mode, for the next big module of my current project. Good thing I'm #WFH and I'm alone. Bad thing when I realize I have a ton of new questions for my users, so I'll have to... talk to people. ugh.

Good piece. Abandoning work-from-home would affect women's flexibility, but also that of men who want to be better fathers.

#wfh

https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/i-was-an-absent-father-until-wfh-changed-everything-20250325-p5lmg7.html

Solo.

I have worked from home since 2013. I enjoy the opportunity to work from home and I am my most productive when I’m not in a cube farm, distracted by the sights and sounds of others around me.

I still miss being around coworkers once in a while.

I look out the window a lot.

WFC -Working from Cafe today!

I found a small cafe with “the best almost croissant’s in the world” and I can happily say it’s lived up to the reputation!

Many bosses across Wall Street and beyond have been doubling down on their return-to-office mandates for employees — but not all CFOs, or even CEOs, are drinking the RTO Kool-Aid.

https://www.cfodive.com/news/rto-plans-cfos-pandemic-remote-work-zoom/743804/ #Workplace #Work #RTO #WFH #RemoteWork #CFO

Tuesday 06:33
Technically a day off work on #PTO as I have a certain fun procedure tomorrow afternoon and start prep later today.
No solid food, no creamer, etc, so I shall be drinking Ginger Peach Black Tea this morning.

I was up in the middle of the night running #FoodBank end of month reports, with the most important part sending my CEO an email of information.
Once I sent that email I practically crashed out into bed.
Today will be a mixture of eating what I can, working on other reports & emails, lots of naps, and most importantly keeping out of Arianna's way as she works from home. #WFH

A friend of mine is visiting at lunchtime with a few items that he made for me.
I will post details afterwards.

So, as you can see I really don't have much to report today.
I hope that your day is as peaceful. If you do get stressed please feel free to reach out for a private chat. I am home all day.
Peter //O\

This is the guy who is apparently anti-WFH. Except when it works for himself, of course. #wfh #auspol https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-dutton-would-dodge-the-lodge-for-kirribilli-can-t-blame-him-but-is-this-wfh-or-wtf-20250331-p5lnup.html

I used a #qtpy #esp32 from @adafruit to make a small #iot stoplight. I also wrote a tiny app and deployed it on my #homelab. So now when I'm in meetings, or deeply focused on work, I can avoid disruptions #wfh

kind of excited to finish a project end-to-end instead of bailing at the first friction point

If someone can do this better, I'd love to see it
#RTO #WFH #BudgetCrisis

Depending on how you work, you might have a pair of earphones for work and a pair for everything else. The latest from EPOS aims to kill two birds with the one truly wireless stone. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2025/epos-readies-adapt-e1-wireless-anc-buds-for-work-play #headphones #news #noisecancellation #sound #trulywireless #cordless #cordlessearphones #epos #noisecancellation #typec #waterresistance #wfh #wireless #wirelessearphones

Any other #StateOfMinnesota worker bees on here? And if so, are you as pissed about the recent news as I am? Because I'm LIVID.

#WFH #Telework #RTO

Here's a beer to commiserate over.

The manager was like "as we discussed..."

Listen, just because you mentioned it in passing while you were grabbing a piece of office cake and coffee doesn't mean we had a discussion about it Linda.

I hate people.

The way that I am this close to buying this van and converting it into a tiny home on wheels. #wfh #vanlife

Today's Tuesday afternoon adjoining neighbor DJ special is, I believe, live cuts of Selena Gomez.

Which is an improvement over Reggaeton-Noise using a washing machine, grass trimmer, and a broken horn.
#WFH