All CA State employees ordered back to the office 4 days per week eff. July 1

[C-2]

Email just rolled across.

While I don't disagree with it...sure will make for a tough week. Yikes

Executive Order N-22-25

 

[C-2]

I guess there is a caveat that departments may consider their "operational needs". But the order states collab and training as the reason behind it...so we'll see what happens.

 

[FlyByWire]

Well, shit.

 

[C-2]

LOL, we have our priorities straight in our office....our lunch budget.

At DTLA prices, we will need to brown bag it.

 

[Bobby V]

Well, shit.

Isn’t your office your cruiser.

 

[bilz]

LOL, we have our priorities straight in our office....our lunch budget.

At DTLA prices, we will need to brown bag it.

Eastside market, half today, half tomorrow.

 

[ChumpChange]

I spent last week downtown at the courthouse and it’s sad down there. Need people to get back to work to revitalize that trash heap.

 

[4Waters]

Well, shit.

Yup, get back to the office fukr

 

[C-2]

Eastside market, half today, half tomorrow.

Love that place and you're right on the portion size.

 

[stonehenge]

I will believe it when I see it. LA city still has thousands of employee still working from poolside.

 

[Joker]

Yup, get back to the office fukr

I prefer he stay home.

 

[Orange Juice]

That could put a strain on the Uber system during rush hour.

 

[Bpracing1127]

I find this stupid making people go back to the office.

 

[FlyByWire]

I prefer he stay home.

Just put up a bunch of speed cameras and let us process them in our underwear.

 

[attitude]

That could put a strain on the Uber system during rush hour.

Except for people who cant drive, why would anyone take an Uber to work?

 

[napanutt]

Kind of hard to fill a pothole, clear a drain or remove debris from the road sitting at home in front of a computer.

 

[Orange Juice]

Kind of hard to fill a pothole, clear a drain or remove debris from the road sitting at home in front of a computer.

AI is going to handle those jobs.

 

[Orange Juice]

Except for people who cant drive, why would anyone take an Uber to work?

It’s gotten to the point where uber is cheaper than owning a car car payment, maintenance, and insurance.

The second car family is turning to Uber.

 

[Surformoto]

Traffic times just doubled

 

[Ultra...Good]

It’s gotten to the point where uber is cheaper than owning a car car payment, maintenance, and insurance.

The second car family is turning to Uber.

And parking. Both at home and destination.

 

[oldman]

I find this stupid making people go back to the office.

I found it stupid to call someone to either get a VM, or listen to them at the beach, park, Dland, and be told I don't have that info for you I'll get back to you.

 

[Xtrmwakeboarder]

MIL got the email from DHS as well. She likes being in the office, though.

 

[Wizard29]

I find this stupid making people go back to the office.

I do as well. It's not a one-size fits all approach. Some jobs definitely benefit from being in the office. Other jobs like mine have people scattered all over the country and we wouldn't all be in the same office no matter what. What are people in those situations supposed to do? Go to the office and sit on Teams meetings anyway?

I also end up working longer hours by working remotely. If I had to go in to the office and drive home after the day is over, I'm leaving on time and the day is over. No way I'm pulling my laptop back out when I get home and working until 6 or 7 like I sometimes do now. Whatever it is will wait until I'm back in the office the next day.

As long as productivity stays up and the jobs can be done well remotely, let them be remote. All this is about is whiny fucks complaining that they can't work remotely while other people do and management making "feel good" decisions to appease them.

 

[C-2]

And Metro recently reconfigured all the train routes and they are already packed full.

It will thin the herd of all the lazy asses for sure, and I'm good with that.

 

[C-2]

She likes being in the office, though.

Me too

 

[attitude]

It’s gotten to the point where uber is cheaper than owning a car car payment, maintenance, and insurance.

The second car family is turning to Uber.

That sounds like some Millennial/Gen Z bullshit to me.

It would cost $28.95 for me to get to work (23 miles away) at 7:50pm. Definitely not cheaper than owning a car lol.

 

[shintoooo]

So you guys have to start working now?

 

[Kachina26]

Wow, 4 days a week? I feel for you. Thoughts and prayers

 

[hallett21]

Sounds like some land lords need their buildings to be occupied again lol

 

[Loony Toon]

Why wait for July 1st?
Get back in the office NOW!!!!

 

[Joker]

Just put up a bunch of speed cameras and let us process them in our underwear.

Please put on some slacks when you show up in court.

 

[Ultra...Good]

So you guys have to start working now?

No, they just have to go there.

 

[PlanB]

I do as well. It's not a one-size fits all approach. Some jobs definitely benefit from being in the office. Other jobs like mine have people scattered all over the country and we wouldn't all be in the same office no matter what. What are people in those situations supposed to do? Go to the office and sit on Teams meetings anyway?

I also end up working longer hours by working remotely. If I had to go in to the office and drive home after the day is over, I'm leaving on time and the day is over. No way I'm pulling my laptop back out when I get home and working until 6 or 7 like I sometimes do now. Whatever it is will wait until I'm back in the office the next day.

As long as productivity stays up and the jobs can be done well remotely, let them be remote. All this is about is whiny fucks complaining that they can't work remotely while other people do and management making "feel good" decisions to appease them.

Yep. My wife is accountant and works for the state. She is actually more productive at home in her detached office than having to drive 30 miles to the office. Some people need to be in the office some don't.

They actually just started to downsize her office and made everyone clean their desks out. I guess the downsizing will have to stop.

 

[Riley1]

Why are they giving them so much time? 4 months? How about 4 days?

But I don’t live in CA. Probably shouldn’t care.

 

[4Waters]

Why are they giving them so much time? 4 months? How about 4 days?

But I don’t live in CA. Probably shouldn’t care.

Fiscal new year

 

[c_land]

That sounds like some Millennial/Gen Z bullshit to me.

It would cost $28.95 for me to get to work (23 miles away) at 7:50pm. Definitely not cheaper than owning a car lol.

That inmate is a weapons-grade moron.

The only reason he's not on the ignore list is the entertainment value .

 

[Riley1]

Fiscal new year

Always thought the “fiscal” year was October to October

 

[C-2]

No, they just have to go there.

I was just gonna say that

 

[4Waters]

Always thought the “fiscal” year was October to October

Ours is July 1st - June 30th

 

[Ultra...Good]

Always thought the “fiscal” year was October to October

I'm June to June. Always thought you could pick the quarter.

 

[Bpracing1127]

Yep as a remote employee in supply chain I am way more effective at home than in the office.

Also to the comment hearing someone at the beach or D land. Those people should be fired. No way in hell can I get away with that. Being remote I am actually monitored more than in the office.

The stories you hear about people doing that is not real life remote. In public and private those people should be fired period.

I’ll never go back to the office again.

So my point stands I think it’s stupid to send people back to the office. Again this is only for office type people.

Field people well sorry about your life choices

 

[Gelcoater]

So you guys have to start working now?

 

[shintoooo]

This is a direct result of DOGE. If these offices are sitting empty, CA will lose federal funding. It's really that simple.

 

[FROGMAN524]

This is a direct result of DOGE. If these offices are sitting empty, CA will lose federal funding. It's really that simple.

Gavin will just turn them into homeless shelters with state dollars

 

[Mr. C]

It’s gotten to the point where uber is cheaper than owning a car car payment, maintenance, and insurance.

The second car family is turning to Uber.

I hear this a lot with the younger people I Uber.
But I also drop and pick up so many people that have two cars in their driveway. Drop them at a grocery store or mall. Some I even pick up later. Makes no sense to me.

Some are just fucking lazy. Seriously have driven 17 yr olds less then 1/4 mile. Then picked them up a half hour later and drove them back that same 1/4 mile. SmH.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Yep as a remote employee in supply chain I am way more effective at home than in the office.

Also to the comment hearing someone at the beach or D land. Those people should be fired. No way in hell can I get away with that. Being remote I am actually monitored more than in the office.

The stories you hear about people doing that is not real life remote. In public and private those people should be fired period.

I’ll never go back to the office again.

So my point stands I think it’s stupid to send people back to the office. Again this is only for office type people.

Field people well sorry about your life choices

For starters, I'd like to say a friendly "F' off" about the comment about "field people"
Us field F'rs make a lot of life possible for you "desk pilots"

In all seriousness though, I really think that, for the most part, the private sector can do well with individuals working from home. It saves on office costs for the owners, and fuel and time for the employees. Good employees are, we'll, good. That's why they were hired and were able to keep the positions. Now, state and federal employees...they are a bit different. A lot of them did the bare minimum with their boss on the same floor. Putting their boss in a different county, with little to no oversight? Probably not the best or most efficient way to operate.

 

[Bobby V]

It’s gotten to the point where uber is cheaper than owning a car car payment, maintenance, and insurance.

The second car family is turning to Uber.

Yep. See it all the time. The lady that cleans my house car has been broken for a couple months now. For now she takes a UBER to my house with her cleaning supplies.

 

[oldman]

I hear this a lot with the younger people I Uber.
But I also drop and pick up so many people that have two cars in their driveway. Drop them at a grocery store or mall. Some I even pick up later. Makes no sense to me.

Some are just fucking lazy. Seriously have driven 17 yr olds less then 1/4 mile. Then picked them up a half hour later and drove them back that same 1/4 mile. SmH.

someone needs to cut off that CC.

 

[attitude]

Getting rid of work from home is also a good way to purge the workforce without raising the layoff red flag. I feel there is a lot of company’s doing this.

 

[gqchris]

Why are they giving them so much time? 4 months? How about 4 days?

But I don’t live in CA. Probably shouldn’t care.

They have to drive their Vans back to Cali. No more Nomad Lifestyle, Urban Camping and Off the Griddin Overlandin!