Privately, civil servants are increasingly angry with political attacks re WFH. They point out:
1) lots of civil servants are back in Whitehall.
2) WFH allows more civil servants not to work in London, something the govt says it wants.
1) lots of civil servants are back in Whitehall.
2) WFH allows more civil servants not to work in London, something the govt says it wants.
3) it’s possible, depending how winter goes, more of us may have to WFH again anyway to relieve hospital pressure.
Two wider questions on WFH more generally
A) why isn’t this simply a question for free enterprise to consider?
B) part of the desire to WFH arises from..
Two wider questions on WFH more generally
A) why isn’t this simply a question for free enterprise to consider?
B) part of the desire to WFH arises from..
...a broken childcare system. This is something which, as I’ve said before, is a central part of this discussion always missed and for which at the moment there are no major proposals to reform.
https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1424723641615462401
Also worth pointing out the Conservative 2019 manifesto says that they would “encourage flexible working” and consult on “making it the default unless employers have good reason not to.” 
Several civil service sources pointing out that a) as a result of hot desking there aren’t enough desks anyway necessitating a certain level of wfh b) in some cases their office spaces have literally been sold off during the pandemic. Even those who want to go back can’t,
separately on this story one FCDO source says: “it doesn't even make sense. 1) Not every single person working on it needs to see the most sensitive stuff - a lot/most can be done from home. 2) Reality is the crisis centre that was working on it was largely staffed in person.”
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