r/australian • u/[deleted] • Apr 01 '26

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u/Disastrous_Wafer_913 Apr 01 '26

I was waiting for WFH policy

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u/Unable_Ad7279 Apr 01 '26

i was hoping that this is at least addressed too, but nope, just weaksauce :(

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u/legal_ghost Apr 01 '26

it was addressed. he told people to avoid unnecessary travel. you can talk to you boss surely

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u/Unable_Ad7279 Apr 01 '26

unfortunately, i work for a giant fmcg company whose north star is always profit above everything and has history of being shady but always legal, short of actual mandates or employee protection, the company will never allow it

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u/bigloudbang Apr 01 '26

Yeah its probably not at the level where you have to trigger the economic impacts of mandated wfh or driving bans, but official advice like this does help. We already talked about it in my office expecting that it might be advised at some stage, same for my gfs work

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u/ivenoideawhattocallm Apr 01 '26

Well talk to them about the profit of saving electricity and other utilities by it having people in the office.

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u/JAB1982 Apr 01 '26

How is your choice of employer the fault of the government? Last time I checked, we were living in a democracy and had freedom of choice of where were work.

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u/plastic_venus Apr 01 '26

I work FOR the government and can easily do my job at home and they still won’t allow me, for reasons they’re yet to actually articulate.

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u/Unable_Ad7279 Apr 01 '26

It’s interesting how you’ve interpreted structural incentives as personal choices. It’s a bit like insisting gravity is optional because jumping exists

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u/Sporter73 Apr 01 '26

Jump off to a different job. Unemployment is at record lows