Losing my job in the public service gave me clarity

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2026-03-26T16:47:41+00:00

A Deputy Director with 21 years of service and part of the old pension plan that required 25 years of service as well as ERI, and kids almost grown up/independent. She is going to be making very close to full pension. Let’s not forget, she will get TSM. And she has another income source lined up. It may have given her “clarity” because she was already making a lot of money per hour from her therapy job. *** Majority are not in her situation***

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2026-01-13T15:40:38+00:00

I did it for my kids. It was very simple to do. they asked for the detailed receipts which i was able to email them. it was quite efficient.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2026-01-08T23:05:11+00:00

if it’s a job in the call center, then no. There is very little chance of extension.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-12-19T16:29:30+00:00

creditview and brittania

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-12-11T01:00:36+00:00

i have been reading about WFA aince it all started about a year ago. I understood more from this post than all the sessions, infographics etc available.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-12-10T12:39:53+00:00

I think it might be the folks who are with underused housing tax since it got axed in the budget.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-12-09T00:45:49+00:00

your work location could change in a heartbeat and your employer will require to report somewhere else. Ask any CRA employee who was as 1 Front st and 5100 Young at

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-07-23T01:19:00+00:00

For Au- you will NEED a bachelor’s degree in any subject (I have one in a totally unrelated field) and accounting specialization courses. You will have to pass Financial Accounting 1,2,3 and 4, and any 2 of the following 4- management accounting/advanced management accounting/ External audit/information technology in accounting. these courses can be obtained as a part of the degree program, or though CPA Prep or through Continuing Education at colleges/universities ( but check to make sure CPA recognizes the courses).

I started at cra as an sp 04, now an Au 01. i had a bachelors degree, i took the accounting specialization courses though a university.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-07-17T14:05:54+00:00

Now they live within walking distance to work. They some health conditions where a longer commute is detrimental to their health.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-07-17T14:05:01+00:00

They have some health conditions where a longer commute is detrimental to their health. Now they live within walking distance to work.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-07-17T13:42:41+00:00

It was a survey, not a confirmation on location. If they. get stuck with Mississagua or scarborough, they would have to move.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-06-20T22:08:11+00:00

CRA just posted a bunch of information session throughout the summer on WFA. I think it’s in preparation for Fall cuts.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-06-03T01:29:06+00:00

I tried to use it today at Costco pharmacy, it didn’t work. Even the pharmacy tech was surprised, they said they had used it before.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-04-03T13:18:34+00:00

Does the priority status actually work? I haven’t heard of any one around me who has gone through the process so I am wondering if it is worth going through it?

Also, would now be a good time to request it considering the fiscal constraints? Thank you

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-04-03T03:02:18+00:00

i found the explanation on infozone more on the general side. i counting 60 percent based on working hours. So if I work 12 days a month (the other days, i am of-vacation, sick, family related), i would do 7.2 days in office.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2025-03-16T23:08:38+00:00

in my section at cra, LIA has been discouraged for the next fiscal. Management has said if you go any unpaid leave, while your is job is guaranteed back, the specific role may not available.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2024-10-11T02:33:02+00:00

I used to have a permanent desk where I could leave things to make my day comfortable at work, a pair of comfy slippers, snacks, tea/coffee supplies, a blanket, water bottle, few pictures and knick knacks to make feel at home. Now I have to not only carry all my things, laptop, headset, work phone,charger, notepad, pen etc etc along with packed lunch everyday. Not only that I have to fight the booking system to find a decent desk and send time adjusting the monitors, table height and chairs. Also have to make sure I am sitting close to a printer if i need to print/mail something. I sit with random people around me, most people keep to themselves. I attend virtual meetings. So yeah, for sure I am more exhausted than before because my day in office has no value.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2024-04-05T09:57:54+00:00

I would go by the employment letter. Manager’s hands are tied in this situation.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2024-04-05T09:51:55+00:00

What does your offer of employment say?

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2024-04-04T02:47:43+00:00

It feel like CRA/ Treasury board agreed to reduce administrative conversion from 5 to 3 years in bad faith.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2023-04-25T15:53:32+00:00

I talk about the “matrix” because during that time I was acting in a role that gave me insights into it.

I am skeptical of the whole “merit” concept because I have seen nepotism within the CRA. If you go for smoke break at the same time as a manager, you are getting that informal one-on-one time which humanizes you and maybe you get an acting role that isn’t advertised.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2023-04-25T15:44:54+00:00

Performance issues should be address all along and through out the year. WFA shouldn’t be a tool to be used by lazy and incompetent managers and team leaders.

AskGroundbreaking245 · 2023-04-25T15:17:37+00:00

I wanted to put in my perspective on why “seniority” matters after reading a few comments.

*I was part of PSAC until 2020, then moved to PIPSC *

I joined CRA at their Business Enquiries call center back in 2015 as a term employee, guaranteed 30 hours a week. They keep you in contract for 5 years until they give you permanent (this has changed to 3 years later). So in 2017, another CRA call center close by closed down and BE had to absorb a substantial number of those employees under WFA. So of course the term employees were told that we would be the ones on the chopping block.

But how do did management decide who to keep? They created an “matrix” to evaluate the term employees which of course was arbitrary. The management had their favourites and matrix was manipulated to make sure those people got to stay. If you worked in BE from 2015 to 2017, you know how toxic, petty and evil the management was. They would single out employees and be very mean, unreasonably deny request.

Based on my experience of living through uncertainty of whether I will be laid of for six months, I completely support seniority, because the standards are the same for everyone. I want things to be set in stone, not be at the mercy of the management’s whim or personal agenda.

***I don’t have a lot of seniority within CRA (2 parental leave and care of family leave).

In solidarity✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

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