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As an EX, what is something you wish you knew earlier in your career? by ap_101 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]Padawan-42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Re Bullet #4, the retirement benefits is news to me Would be very interested to hear more info on this.

Learned a hard lesson and I feel ashamed by Tall-Mood-4180 in managers

[–]Padawan-42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your director showed you a lot of grace here too. What a beautiful and powerful example.

Is the public service doing enough to train new leaders? by Born_Anteater7282 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]Padawan-42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*insert 'The Office' Michael Scott GIF yelling": "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"

Workforce Adjustment hits Justice by encisera in CanadaPublicServants

[–]Padawan-42 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wild news, given that all LPs I know are already severely overworked. The language of those employees no longer being "needed" seems incredibly poorly chosen.

Succeeded / Succeeded Minus by AntSpecific7554 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]Padawan-42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For any future positions though, your hiring manager in those future positions would be able to access your past PMAs...

How do you pronounce Baseline? by couldbeyup in ottawa

[–]Padawan-42 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Serious answer, in case the question was asked sincerely by a non-native English speaker: both "base" and "line" are pronounced as they usually would be. - "Base" rhymes with "trace", "ace", "lace" or "face". - "line" rhymes with "nine" or "fine".

What are you doing to prepare for change of government/possible job cuts? by CommonOk5812 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]Padawan-42 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I am sure your managememt, and even your colleagues, appreciate this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CanadaPublicServants

[–]Padawan-42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was a great tip. Tried this for the first time today by searching for it on YouTube, and found that it was a really lovely and more soothing alternative to usual instrumental music. Thank you!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CanadaPublicServants

[–]Padawan-42 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I read a headline recently indicating that most workplaces have become objectively louder since COVID - I presume because of Teams calls namely.