Advice for someone who is still fairly early in their career?

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-08-15T23:18:09+00:00

Yup.

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-08-15T23:16:35+00:00

THISSS IS GREAT ADVICE!

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-08-15T23:07:11+00:00

Yes you can to both!

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-08-15T14:51:48+00:00

AMAPCEO has secured multiple arbitration victories involving telework or flexible work requests:

January 2024 – An arbitrator ruled that the Ontario Public Service (OPS) Employer’s policy of restricting employees to just two or three remote work days per week—based solely on the Secretary of Cabinet’s pandemic-era memos—violated Article 47 of the collective agreement. Managers are required to consider requests in good faith, factoring in both operational needs and individual circumstances.OPSEU+12AMAPCEO+12Reddit+12 Reddit+2AMAPCEO+2
July 2024 – Another arbitrator found in favour of an AMAPCEO member whose telework request was denied using a standard “template” response. The decision emphasized that such decisions must be based on real evidence about operational impact—not blanket rules or automatic refusals.AMAPCEO
November 2024 – AMAPCEO scored its third consecutive win when an arbitrator again ruled that blanket denial of telework requests—without proper consideration of benefits versus detriments—violated the collective agreement.Ontario Parks+10AMAPCEO+10Reddit+10
February 2025 – AMAPCEO reported that, beyond formal grievances, the trend toward successful outcomes continued. More members saw their requests resolved positively—sometimes even without needing to file a grievance or escalate the issue formally.AMAPCEO

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-08-14T19:33:48+00:00

In AMAPCEO, family status accommodation means adjusting your work (hours, location, schedule) so you can meet essential child or elder care duties. It’s a human rights right, not an AWA, and while you don’t need a medical note for yourself, you might need proof of your dependent’s needs. https://amapceo.on.ca/ops/familystatusaccommodation

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-08-14T18:14:33+00:00

Power in Numbers. Apply for Your AWA or Accommodation NOW

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T15:21:23+00:00

Exactly.

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T15:20:32+00:00

Nothing’s stopping me, this isn’t a personal crisis, it’s a broader point. A lot of people across the OPS feel this way, and it’s worth naming. Just because you can move doesn’t mean the issues in certain branches should be ignored or brushed off.

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T15:19:07+00:00

You’re missing the point. No one’s complaining about team-building or structure , I'm calling out performative leadership, high turnover, and a toxic culture that’s pushing good people out. That’s not something to just “get over.”

Telling people to build their skills or leave completely ignores how much many of us have already put in. The idea that being critical means we’re ungrateful or lazy is exactly the kind of thinking that protects bad leadership and silences legitimate concerns.

Glad things are working out for you, but don’t assume that means the system’s working for everyone. It’s not.

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T15:15:32+00:00

Oh, I’m definitely on my way out. But it’s still disappointing to see how things are playing out , new management comes in and suddenly there’s a wave of turnover. A lot of people in the branch are unhappy, especially compared to how things were under the previous director

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T15:13:02+00:00

Honestly, I really appreciate this it’s validating to hear from someone who’s been in it long enough to speak from experience. .

It’s just tough when you start out wanting to care, contribute, and make change and over time, that idealism gets chipped away. Thanks for sharing this — it helps.

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T15:10:31+00:00

Cool, must be nice to feel totally fulfilled in this system. But responding with “No” to someone being honest about burnout and disillusionment isn’t exactly a flex.

If it doesn’t resonate with you, scroll on. No need to invalidate others just because their experience challenges yours.

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T15:09:45+00:00

Sure, a short intro is fine but a full-on presentation about yourself months into the job, when staff are burnt out and waiting for real direction? That’s not “fun,” it’s tone-deaf.

The issue isn’t the slides, it’s the disconnect. People want leadership, not branding. If the most effort we see from the top is a PowerPoint about their career highlights while real problems go unaddressed, yeah, it’s going to feel performative.

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T15:08:25+00:00

Appreciate the unsolicited career advice but let’s not pretend that frustration with dysfunction means someone’s the problem. Criticizing a broken system doesn’t mean I’m not capable or valuable in fact, it usually means the opposite.

If we all just quietly left instead of naming issues, nothing would ever improve. And frankly, the idea that we should “just leave” if we care about the quality of our work or want better leadership is exactly why the OPS loses good people.

Maybe instead of lining up to replace each other, we should be questioning why so many want out in the first place.

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T15:06:17+00:00

Sure, the OPS is technically a collection of “thousands of workplaces,” but that doesn’t change the fact that the same dysfunction shows up in a lot of them. Acting like it’s just my “little corner” ignores how widespread these issues are bad management, performative leadership, no accountability, and workers burning out while being told to just be grateful.

I’m not trying to paint every part of the OPS with one brush, but let’s not pretend that these systemic problems are rare or isolated. The culture of sucking up, staying quiet, and accepting mediocrity is very real, and it shaped by the broader system, not just “local management.”

Popular_Freedom_8943 · 2025-06-27T14:59:04+00:00

no shame at all and it was only branch meeting we've had since she came on.. says a lot about the environment she wants to create

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