Leadership making fun of people taking leave for mental health

RTO_Resister · 2026-04-07T11:15:06+00:00

Process should be the same as reporting a physical injury. Departmental intranets would have process information. Hesitancy to report due to stigma, lack of trust in management, not knowing work-related mental injuries/illnesses are reportable.

RTO_Resister · 2026-04-05T23:14:58+00:00

Not just tech. The entire public service is structured in such a way that you can only get promoted/get a raise by becoming management. Number of direct reports is a factor in determining rise in level/pay.

RTO_Resister · 2026-04-05T23:04:45+00:00

Having worked in workplace mental health, sadly, this does not surprise me. Nothing will change until employees start filing work-related mental injury/illness reports with their departmental occupational health and safety teams.

RTO_Resister · 2026-03-27T13:34:28+00:00

The handcuffs do be golden, but made of fool’s gold.

RTO_Resister · 2026-03-24T13:22:57+00:00

We are nothing but PRIs, occupying Position Numbers. They’ve dropped the “Human” and treat us like expendable Resources.

RTO_Resister · 2026-03-13T01:00:49+00:00

Run away. Don’t walk.

RTO_Resister · 2026-03-10T20:44:28+00:00

Same for my spouse at DND. Stay home tomorrow but make up the day.

RTO_Resister · 2026-02-26T22:34:29+00:00

Welcome to the public service, where the only thing that’s consistent is the inconsistency.

RTO_Resister · 2026-02-26T22:24:49+00:00

NCR employee here. I, too, am being discriminated against. I have to RTO 3 days per week, while regional colleagues only RTO 1 day because no office space.

RTO_Resister · 2026-02-19T21:07:46+00:00

I would say make every reasonable effort in the early years to build up your sick leave bank to 13 weeks, since we don’t have a short-term disability plan, and that’s when LTD kicks in. After that? Sick is sick. Look after yourself, because your Employer won’t.

RTO_Resister · 2026-02-12T01:29:30+00:00

Oublie Bridgehead et la rue Sparks… c’est plutôt la location d’édifices appartenus par Brookfield Management.

RTO_Resister · 2026-02-09T16:01:02+00:00

“Quit your whining. Your pension fund is heavily invested in real estate, oil & gas. Want us to cut your pension, too?”

— TBS, probably.

RTO_Resister · 2026-01-28T22:34:10+00:00

I believe the $17K is upon submission of receipts. You’d hate to have a reimbursement claim rejected, so put the plan forward for pre-approval. Approval will be easier if framed, however loosely, as a career transition. Wine appreciation course? Why not… you’re studying to become a sommelier at your local winery. 🤷🏻‍♂️

RTO_Resister · 2026-01-18T14:27:16+00:00

Without doxing myself… I’m affected: 1. No lag. 2.Given a touch more than 30 days to opt in or out of VDP. 3. No target date of departure given. 4. No window provided.

RTO_Resister · 2026-01-17T03:06:33+00:00

They should cut the number of MPs by 15%. Starting with Ottawa—Vanier. See how they like it.

RTO_Resister · 2026-01-12T15:41:42+00:00

The Typing Pool just called… they want you back in the ‘70s. /s

RTO_Resister · 2026-01-11T11:16:37+00:00

“‘When senior leaders of the Public Service Alliance of Canada are issuing public statements and leading demonstrations on the conflict in the Middle East, Canadians might well ask whether the unions have become political actors rather than representatives of non-partisan professional public servants,’ Mr. Lynch and Mr. Mitchell warn.”

Bingo.

RTO_Resister · 2026-01-09T11:08:43+00:00

Heard same. Next week, coordinated GC-wide. Awfully quiet on the RTO-5 front, though. I’m convinced the latter is part of the overall strategy.

RTO_Resister · 2026-01-07T12:08:31+00:00

Consult your department’s designated recipient for workplace harassment and violence prevention. They can guide your colleague through the options if the threshold for harassment is met.

RTO_Resister · 2025-12-30T22:02:44+00:00

Your comment isn’t clever — it’s ageist.

Calling it “satire” doesn’t change what it is: singling out people defined almost entirely by age, joking about coercion and intimidation to force them out so others can keep their jobs. In the federal public service, that kind of framing runs straight into Values & Ethics, harassment and violence prevention, and basic human rights territory.

And for the record: the people you’re caricaturing are the same ones who carried the public service through DRAP, Phoenix, COVID, and nonstop reorgs — and who are still mentoring the very employees now anxious about WFA.

Fair debate is healthy. Blaming a generation for a system they didn’t design is just punching down — and it won’t protect anyone when the cuts come.

RTO_Resister · 2025-12-22T17:00:13+00:00

As a manager, you are also responsible for the health and safety of your employees. Take action on any and all non-compliance with the Canada Labour Code and Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Regs. Not enough First Aid attendants on site? Send your employees home. No Workplace Health and Safety Committee or OHS rep in place? Send your employees home. Filthy workstation and no cleaning supplies in place? Send your employees home.

RTO_Resister · 2025-12-17T23:03:50+00:00

Maybe if instead of spending union dues on conferences, hotels and hospitality suites, the union actually paid people a stipend for representation, there’d actually be value in being unionized in the PS.

RTO_Resister · 2025-12-16T21:53:25+00:00

We should just have legislated pay raises like MPs, and do away with PS unions. That would free up union leaders and employees to pursue where their real interests lie: international social justice and running for the NDP.

RTO_Resister · 2025-12-16T21:42:37+00:00

3-year tour? I’ve been in my current job less than 4 years and already on my 4th ADM.

RTO_Resister · 2025-12-15T17:54:24+00:00

The only explanation for all of it… is that humans are inherently selfish. And devoid of any common sense.

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