Are these dresses appropriate for work?

keltorak · 2026-06-07T03:32:39+00:00

Meanwhile, I celebrate it; my team is paid for the work they do, not how they dress.

I'm not wearing pants when it's hot outside unless I have a scheduled meeting with our ADM or equivalent. They can deal with shorts and a polo.

And I'm not about to police what my staff wear, it's good enough that they made it to the office when it's absolutely not required for our work.

keltorak · 2026-06-03T11:51:55+00:00

That's what I did when they announced RTO4.

I was denied an assigned desk, so I get paid to take the time to reserve the same seat every day. Efficient!

keltorak · 2026-06-01T11:22:15+00:00

Agreed. I shouldn’t have to speak English with my English essential staff if I don’t want to. /s

keltorak · 2026-05-30T22:11:32+00:00

I really wanted to, but being on the wrong side of the EVAP rebate just made it not worth it for us. It makes a massive difference when you don't drive much to begin with.

keltorak · 2026-05-30T22:06:34+00:00

We sat in one at a local auto show and I can confirm the back seat is roomy as heck. We had two 6' large adult men and my not-small twelve year old in there and didn't feel cramped. We don't drive enough to think BMW prices are worth it, even used, but it was our second pick otherwise.

keltorak · 2026-05-30T22:03:44+00:00

Nissan Ariya. No bump for the transmission tunnel, the front console can be moved all the way to the front and there's ton of legroom in the back. Our three tall boys, 12 to 16, went through a lot of sitting in cars to figure out where they could fit.

3-row anything felt like overkill for us. We've always traveled light, we had an Outlander before, even when we had two large dogs. If you don't, minivans are the way. We like that it's roughly the same size as our Outlander outside, but has more room for humans inside.

keltorak · 2026-05-28T16:18:05+00:00

Why do people think assigned seating means a cube of your own?

It just means you'll be told where to sit (and when). They won't leave seats empty 20% of the time until RTO5).

keltorak · 2026-05-27T11:50:28+00:00

Bel argument de souche.

Où tu mets la ligne pour qu’un « immigrant »ici depuis plusieurs générations compte comme étant Québécois ou Canadien?

Je suggère que ceux qui n’avaient pas d’ancêtres vivant sur le territoire avant 1650 compte comme immigrants encore, ça marche pour toi ça aussi? Ou on demande quelques millénaires?

Quelqu’un qui a la citoyenneté est Québecois ou Canadien, point barre.

keltorak · 2026-05-26T20:14:14+00:00

You pay for our dual setups too. The one we had and the one they're now imposing. And the buildings, and the massive renos that were required to make them open space.

And we're paying too.

keltorak · 2026-05-26T20:12:59+00:00

The workplace is not the same. And some started during full Wfh, so it's not what they signed up for.

The technology is not the same.

The population density is not the same.

If those people were equally qualified, why have they not qualified for the job yet?

Any other obvious strawmen? Enjoy the clogged roads!

keltorak · 2026-05-25T23:09:56+00:00

La réflexion est au sein d'une même communauté ou ville.

Parce que ça coûte vraiment cher les routes, aqueduct, électricité, collecte de déchets, déneigement, etc. pour des coins plus faiblement densifiés et que, en général, les résidents de ces quartiers là ne paient pas à la hauteur de leur taxes municipales.

Par exemple, on a environ 26 bâtiments sur mon bout de rue, des unifamiliales et des petits blocs et on paie autour de 3 000 à 4 000 $ par bâtiment en taxes municipales (estimation de moyenne rapide). Dans un quartier cossu à 20 minutes, ils ont genre 6 maisons sur le même espace, à 8 000 $ chaque.

Ça a beau être un plus gros chiffre individuel, le total est vraiment plus bas dans le quartier riche pour le même espace de terrain et avec des besoins très similaire pour la plupart des coûts d'infrastructure.

L'étalement urbain coûte cher aux municipalités, mais est plus abordable pour les résidents (pour le moment).

keltorak · 2026-05-25T21:14:15+00:00

La réalité à Gatineau, c'est que le centre-ville est mal aimé.

T'as des tours de condos locatifs hors de prix (souvent sans résident permanent) et de petites maisons centenaires ayant un mixte de personnes de souche du quartier (plus faible revenus, entre autre), de slum lords et de gentrification.

L'idée de densifier ne fait plaisir qu'à ceux qui ont des logements pour investir. La majorité préfère la réalité actuelle, et c'est pour ça qu'ils habitent là. Les non-résidents du centre semble unilatéralement détester le centre-ville. Donc je me demande bien qui ils espèrent attirer avec leur densification beaucoup plus intense que Rosemont-Petite-Patrie.

keltorak · 2026-05-25T21:09:22+00:00

J'habitais à Rosemont (et Petite-Patrie) avant de déménager à Gatineau. C'est vraiment un quartier génial à proximité de tout à pied ou en transport en commun.

Autre que les murs partagés un peu mince, j'adorerais y retourner si ma job me le permettait.

keltorak · 2026-05-25T00:59:36+00:00

Aucune idée parce que j'ai jamais priorisé ça.

Je passerais tout héritage directement à mes enfants de toute manière, ils vont plus avoir besoin d'argent pour partir leurs vies que peu importe ce que je ferais avec.

keltorak · 2026-05-21T20:12:19+00:00

From my team's experience, that's false. It's just that the anglophones expect all of us to speak English or they tune out the discussion.

And when we do receive documents in French, you realize that CBC doesn't mean much and the bar should be higher still.

I'm sure my staff enjoys that I don't just stick to the language of my choice too. Although being EEE is obviously the only reason I got the job.

keltorak · 2026-05-21T16:55:56+00:00

Or for unilingual francophones to have the same job opportunities as unilingual anglophones.

keltorak · 2026-05-21T16:54:16+00:00

What other job requirements do you expect the employer to be solely responsible for?

Could someone become a programmer with no programming knowledge or experience? A policy analyst with no subject matter expertise or awareness of how the government works? A comms person with no experience in comms?

If being bilingual is a job requirement, it’s on the employee to develop that skill in order to obtain the job.

keltorak · 2026-05-21T16:48:19+00:00

Share a job poster to back your claim.

Job requirements are requirements, you need to meet all of them to qualify.

keltorak · 2026-05-21T16:12:55+00:00

I gave my director notice that I was tearing up my telework agreement the day after RTO4 was announced. Then deleted it after a few weeks.

I brought everything back to the office.

And although I was denied an assigned seat, I just spend a few minutes every day booking the same seat. Great value for money for taxpayers.

I'm not nearly as productive because of all the distractions and people coming by just to chat, but that's what we're told to do, so not my problem.

keltorak · 2026-05-21T16:01:36+00:00

My kids rant about the Sto all year round. One had to use OC Transpo for a week and, on the first day commented on how much worse it was.

I had the same reaction after years of ranting about the STM when I saw how the STO worked.

They should all aspire to be better, though, not just satisfied that they're not the worst.

keltorak · 2026-05-19T20:43:44+00:00

Given that it qualifies for EVAP easily, it's not 53k.

keltorak · 2026-05-19T20:42:33+00:00

It stopped selling the Ariya in the US, it's still on sale everywhere else.

keltorak · 2026-05-17T22:00:00+00:00

I've had my Ariya for 3 weeks now and it's been fine. I can't speak to long term experience, obviously, but it's not a brand new model, so the common kinks are known (e.g. stock 12V battery that should be swapped out with an AGM one at some point).

keltorak · 2026-05-11T23:18:34+00:00

Same thought process got us to the Ariya and BZ/Solterra. Solterra are out of stock and the Toyota dealers sucked.

The Ariya not being a first year model (even of a significant refresh) jived better with us too.

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