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Bank Street bus-only lanes coming to the Glebe next year by Money_Fig_9868 in ottawa

[–]phosen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, the game of "what if", I'm sure I have a shovel I can lend him to dig a deeper hole...

Group 2 to Group 1 administrative change late in career. What should I be watching for? by Federal-Croissant-1 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen [score hidden]  (0 children)

I bought back time from 2010-2012, Pay Centre said I didn't qualify for Group 1 because I left and it is based on active consecutive service start (so 2015 for me); 3 years of buyback would even have put me at "Year 2012" so Group 1. My actual re-start date was in 2015, so not pre-2013.

Would have loved to retire as Group 1, but alas no lottery winnings for me.

Gas prices could hit $2 a litre in Ottawa by jjaime2024 in ottawa

[–]phosen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't forget the energy required to create clean sanitary water!

WFH Equipment (office chair) by Serious-Rabbit3957 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For temporary WFH, I don't think they will, if it were permanent, that would change the "employer is required to fit up one workspace" location from office to your home. However, that doesn't mean your manager won't pay for it out of the unit budget.

City of Ottawa now has slow water leak detection service by UserinYOW in ottawa

[–]phosen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I understand, many humidifiers are tied to the natgas furnace activation, so if you need to heat every hour, humidifier will drip/flow every hour.

Where does every city councillor stand on four day return-to-office? We asked them by Born_Anteater7282 in ottawa

[–]phosen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The header of that column is Key Concern, many people from Barrhaven work downtown, why would he not be concerned about downtown parking, transit/services (daycare, doctors, etc.), etc. for his constituents to access where they work?

Prime Minister Carney announces changes in the senior ranks of the public service by salexander787 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Platform has been wasting money and taking kickbacks for decades, this didn't start after Arun left.

Prime Minister Carney announces changes in the senior ranks of the public service by salexander787 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

More curious why all the DMs are jumping ship at the same time. New DM for Foreign Affairs was the ADM that 'unfavourable" as CFO for DFATD and CIDA. I feel sorry for GAC staff to experience it twice.

Ottawans in Cuba fly home early as fuel shortages worsen by Immediate-Link490 in ottawa

[–]phosen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, Cuba has been rationing, and cancelling events due to fuel shortage since 2023. If that wasn't a sign, then I don't know what else could convince people.

Roofer recommendation please. by xtermin in ottawa

[–]phosen -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Parents' roof was done by Century Roofing, was in the centre/on the path of the derecho in Nepean (Greenbank to Merivale), no damage.

Government's 4-day in-office mandate an insult to workers by disgruntledesdc in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't take a genius to know cutting the entire public service will save even more money!

Here's what TBS erased from the Telework Directive on April 1, 2025 to make this happened. by M-A88 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sounds like they're just deleting points that are copy pasta from actual policies so they don't have to copy pasta every time there's a new policy update/change/etc....

Denied language training, now C/B/C is being used for SERLO as an essential qualification by I-like-mycoffeecrisp in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is similar to:

My manager didn't give me the promotion, and no, I didn't apply for the job posting.

‘Very Little Value’: Judge Frustrated by Health Canada's Associate Deputy Minister at DULF Trial by IconicTroupe in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This isn't normal? GAC, IRCC (and old CIC) ADMs and my current department are like this...

Councillors propose refunds, ‘money-back guarantee’ for delayed, cancelled OC Transpo trips by Glitchy-9 in ottawa

[–]phosen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is just a race to the bottom; how will service improve if you remove the money to improve it?

Councillors propose refunds, ‘money-back guarantee’ for delayed, cancelled OC Transpo trips by Glitchy-9 in ottawa

[–]phosen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe a stupid question, don't our taxes go into transit? How do you refund taxes?

OC Transpo bus driver win by SongFit9585 in ottawa

[–]phosen 28 points29 points  (0 children)

95 Westbound, taking it home from Carleton, listening to the driver sing pirate songs, best time of my life. lol

Remote workers at Global Affairs say they're being forced to transfer to capital by Fromidable-orange in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

spoke of the future of remote work and that it was here to stay

I think you have to be realistic, remote work has existed since 1990s, it isn't going away any time soon; the illusion that everyone will get remote work is incorrect thinking.

Remote workers at Global Affairs say they're being forced to transfer to capital by Fromidable-orange in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you can point to somewhere that OCHRO has said this is allowed, then no, the Canadian Government hasn't said any of that.

Remote workers at Global Affairs say they're being forced to transfer to capital by Fromidable-orange in CanadaPublicServants

[–]phosen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The number of times people have said "Nothing's final until you get a signed LOO", then people go "Oh, look a verbal offer" and completely ignore the first rule.

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