Report: NYC City Workers create Petition to remain stay at home workers

[UpAndComing]

A Permanent Telework Policy and Telework Options for New York City Employees - Action Network


To: New York City employee unions, Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Council Members, and all candidates for New York City elected office
From: [Your Name]

"When the COVID-19 pandemic reached New York in early 2020, New York City did not have a telework policy. The City implemented a temporary telework policy and New York City employees have kept New York running throughout the pandemic. We proved that we can reliably and successfully telework. It is time for teleworking to become a permanent option for City employees. "


"While working side-by-side offers impromptu opportunities for collaboration and team building, technological advances have made these activities possible working remotely. We now know, much of what we do does not require us to be in-person to be efficient. On the contrary, there is good evidence from global studies that telework frees employees from common office-place distractions "

The workers really don't want to come back to the offices


But I don't think the NYC officials really would care about this. Those building leases have to get paid

Plus there are thousands of Building Workers that are out of a job because office workers are working from home

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

They don't want to hop in those rat infested subways rushing to work

 

[filial_piety]

Not surprised by this at all...some businesses, and departments have learned to make this work through all of this...if it works...why not?

 

[Ahadi]

Nobody wants to be micro-managed or have to get up early to take public transportation. You save so much money from being home.

 

[Rockstar Mom]

I agree. It’s been over a year since we’ve been working from home. So we clearly don’t NEED to be in the office to get the work done.

 

[Paper Boi]

i want to stay at work from home too, definitely never want to be full time in the office again.


that being said, i hope they got some iron clad contracts because the corporations might just say, yeah ok, we'll keep people remote, then go hire a bunch of people in a podunk state where they can pay them less money.

it's a dangerous game. i hope they win though because I really don't want to go back to getting up 2 hours before work every day or sitting in traffic.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Yet they will want others who provide service to them to come in to work

 

[Paper Boi]

Yet they will want others who provide service to them to come in to work

service jobs can't be performed from your home, my job can be performed anywhere there is a computer with internet access.

 

[UpAndComing]

i want to stay at work from home too, definitely never want to be full time in the office again.


that being said, i hope they got some iron clad contracts because the corporations might just say, yeah ok, we'll keep people remote, then go hire a bunch of people in a podunk state where they can pay them less money.

it's a dangerous game. i hope they win though because I really don't want to go back to getting up 2 hours before work every day or sitting in traffic.

Yeah this is my line of thinking. They better watch out. Corporations could easily use the logic of "Oh so you can do the work remotely, let us get cheaper labor elsewhere". Best Buy and Walmart already do that with having overseas customer call center agents

But in the end, this all wouldn't matter and people would go back to work in the office again. NYC wants to put money back into the MTA, Restaurants and Deli's will make more money with workers eating on their lunch break, retail stores will make money with workers buying something after their shift, etc. NYC makes alot of money with workers physically going to work

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

service jobs can't be performed from your home, my job can be performed anywhere there is a computer with internet access.

Uh uh nope

Take yo ass into the office


Put yo paisley tie on

nikka


Let Ted from HR tell u about how he thinks his best friend is bangin his wife

 

[Paper Boi]

Uh uh nope

Take yo ass into the office


Put yo paisley tie on

nikka


Let Ted from HR tell u about how he thinks his best friend is bangin his wife

i'm in california. we probably the last state going back to work.


thank you soon to be ex-governor newsom

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Fine be me

My company owns its building. That shyt is 51 stories

fukk em.

 

[Joe Budden]

nikkas in New York scared to look white men the eye.

 

[DuncanWebayama]

get them nikkas to work, I DON'T GIVE A FUKKKK!

YOU KNOW HOW LONG CHIT TAKES TO GET DONE WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHING IN THIS TELEWORK ERA!!!!!

I BEEN WAITING ON DOCUMENTS FOR 2 MONTHS, BUT THEY KEEP SAYING EVERYTHING IS BACKED UP DUE TO REMOTE WORK! GETCHYALL LAZY ASSES TO WORK!!!!!

 

[George's Dilemma]

I tell you, I don't want to go back to the office. No way no how. Or at least not 5 days a week. Company I work for is getting pressured or greased by the city to have a bunch of us back cuz restaurants were eating well off of us. Since working from home I've saved a little bit of money. Not paying for a parking lease, ordering out for lunch once a week, if even that, when before I'd eat out 3-5 times a week pre pandemic. I dont miss snowy commutes, rainy commutes, getting off on a Wednesday and its storming outside and everybody forgets how to drive all of a sudden and we're in neverending traffic. I don't miss small talk with coworkers. I dont miss nosy coworkers. I dont miss elevator conversations. I don't miss "brief" meetings where I have to be present despite having no input to give. I dont miss ordering something and one of my work wives overhears and she wants to order something too that she'll pay for fine enough, but she wont go pick it up, and her order is always messed up for some reason. I dont miss gossiping, cattyness, chatty Patty's.

Yeah, fukk onsite work.