Well, they call it the Home Office! More staff in Priti Patel’s ward work from home than FOR Jacob Rees-Mogg’s crackdown on WFH culture of officials
- Jacob Rees-Mogg has tried to end civil servants’ remote working culture
- Between February and June, an average of 46 percent of desks were occupied
- Whitehall source said Home Office ‘terrible’ about going back to work after Covid
Even more of the Home officeCivil servants are working from home than before Jacob Rees-Moggcrackdown on the culture of remote work.
In the last week of June, an average of 46 percent of desks in the Whitehall base were occupied, up from 61 percent in February.
This despite Jacob Rees-Mogg’s efforts to pry them out of their guest bedrooms and kitchen tables.
Mr Rees-Mogg’s attempts to end WFH so far have included censuses of people in Whitehall offices and the leaving of notes on empty desks in a move deemed offensive by unions. labeled.
The note, printed on government paper titled Mr. Rees-Mogg, was left on empty desks that read, “Looking forward to seeing you in the office soon.”
Even more Home Office officials are working from home than before Jacob Rees-Mogg’s crackdown on the culture of remote work (office shown)
As reported in the Telegrapha Whitehall source said the Home Office had been “terrible” to go back to work after Covid.
“With backlogs unresolved and public services underperforming, officials who refuse to work, as expected, are making fun of taxpayers,” she added.
The Telegraph reports that the latest office occupancy data shows that almost every department has returned more staff to the workplace since Rees-Mogg’s appearance.
The Department of Work and Pensions has increased its number from 32 percent in early February to 56 percent in late June, while the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is up 59 percent from 27 percent.
In the last week of June, an average of 46 percent of desks in the Whitehall base were occupied, up from 61 percent in February. This despite Jacob Rees-Mogg’s efforts to pry them out of their guest bedrooms and kitchen tables
Last month’s rail strikes had a dramatic impact on office occupancy, with departments across the board seeing a massive drop in those working at their desks.
Priti Patel’s Home Office was one of three departments with a lower office occupancy rate than February figures – and the Cabinet Office minister has threatened ministries with eviction if they don’t use their office spaces.
Glancing at the out-of-office culture that has spread in Whitehall, Rees-Mogg said, “My experience working from home is you spend an awful lot of time brewing another cup of coffee and then, you know, getting up, walking very slowly to the fridge, chopping off a small piece of cheese, then walking very slowly back to your laptop and then forgetting what you were doing.”
Rees-Mogg (pictured) claims that employees are “more productive, energetic, more full of ideas” when they are surrounded by colleagues. He says: ‘I believe in the work environment’
A note (pictured) left on empty desks in Whitehall by Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has campaigned for the return of the civil service and has recently begun patrolling offices
He states that employees are ‘more productive, energetic, full of ideas’ when they are surrounded by colleagues. He says: ‘I believe in the work environment.
“And I think that will help increase productivity, it will get our city centers moving during the weekdays and it will be good for public transport.
‘And many companies that have had a hard time benefit from that.’
Rees-Mogg’s comments echo Boris Johnson’s call for employees to return to the office, months after the government removed its Covid work from home tutoring.