u/Expensive-Minute994

many of my close friends got letters in the past two months after consistently being told that their branches would be safe for a while.

8 from the core federal public service, 3 from a crown corporation. all long term, dedicated people. i am okay so far together with another friend from university.

most of us now think that the actual targets are higher and they are doing it in phases to manage the outburst.

RTO 4 may or maynot ve related but I have lost confidence in this government a while ago and I am demoralized beyond belief.

no proper contingency or plan other than billions over billions of defence spending as well as direct corporate handouts disguised as public investments(paying companies directly to build stuff they will own themselves). Carney will need to cut everything to be able to pay for the stuff he is buying.

the news is everywhere but slowly trickling in. i saw an article about a $50billion deficit a few days ago. where will this money come from!?!

this morning it was 27.6 at my office. a lot of people left. i stayed because i am afraid…sad but true

what is the policy? i was unable to find anything. i am a newer employee and i am starting to see that many things are not written or official here

we were told that it would be up to our own manager to approve this. is that right?

he works in BC and will not log in for 3 more hours. i could take a risk and leave but i’m not there yet.

edit: thanks everyone. 3.5hrs later we are at 25.8 and one third of people left to work from home.

i need a new mattress and i wasnunablento find any Douglas or other Canadian brands in Ottawa.

Any suggestions?(looking to try in store before I buy)

I have lived in Ottawa for 20 years.

I started as an entry level office worker. I bought a cheap/second hand car. Parking was never a problem. I took the bus if I wanted to have a few drinks on a friday or saturday night. the university kids were all drunk on the bus. it was fine.

I loved Ottawa because it was a big city and a small town at the same time. i have a minor physical disability and it was never a problem

Now I am a team lead at a larger company. i have supposedly paid my dues and “moved up”. i know many countries are struggling with the ever increasing wealth gap so i wont talk much about it but the additional costs/deterioration of public transport (financial and other) and parking seem to be a much bigger problem here-compared to the rest of the world.

parking downtown is almost as expensive as a car payment-if you can find a spot. public transport is expensive, slow, sometimes unsafe, often dirty and extremely time consuming-and therefore exhausting. i feel sick after a long commute changing multiple busses/trains before I even start my work day. it is another story after work. i feel absolutely exhausted when i get off the train at home. i do not know how long i can keep this up.

i feel stuck. most powerful politicians are obviously not interested in fixing this mess. many of us are overworked and have no energy to protest and there seem to be no other options. public servants going back to the office for no reason doesnt help with parking/crowded busses either.

how did we get here?

isn‘t there a way out?

feeling stuck. demoralized.

long rant / cry for help

i am trying to figure out why many other countries can do public transit well while we pay billions more for this nightmare.

cities get bigger…investments in public transit, healthcare, policing, education don’t keep up. is that it? so back to income inequality and the resources going to the very top? we deserve better.