He talks a good game. Too bad when his state employees are bargaining for these same things, it’s a different story. Fighting against him for higher wages, fighting against him for a RTO mandate that causes increased cost and financial burden and restricts upward mobility opportunities. Hypocrisy.
Alrighty, let's get this going.
I think we need to get organized and strike without our useless union. They are probably going to sign another nda while negotiating.
Since we've already given up our raise for the year, maybe give up the telework stipend and leave telework alone.
I'm guessing a savings of $90 million +
Thoughts
I thought I’d ask because i’m sure this is on everyone’s mind, but where is SEIU with RTO? July 1st is around the corner and it’s pretty quiet in here. Will we be getting any updates soon?
I've heard multiple departments were denied BCPs for funding RTO. My own department is currently sharing cubes, not sure if they've purchased anything RTO related during the one year pause but we were told we had very little funds and even had a hiring freeze ending July 1st.
How the heck are departments going to fund this?/ Are they even trying?
Hey guys,
After my agency announced that we would be going back to the office full time, I decided to update my resume and start practicing my interview skills again. Since then, I’ve gotten quite a few interviews and already received two job offers. One of them offered almost double my current State salary, with only 2 days in office and 3 days WFH.
When I first joined the State from the private sector, I took a pretty big pay cut in exchange for the flexibility of working from home. To me, avoiding sitting in traffic for an hour each way was worth the lower salary at the time. But with RTO now being pushed, that trade-off no longer makes sense for me.
I’ve seen this sub filled with RTO posts lately, and honestly, I understand why people are angry. A lot of us feel like this decision negativity effects everyone except for one person and you know who *cough*
One thing I do want to say though: unless you’re heavily vested (20 years plus) or close to retirement it may be worth at least looking around and planning your next exit move. City, county, and private sector jobs are all options. And imho, with the current situation, the grass is greener on the other side.
I have about 8 years with the State, and there’s just no way I can realistically see myself riding this out until I’m 60 years old under these conditions.
Yes, the job market is rough right now, but don’t underestimate the value of government experience on your resume. It absolutely helps.
I’m also not completely shutting the door on the State. There’s a good chance I may come back later down the road and continue my benefits from where I left off if things get better.
A little advice, don’t leave until you already have another offer lined up. Do this, and the risk is almost zero.
Good luck to everyone dealing with this situation. Maybe if enough experienced workers start leaving, the next governor will finally realize how damaging these decisions are and won’t make the same mistake again.
Everyday the cost of living in California continues to skyrocket, and our pay as public employees continues to be inadequate. To me it seems obvious that California's leaders have continued to prioritize their own gain over the greater good of the public and those who serve the public.
Every all-employee meeting we have the same question about pay disparity comes up. Our leaders respond in the same way in that they agree its wrong, but then turn around and do nothing. At minimum our leaders could publicly acknowledge the disparity and show their support, be present with the union bargaining and genuinely stand with us, but it seems that none of our leaders want to stick their neck out to show their support, or they are just disingenuous and continue to placate us.
Years ago you could afford a nice single family home on a single teacher's salary in California, now 2 state employees combined income is a far cry from home ownership, or just keeping up on your bills and cost of living.
At what point do we stop waiting for leadership to care enough to help, and we organize to show our frustration publicly?
EDIT: Yes, I understand there is a no strike clause in the contract, but the union can strike due to impasse.
So nice to see you all again!
The CAPS-UAW RTO working group member is back with a new way you can join the 4-day RTO fight.
If our collaborator-in-chief “gets it done” and we are all back in office 4 days a week in a little over a month we’ll get to experience the joys of overhearing 15 simultaneous Teams calls, collaborating via hallway small talk, and paying ~$260 a week to do the same work from a less comfortable chair. Don’t worry though because we’ll get to relieve stress by interacting with therapy critters like the star of our latest Instagram post 🪳✨.
Do you have any other workplace friends Gavin would enjoy seeing? Mice? Roaches? Mystery breakroom fauna? Use our workplace issue reporting form and select “Health and safety issues” to share your pictures with us so we can make sure our Governor isn’t lonely!
I’ll be back very soon with more ways to join the fight, but I’ve got to return some software at Best Buy.
PS I’ve heard the weather is supposed to be beautiful on June 3rd.
Send them this and report it to the union as well...Do not comply to some half baked garbage seating situation.
https://www.dgs.ca.gov/Resources/SAM/TOC/100/181
"Office-centered telework: A teleworker is considered Office-centered if they work more than fifty percent from the office. Office-centered teleworkers maintain a dedicated work station in the office and utilize their own equipment or department provided mobile equipment for teleworking at their designated alternate work location."
Sometimes I use copilot for grammar check.
My manager is real picky with grammar.
Can a manager see if someone uses copilot not just for grammar sometimes for work assignments.
RTO has won, and I am relocating my family. Absolutely devastating, but I need to be realistic.
I currently live in the Sierra’s on my dream property, raising my 2 kids, on acreage. No neighbors, birds singing, great recreation… all the good things in life.
However, after being hired fully remote, the EO from the top came down, and as you all know there’s a real chance we have to RTO 4 days a week. After really long and difficult discussions with my spouse, we will be moving closer to work.
Running the numbers; we could realistically reduce our household transportation and commute-related expenses by approximately $1,200–$1,500 per month. Plus, I am saving hundreds of hours per year in commuting time.
Taking it a bit further, we want to be strategic and find somewhere along the Amtrak/transit line so I can remove gas and parking from the equation (numbers referenced above).
Even if the RTO gets pushed back again until 2027, the same conversation will come back again and again. I am also cautiously optimistic regarding AB 1729, and if it passes I will be moving somewhere far, far away. With a new kid, however, it is a risky decision to go all in on 1729.
This pivot was unexpected, but I have to do what’s best for my family in anticipation of the 4 day transition back to Sacramento.
But hey…. Fire insurance should be easier to get?
Thanks for the rant, have a good rest of your week.
Directorate just sent out the email stating they are complying with the EO.
I have an older coworker who I suspect is not even trying at this point. Our manager told them to upload a document and share it with the team. I've taught them many times how to do that. It's literally a 10 second process of dragging and dropping a document to upload. They still ask me to do it for them. I have my own damn work to do and don't want to help them. Our manager assigned something to them during our team meeting. We spent 5 minutes discussing it and I added all the content. Our manager then told them to expand on it and send it to the team the next day. My coworker waited until the next day to send it to me and asked if I had anything to add. I looked at his document and he literally added nothing. It was everything I added during our team meeting. What's even worse is he used Copilot to send me the email. It's filled with emdashes. He couldn't even bother to write a 2 sentence email without Copilot.
I think he's checked out at this point cause he can retire whenever he wants. He's a nice guy and we get along, but I don't want to help him anymore. It's honestly annoying, but I also don't want to throw him under the bus to our manager. What the hell am I supposed to do? We're already short on staff cause HR isn't letting us backfill an analyst position that's been open for 2 years.
Colleagues,
Your contributions in helping us to provide public services make a meaningful difference every day for Californians. As part of this commitment to public service, we also recognize the importance of aligning our operations with statewide policies.
We are moving ahead with making our operations consistent with the Governor's March 3, 2025, return to office executive order which will go into-effect July 1, 2026.
The implementation of a default minimum of four in-person days per week is a statewide requirement for agencies and departments, consistent with Executive Order N-22-25 and quidance released by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR).
In implementing the executive order, DHCS will continue to to operate a hybrid work model, which includes various combinations of remote work and in-person engagement to meet business and operational needs.
As DHCS implements its plan consistent with the intent and requirements of the executive order, management will provide further guidance to address role-specific details regarding your hybrid work schedule and in-office reporting requirements.
Thank you.
What if we all collectively just worked from home instead of going into office? They can’t fire us all, right?
Need $8,000 by end of day tomorrow.
Currently at $7,300. We can do this! Now $7,800! We got this!
Screenshot is outdated for some reason, we're further than that.
I want to mention I can't take credit for organizing this, those thanks go to another of us.
I understand that everyone is distraught right now about the RTO information going out currently.
Does anyone else feel like this rhetoric is very similar to last year? Meaning that there is still plenty of hope to be had that another delay or deal is worked out in the 11th hour?
Just wondering where people's heads are at and why there seems to be a feeling that this time is different.
Can anyone share what the background investigation for SCIF consists of? Is it just criminal background check? This is for a Non-LE position. Any insight is appreciated!