Level 3.5 for the Bureaucrats - Level 2 for the workers.

[Chief Stipe]

OK not exactly a racing post but one has to vent their displeasure some how.  Although in saying that there are some comparisons e.g. how many RITA staff in Petone or Parnell still working from home?

According to the DomPost - 35% of the Wellington City work force is still working from home.  The vast majority of course are the Wellington bureaucrats.  It was reported that this was unlikely to change before Christmas!!  No doubt in time for the various subsidised Christmas parties to happen.

Subsequently this change in Bureaucrat working behaviour (they are severely risk averse at the best of times) is having a huge impact on Wellington City economic activity but the surrounding regions are benefiting e.g. the Wairarapa, Kapiti and even Palmerston North.  I guess there will be a further subsidisation of the morning luxoury commuter train from Palmerston North via Levin, Otaki, Waikane and Paraparaumu which is now largely empty.

So while the rest of us (the people who pay the taxes to pay the bureaucrat wages) have been screaming for Level 2 and 1 to get on and get things rolling e.g. the racing industry the chosen few have decided they can work from home and maintain Level 3.  God forbid any bureaucrat dies from Covid-19!

Inland Revenue is a classic case - they centralised their Wellington offices to a brand new purpose built state of the art multi-storey building housing their 1,200 Wellington employees.  At the moment there are only 200 working there.  Presumably the rest are working from home and have a new allowance each week to pay for their broadband connection.  No doubt some have even got new laptops!  Meanwhile the rest of us keep paying!

I went to the local pub on Wednesday night my second visit in 8 weeks.  Lo and behold I found that keeping on at Level 3 BS at work is happening at Northpower!  They are staying in Level 3.  I said to the worker telling me this that he better go sit over at the empty table 4 metres away.

 

[curious]

I know a lot of people still operating at level 3 and working from home if possible is a level 2 recommendation anyway isn't it?

Edited May 29, 2020 by curious

[Chief Stipe]

40 minutes ago, curious said:

I know a lot of people still operating at level 3 and working from home if possible is a level 2 recommendation anyway isn't it?

Not primary producers, retailers, bus drivers, truck drivers, teachers......