Interesting and some what counter intuitive announcement from the government about civil servants having to return to the office in central london to make maximum use of the office estate - rather than any efficiency argument or engagement considerations.
Unlikely I think to be followed by many in the private sector.
Jacob Rees-Mogg calls for civil servants to return to the office www.bbc.co.uk/.../uk-politics-61145692
Read that, too Keith. Public sector too also looking at it's estate. Our council is now consolidating its primary office activities in one single location as we do not need two large buildings to accommodate the workforce. The pandemic accelerated the adoption of flexible and agile working and we have a 'ways of working' workstream looking at repurposing the Town Hall space around the activities staff need to come into the office for. The second site is also hugely energy inefficient so we want to release it for redevelopment - e.g. social housing.
This is usually more an issue with culture, systems readiness or 'computer says no'... than the location of work per se.
David said:It's ok for the government departments to work wherever is most efficient but not at the expense of the general populace re: DVLA
Isn't the issue here to do with poor management, inefficient systems and just a very dysfunctional organisation. Many many organisations doing things as complex and far more complex than issuing drivers licences managed to pivot successfully to hybrid/working from home. The fact that DVLC didn't manage to isn't to my mind an argument against hybrid working or an argument for forcing people back to a 1950s model of working.
