I work in healthcare and have recently taken on a new job with a government body in my country.
The job means I transcend one specific area as it is largely to do with training and exercising for the entire geographical area (a large area with a large population).
I do not understand what I am seeing.
People openly don’t work.
If they work from home, they are realistically doing nothing.
This is known by team leaders and managers and yet it’s deemed acceptable.
I am very pro worker. I am a member of two unions. I believe that we should be moving to a 4 day week, and that our current system is appalling and weighted heavily against workers.
But what I am seeing also makes me upset. People aren’t working, and trying to get anything worthwhile or meaningful done is insanely hard.
This government agency is to do with environmental issues, and has extrinsic value and worth.
Is this just a culture shock, and this is a known thing for office work?
Or have I pulled back the curtain on government work for myself?