Nish

Working with local government & embracing my inner polymath. Posts/RTs on public sector, remote work & anything I find interesting!

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

The % of workers who plan to quit their jobs has fallen to its lowest level since the start of the NY Fed's survey.

People who have a job are not giving them up right now

[Nish @nish_psc]

Can't wait!

[Orianna Rosa Royle @Oriannarosa]

As boomer and Gen X bosses retire, working from home will make a major comeback, new research predicts—and you've got Gen Z to thank for that! @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/JS2kc0xZG3

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

The five-day workweek is a pillar of modern life, but it isn’t backed by science, ancient wisdom, or divine decree. It’s simply a relic of the industrial age—and it’s time for an upgrade. What if we could accomplish more while working fewer days?

Four-day-workweek pioneer Joe O’Connor and journalist Jared Lindzon offer a groundbreaking, data-driven exploration of why a four-day workweek isn’t merely possible—it’s necessary in the age of artificial intelligence.

"Do More in Four" is available today.

[Nish @nish_psc]

Amazing! Something for RTO advocates to consider :)

[Nish @nish_psc]

https://t.co/jenzapt05E

[Globe Investor @globeinvestor]

From factory floors to office towers: the 40-year shift in Canadian employment https://t.co/phBu0edfkO

[Nish @nish_psc]

https://t.co/NM0uiOspCb

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Forcing people back to the office backfires.

Data on >3M tech & finance workers: After return-to-office mandates, firms lose stars and struggle to attract new talent. The most likely to quit are senior, skilled, & female employees.

Flexibility is a feature of a great workplace.

[Nish @nish_psc]

The public service’s RTO policy needs to balance employees’ needs, too: https://t.co/swkGn0J254

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

“If you trusted an individual enough to hire them, you also should trust them enough to get work done when and where they prefer.” https://t.co/xbfaYNCz5f

[Nish @nish_psc]

As someone who's about to embark on parental leave, this resonates so much!

[Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social @ScottKatherineJ]

Parental leave under EI doesn’t provide sufficient support to new parents confronting economic uncertainty & sky-high living costs. A new report from @ccpa costs options for delivering better support, looking to QC’s program for inspiration. https://t.co/lYSi6VVvnt #cdnpoli

[Nish @nish_psc]

Can a machine fairly decide who deserves welfare? https://t.co/LBaDFfWbs4

[Nish @nish_psc]

https://t.co/iZylWQkptz

[Nish @nish_psc]

Canada’s score increased compared to last year, meaning its drop in the rankings is a result of other countries improving. It ranked 7th on Remote Technology Inc.’s Global Life-Work Balance Index 2025, falling from 5th last year https://t.co/Id4fUGb9G1

[Nish @nish_psc]

Some employees won’t be affected by the changes, according to the memo, due to the nature of their work, with those on the global client-experience centre and Canadian banking collections teams seeing no change in their work-from-home arrangements.

[Nish @nish_psc]

Toronto-based Scotiabank said it will require teams with “real estate capacity” to increase their days spent working in the office to “4+ days per week,” according to an internal memo https://t.co/khhLOL5AbV

[Nish @nish_psc]

In fact there is data that the more flexible companies are growing faster and more flexibly!

[Nish @nish_psc]

Despite the headlines of companies insisting people return to work the real flow is in the opposite direction. Research does not prove that #RTO changes a company's success metrics but it does result in a 10% attrition. h/t Prithwiraj Choudhury, HBS

[Nish @nish_psc]

Despite what you might think from news headlines, only 33% of US firms require Full Time In Office—only slightly increased from 31% in Q2 2024.
https://t.co/2KG8Avcl5m