Public servants push back on hybrid work mode [Video]

Some public servants are pushing back on a hybrid work model introduced three months requiring employees to work from the office at least three days a week.

“There are more benefits to working from home than to going into the office,” said Christine Kozak who has been working for Service Canada for nearly 30 years and started working remotely since the pandemic.

Kozac lives in St-Leonard and works at a call centre in Longueuil. Prior to the pandemic, she said it took her an hour and a half to drive to work and that was on a good day.

“So just that, eliminating that, getting up in the morning saying ‘okay, I come in. I log in. I start my day.’ I’m happy as a clam. I love it, and I’m much more productive,” she said.

Another convenience of working from home is that Kozac can also take care of …