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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do all of these administrative staff people do their jobs remotely? Seems like BS. [/quote]

I'm not administrative staff, but that seems like the type of position most conducive to WFH.  [/quote]

An admin is the last person who needs to be on site, unless to prepare for an in person meeting?[/quote]

My admin works from home 3 days a week and I hate it. When she’s not there I end up doing her job just because it’s faster than trying to get in contact for her so I can tell her what I need her to do. I’m going to either require her to move to at least 4 days/replace her in the near future.[/quote]

The problem is your management. Why do you let her be out of contact? My admin is always reachable because she knows my expectations [/quote]

NP. My admin is "reachable" in the sense that I have reached her: in a session with her trainer, "working" from the beach, on the bus on the way to work (1 hour after her start time). She says as long as she has her phone, she is on the clock. Our policy is I have to let her know if I need her in the office (to do things like a copy job) 2 days ahead of time, when I often only know myself I need something 20 minutes in advance. And she acts so put out if you ask her to shift her WFH days. It is easier to do it myself.

I don't necessarily care she is remote, it's more that RTO is highlighting for me how we don't need as much admin support as we did pre pandemic. And it doesn't make sense for our firm to pay admin for 40 hours of work/week when they are delivering much less than they used to. And I agree management is to blame for this issue, too.[/quote]

I'm pro WFH and this woman should be fired. It doesn't matter if she thinks she is on the clock because she has her phone. It matters what the boss says. I'm a fed and I am required to be working at my duty station which is my home. Working means logged onto my computer which will show me as away after 5 minutes. It can check my logs against my time cards.

This woman probably wasn't working much in office either. Probably your firm was paying her to sit there and be available if people needed copies or things mailed. Those types usually spend the majority of their time gossipping, drinking coffee, celebrating birthdays, and making personal calls. But they are right there in the event you do need them. It's hard to recreate that remotely. And the more you work remotely, the less hard copy paper you use. So she figures she has nothing to do, so why not go to the gym and bring her phone. But then she's not around when you actually need her, so it's all pointless.

In that situation I'd just cut it down to a smaller pool of shared admins who are there in person most of the time. I WFH and really don't need an admin. We have one shared paralegal which is plenty. [/quote]

I'm the one you're quoting and I agree with you on all points! Except the mailing thing, we have separate staff for that and they actually work pretty hard  :D [/quote]

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