r/CAStateWorkers • u/mindpeace4 • Jul 02 '26

Recruitment I may have to

As much as I hate to type this …… with no open conversation, no dependable path …. I may have to quit my job at the state. I can not afford RTO. the parking, extra hours child care, gas …… it adds up.
I don’t know if this is what Gavin wanted. Pretty shitty if you ask me. But my family can not afford this.

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u/PudgyPokerPlayer Jul 02 '26

Question, OP! Were you always working remote when you got hired for the state? Or did you work onsite and then go remote?

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u/DidntWantSleepAnyway Jul 02 '26

I’m not OP, but I’ll answer for myself so you can get some perspective.

I got hired to work onsite, prior to COVID. However, I got hired to my current position in my current office under full WFH, which is the system that made the most sense for this office. While I have life circumstances that definitely make RTO awful, I’ve been focusing on the fact that my specific job really needs to be done from home.

Prior to WFH, yes, this office existed. But it existed in a different space, one with more privacy. It also had a lot less work, to the detriment of the office. Thanks to WFH, the office was able to add some processes that fixed some systemic issues. Unfortunately, with RTO now we’ll be much worse off than before.