Gazza weeps for PS workplaces

Pulling this back from the depths to notice that the CT has finally reported the story… nothing like reporting news an entire week later than everyone else

poetix said :

justin heywood said :

schmeah said :

Matt_Watts said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

If anyone is concerned about removal of office plants, just bring in your own.
A list of good office plants for oxygenation etc are listed here on page 7.
Interestingly it’s a Workcover booklet.
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/formspublications/publications/Documents/health_and_safety_in_the_office_guide_1319.pdf

People should check with management first; a lot of agencies ban private plants because they’re not necessarily maintained by anyone, which means the potential for fruit flies or other pests on the floor.

Matt Watts comes out singing the management line .. big surprise. Frankly, the only fruit flies bothering me at my work come from the organic waste bins, and there aren’t even that many so if say, 1 in 20 workers brings in a cactus is it really going to create a plague of flies?

Er,, Matt isn’t exactly ‘singing the party line’ there scmeah. Perhaps you should read it again..

In fact, I think that the person on this site who most reliably (and tediously) sings their party’s line, would be you.

schmeah taught me about cucumbers in gin and tonic, and is thus beyond criticism. Cucumbers are a plant, so this is relevant.

Cucumbers are cool! I only recently noticed the association with gin – like, last few years. I encourage readers’ research into this topic.

miz said :

Interestingly, removing pot plants not only makes APS workplaces less pleasant to work in (therefore less productive), but also hurts the ACT businesses who provide and maintain them.
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They should start a real damn business then, a company that provides and maintains potted plants sounds like the kinda crappy get-rich-quick scheme I’d come-up after a bit too much Mary-Jane. I mean really, it’s not like they’re providing an essential service or anything, if they’re really hurting that bad after they lose the APS contract then they can start a personalised food-bowl for pets company, or something equally useful.

justin heywood said :

schmeah said :

Matt_Watts said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

If anyone is concerned about removal of office plants, just bring in your own.
A list of good office plants for oxygenation etc are listed here on page 7.
Interestingly it’s a Workcover booklet.
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/formspublications/publications/Documents/health_and_safety_in_the_office_guide_1319.pdf

People should check with management first; a lot of agencies ban private plants because they’re not necessarily maintained by anyone, which means the potential for fruit flies or other pests on the floor.

Matt Watts comes out singing the management line .. big surprise. Frankly, the only fruit flies bothering me at my work come from the organic waste bins, and there aren’t even that many so if say, 1 in 20 workers brings in a cactus is it really going to create a plague of flies?

Er,, Matt isn’t exactly ‘singing the party line’ there scmeah. Perhaps you should read it again..

In fact, I think that the person on this site who most reliably (and tediously) sings their party’s line, would be you.

schmeah taught me about cucumbers in gin and tonic, and is thus beyond criticism. Cucumbers are a plant, so this is relevant.

schmeah said :

Matt_Watts said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

If anyone is concerned about removal of office plants, just bring in your own.
A list of good office plants for oxygenation etc are listed here on page 7.
Interestingly it’s a Workcover booklet.
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/formspublications/publications/Documents/health_and_safety_in_the_office_guide_1319.pdf

People should check with management first; a lot of agencies ban private plants because they’re not necessarily maintained by anyone, which means the potential for fruit flies or other pests on the floor.

Matt Watts comes out singing the management line .. big surprise. Frankly, the only fruit flies bothering me at my work come from the organic waste bins, and there aren’t even that many so if say, 1 in 20 workers brings in a cactus is it really going to create a plague of flies?

Er,, Matt isn’t exactly ‘singing the party line’ there scmeah. Perhaps you should read it again..

In fact, I think that the person on this site who most reliably (and tediously) sings their party’s line, would be you.

Interestingly, removing pot plants not only makes APS workplaces less pleasant to work in (therefore less productive), but also hurts the ACT businesses who provide and maintain them.

I probably should also point Mr Humphries to my comment on the post-it-note thread, where I noted that our Department does not appear to bother with Xmas cards (real or electronic) anymore. Our area relies on good contacts in the States and Territories so things like Xmas cards actually make a difference. Of course, the people making decisions on these kinds of cuts have no clue about what affects the soldiers that do most of the work.

Matt_Watts said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

If anyone is concerned about removal of office plants, just bring in your own.
A list of good office plants for oxygenation etc are listed here on page 7.
Interestingly it’s a Workcover booklet.
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/formspublications/publications/Documents/health_and_safety_in_the_office_guide_1319.pdf

People should check with management first; a lot of agencies ban private plants because they’re not necessarily maintained by anyone, which means the potential for fruit flies or other pests on the floor.

Matt Watts comes out singing the management line .. big surprise. Frankly, the only fruit flies bothering me at my work come from the organic waste bins, and there aren’t even that many so if say, 1 in 20 workers brings in a cactus is it really going to create a plague of flies?

Welcome to the real wold kids!! the ACT Gov hasn’t had pot plants in anywhere I have worked for over 10 years – I think we made them dissapear under the budget cuts when Gary was last Chief Minister maybe?! he didn’t seem too upset then.

Those who really want them can BYO, makes for an eclectic collection of healthy and not so healthy specimens.

Matt_Watts said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

If anyone is concerned about removal of office plants, just bring in your own.
A list of good office plants for oxygenation etc are listed here on page 7.
Interestingly it’s a Workcover booklet.
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/formspublications/publications/Documents/health_and_safety_in_the_office_guide_1319.pdf

People should check with management first; a lot of agencies ban private plants because they’re not necessarily maintained by anyone, which means the potential for fruit flies or other pests on the floor.

Yep. That’s good advice, although I’ve never bothered to inform/ask anyone, and I maintain my plants quite well. I’ll also add that we’ve never had any reduction in the mass of plants in our building/s (just moved), so there’s never been that management focus on them.

Girt_Hindrance said :

If anyone is concerned about removal of office plants, just bring in your own.
A list of good office plants for oxygenation etc are listed here on page 7.
Interestingly it’s a Workcover booklet.
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/formspublications/publications/Documents/health_and_safety_in_the_office_guide_1319.pdf

People should check with management first; a lot of agencies ban private plants because they’re not necessarily maintained by anyone, which means the potential for fruit flies or other pests on the floor.