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Country
ITALY - Catania
Occupation Implementation of administrative acts in a local public administration

C. Problematic I work in a rather important local public administration based in Sicily. I deal
situation in with the drafting of administrative provisions in support of the institution's
my job/my management.
organisation With the provisions to contrast the pandemic launched in 2020 and maintained,
regarding in an increasingly soft way, until September 2022, my organization has placed all
staff in smart working. This until October 2021. Subsequently, smart working
flexible work
was implemented 50% of the time.
For me, the smartworking experience, in the face of some benefits mainly due
to the elimination of the times and costs of local transport from my home to the
place of work, presented the following very negative aspects:
the Authority was not able to create a functional telematic connection. I had to
work in VPN with my PC from home and with the connection at my charge.
I worked a lot more than expected. No longer having the possibility of normal
professional relationships with colleagues, every minute was dedicated to
drafting the deeds with a strong sense of estrangement from the real context.
The home space has become a work space by removing the characteristics of a
"place of relaxation" from the domestic environment after a day's work.
D. How do you After the end of the pandemic, we quickly returned to the normal face-to-face
think the work situation. This despite the fact that the regulation of smartworking has
situation been entrusted by law to each individual body which should draw up a business
could be plan with limits in terms of the percentage of total man-hours to be dedicated
improved? to smartworking. I therefore consider it essential that my administration
implement the plan by establishing the rules and that it equips those who work
in smart working with adequate IT resources.

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