Jakarta Workers Still Go to the Office Despite WFH Recommendations

Jakarta –

The DKI Provincial Government has advised companies with offices near demonstration sites to implement a work from home (WFH) system. Despite the WFH advisory, many workers still went to the office as usual.

One of them is Putri (31), who still went to her office in the Fatmawati area, South Jakarta. Putri said she left from Bekasi riding the LRT as usual.

“I haven’t received any (WFH) instructions from the office,” said Putri when met at Sudirman Station, Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta.

Putri said public transportation was quieter today. She mentioned the atmosphere inside the station and on the train was emptier compared to a usual workday.

“Inside the station, it’s usually so crowded it’s hard to get through. But earlier it was really empty, this is more than 50% less than a normal day,” said Putri.

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Another resident, Andika (23), also reported still working at the office as usual. Andika said his office, located on Jalan Sudirman, Central Jakarta, did not implement WFH.

“There was no (WFH) advisory from the office, we were told to come in, still fully at the office,” said Andika.

Andika said the MRT situation today was quieter than usual. He admitted he didn’t have to squeeze into the train like on a normal workday.

“Quite quiet, usually it’s crowded in the morning, earlier it was spacious,” he said.

Andika supports the expression of aspirations carried out by various groups last week. However, he regrets the damage to public facilities during the unrest.

“If you want to do something at the parliament, don’t damage public facilities, because we are still ordinary people who use public facilities. Because officials don’t use public facilities. I still fully support the people’s aspirations, but not if it involves damaging public facilities, no,” he said.