Now, I've known since forever that public servants are not the most loved group of people in Canada. We're often political scapegoats or at the very least the butt of any "lazy worker" jokes. I thought I had seen it all in my 20 years in the service, but it feels like the vitriol towards us is particularly high at this moment.

There could be many reasons for this: RTO mandates, old prejudices being riled up, recency bias. But, nonetheless, I know it's been a it rough on me to constantly see people complaining about us while I'm still doing what I can to do my job to the best of my ability.

So I figured it was worth asking: How are you all doing? And what are you doing to help out yourself or others who might be feeling a bit down about the whole situation? I know a lot of people, including myself, could definitely use some advice in that regard.

At the very least, I figured this could be a place where we could talk about such things instead of keeping it to ourselves.