Are there any WFH jobs in Canada still?

Posted by Brave_Recognition798@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 24 comments

My company made the genius idea to go back to 5 days a week 4+ years ago, come back or you’re fired!

I don’t really have a software background so I’m not a good fit for devops jobs so I’m stuck (for now) in the niche windows sysadmin role.

Every job I see on Indeed or Glassdoor requires 5 days a week, some might be 4 days. The summer traffic has really be burning me out, especially when trying to design projects etc.

Any hope?

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screampuff@reddit

My company is in NS and our entire IT team is or can be remote, from helpdesk to architect and manager/director...though we only hire within the province. Around 40% of our company is remote.

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screampuff@reddit

For IT roles, not at the moment. But we will likely be hiring a security role and 1 or 2 helpdesk roles in the next 12 months.

The helpdesk roles are to backfill team lead/tier 3 promotions.

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Hezpez@reddit

Nice, any recommended certs? I have an old compTIA a+ that I could refresh

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Honestly we're not big on certs, not sure if that will change but weekly 1 on 1s with bosses are a thing so where we are and what we're doing is always up to speed. I work as an architect and have never had a cert lol.

The best thing would be 365 or Entra identity related certs. And we're an Intune shop so MD102 and Powershell.

I know IT is really hard right now because everyone demands experience over everything and it seems like there's an impassible bridge of how to get that experience. For me, years ago that was a MSP - so if you're new in the field thats a good place to start.

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cwk9@reddit

This will depend on your area. Some hybrid roles are 90% WFH but it cuts out competition from everyone who can't make into the office here and there.

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AdeelAutomates@reddit

Everybody and their mama is savaging for WFH gigs. Especially now that a lot of people got a taste for it while orgs are forcing people back (not just IT).

Then you add the factor that the job market right now is more people applying than jobs available.

You have the perfect storm of limited options.

Also you don't need a software background for DevOps. Not every job has the same level of expectations. A good DevOps team is a mix of software backgrounds and operations backgrounds.

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NegotiationTop7253@reddit

You do at least need to be able to script and automate processes... no DevOps centric org will hire people who can't read code or understand a source control system these days.

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AdeelAutomates@reddit

Yup, I dont think there is a ClickOps DevOps out there, lol.

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Brave_Recognition798@reddit (OP)

This, I’m happy to learn but you’d have to spend some time using these new skills in prod to be useful

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canadian_sysadmin@reddit

It really depends on the type of role.

Average sysadmin, Helpdesk, and other roles - there’s not much of a need for them to even be remote. If I’m hiring - I have no need for it to be remote.

More specialized stuff - yes it could be remote. We’re looking for some higher end dynamics and ERP finance devs and yeah we’re totally OK if they’re remote, and chances it will be.

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stiggz@reddit

Wake up earlier to beat the traffic or start and noon a couple days in exchange for being on call on the weekend

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Brave_Recognition798@reddit (OP)

There is traffic 24/7 here my man!

My commute suddenly went from 25 mins to an hour!

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BloodFeastMan@reddit

I know I'll take shit for this, but you can blame the slackers for the shift back to the office, in every field. During and after Covid, so many people just got used to fucking off whenever they felt like it; if things were as / more productive, there would be no issues in having everyone work from home, but things weren't.

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gwatt21@reddit

Corporations need to justify their leases and the communal coffee machine.

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Brave_Recognition798@reddit (OP)

We don’t have coffee machines 😂

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achristian103@reddit

That might be partially true, but the C-Suite want people back in the office so they can feel like bosses seeing cubes full of worker bees. At least, whenever they decide to stroll in since the mandatory in-office requirements don't ever seem to actually apply to them.

That, and leases.

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BloodFeastMan@reddit

They want their bonuses, and they don't really give AS how that happens.

It reminds me of the old cliche that women make less for doing the exact same thing as a man. If that were the case, most corporations would be employing only women to cut costs.

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NH_shitbags@reddit

Start your own company and work wherever you want

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Brave_Recognition798@reddit (OP)

Not my goal….

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