Do the robot: public servants unplug from typical telecommute

With a stable of four robots, government think-tank Policy Horizons Canada has introduced a new type of telecommuting to the federal public service, aiming to improve workplace relationships and employees' work-life balance.

Policy Horizons Canada policy analyst Pierre-Olivier DesMarchais has been telecommuting for about five years to Horizons' Ottawa office from his home in Montreal, typically using the robot, right, to interact with colleagues.The Hill Times photograph by Emily Haws

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BY EMILY HAWS

May 2, 2018

Employment and Social Development Canada policy analyst Pierre-Olivier DesMarchais is tall—six-foot-three, to be exact—but when most of his colleagues see him, he’s only about four-foot-five—and a robot. Mr. DesMarchais ...

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