Yogyakarta City Government Predicts Fewer Civil Servants Working from Home in the Second Week, Here's Why
The Yogyakarta City Government has enforced work from home (WFH) for civil servants (ASN) every Friday since last week. However, following the evaluation after the first week of WFH, the city government predicts that the number of ASN working from home will decrease on Friday of the second week tomorrow.
Head of the Personnel and Human Resources Development Agency (BKPSDM) of Yogyakarta City, Sarwanto, explained that on the first Friday, 201 ASN out of a total of 7,115 city government ASN worked from home, or just 2.8%.
Meanwhile, at BKPSDM itself, continued Sarwanto, 28 out of a total of 66 ASN carried out WFH last Friday. In percentage terms, this amounts to 42%.
“Only 11 out of 50 regional agencies (OPD) implemented WFH. Yes, it’s mandatory (for OPDs related to public services to work from office) so that WFH does not disrupt public services,” explained Sarwanto when met by detikJogja after attending an event in Yogyakarta City on Wednesday (15/4/2026).
Sarwanto stated that the figure is predicted to decrease in this week’s WFH implementation. This is because, from the internal BKPSDM evaluation on Tuesday (14/4), many ASN actually preferred working from the office.
“We at BKPSDM on Tuesday, we evaluated, we asked colleagues who WFH on the 10th, some said ‘Sir, I’d rather work from office, sir’,” revealed Sarwanto.
“Because, well, especially the mothers, they have to drop off and pick up their children from school, right? They go to the office and drop off the children at the same time, but if at home, it’s confusing, right?” he added.
In addition, said Sarwanto, another factor causing ASN to prefer working from the office is the workload imposed on those working from home.
“Our estimate for next week (the number of ASN doing WFH) will decrease, possibly. Because they have to make a work plan, then be on standby whenever called, on standby with their laptop and Zoom, and in the evening they have to make work reports, verify them, that’s a bit cumbersome,” he said.
“But there are also those who want to WFH, for example, someone whose home is in Klaten, they choose WFH. But from yesterday’s evaluation, we concluded that colleagues prefer working from the office,” continued Sarwanto.
Nevertheless, Sarwanto emphasised that WFH will still be implemented in accordance with government directives, although there is no compulsion for ASN to do so.
“But the evaluation result still includes WFH, we challenge those who still want to WFH on Thursday to make a work plan. There’s no compulsion to WFH, because specifically at BKPSDM, it doesn’t directly serve the public,” he concluded.