State Department|In a short period of time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed two cases in which the working atmosphere has been seriously inflamed. According to Undersecretary of State Pekka Puustisinen, apart from the cases in Ottawa and Riyadh, there are no other investigations into the working climate.
In public has been rumored for months to have pulled the Finnish representation in Ottawa Jari Vilén’s inappropriate behavior and the subsequent warning and the end of the Viléni pesti. On Friday Evening News also reports on long-standing work environment problems at the Finnish embassy in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the cases do not indicate a larger problem in the work culture.
Undersecretary Pekka Puustinen from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that there are no other similar investigations regarding the working environment.
“I myself do not handle other cases of this level now,” Puustinen tells Helsingin Sanomat.
According to Ilta-Sanomi, the situation that started as a quarrel between two people has caused mental sickness in the embassy in Riyadh and divided the personnel into camps.
However, two closely related work climate reports in the same ministry create the impression for outsiders that there may be bigger problems in the background, possibly related to work culture and structures.
According to the Undersecretary of State, the matter is different.
“Specifically, I don’t see a bigger problem,” Puustinen says and reminds that the Foreign Affairs Administration employs a total of 2,400 people.
“We are a large group spread across the globe. When there are sometimes problems in the working community, they are addressed and resolved so that everyone can move forward. Of course, no one wants problems,” says Puustinen.
Puustinen himself has been in his role as undersecretary of state to investigate the atmosphere problems of both the Ottawa embassy and the Finnish embassy in Riyadh.
Two he explains the work climate survey that coincides with time by “coincidence”.
“It is of course up to the reader to decide whether two is too much or too little.”
According to Puustisinen, the cases do not have much in common other than the fact that they both took place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Each work community is its own,” Puustinen reminds.
“Riyadh is not another Ottawa.”
Case With Vilén, it became clear that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to deal with problems related to the working environment internally.
How difficult is it for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make these cases public?
“We have been really sorry about it,” says Puustinen.
“In that sense, your question is formulated exactly right. Any workplace would like to deal with work climate issues internally, so that trust is maintained in each party and people dare to talk about the issues.”
Villain’s In this case, the police are investigating a suspected information leak related to confidential documents related to occupational health and safety issues. Puustisinen is not aware of any leaks of confidential documents regarding Riad.
According to Puustisinen, Vilén’s new job, which will start at the beginning of July, has not yet been decided.
Has he expressed any wishes for his future assignment?
“On a general level, the return has been discussed”, Puustinen answers.
“With everyone returning to Finland and the ministry from around the world, we have a discussion about their wishes and then match them with what is available.”
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a responsible work behavior guide is in use, and from the fall, mandatory training on occupational well-being will be organized for all employees of the ministry.
According to Puustisinen, it is clear that the emerging work community problems have increased the “timeliness” of the training being organized.
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