The working from home thread
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petee
no gods, no malarkey
it caused great stress, especially in the first week, i mean lorazepam-level stress. by now i've become basically competent in it, and in Google Classroom. those are skills to have, but maybe not learning them this way.
we'll be out well past the 20th (next monday!), the head has suggested getting in the mindframe that we won't be back at all until next year in september. no teaching from the school building after all, so i get up, have coffee, walk over to the computer and there i am at work, in jacket and tie and pajama pants. but i'd rather be back in the building. we all would.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
oh hai, missed this. i'm getting there!
a big part of the problem was, that when we were introduced to Zoom, we were told that we would have to put into the schedule every one of our classes and meetings individually. the admins instead deputized a few people over spring break to fix all the teachers' schedules into the program. so now, i show up at the assigned time, the students click on my name from a list of hyperlinks they were sent, and i host my class, no invites to send or schedule to make. that helped alot.
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That's the point
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
That's the key benefit of working from home - not having to see your colleagues.
Numbers
an ting!
I’m hating it. A change freeze means there’s not a lot I can do so the days have no structure.
My wife is proper busy, a bit too much really. She works from the dinner table and has lots of meetings so I’m in the spare bedroom to give her space etc.
There’s 8 of us in the immediate team and we have a Skype catch-up daily, which is appreciated.
My wife is proper busy, a bit too much really. She works from the dinner table and has lots of meetings so I’m in the spare bedroom to give her space etc.
There’s 8 of us in the immediate team and we have a Skype catch-up daily, which is appreciated.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Wearing a dressing gown over your clothes is fine, but I always take it off for zoom meetings. Got to keep some semblance of professionalism
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i'm getting dressed as if for work and 'commuting' in (go for a ride before and after work) - i'm just not combing my unruly hair
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I’m off all this week but yeah, same. Making sure I’m wearing a fresh shirt each day and do at least 5 miles “commute” riding.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Feeling a bit overwhelmed with the amount of work on my slate at the moment. Which is a nice problem to have in the current climate, but still aaargh.
I'm not dressing as I would to go into the office, but I'm trying to stick to a 8-5 routine, and to walk the same distance as I would to and from work most mornings. It's fine when I'm feeling motivated, but today, with a hangover and no urgent deadlines, here I am cooking a meal and posting on urban for the first time in years...
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I am making some hot nocross buns as there’s nowt to do right nowI'm not dressing as I would to go in, but I'm trying to stick to a 8-5 routine, and to walk the same distance as I would to and from work most mornings. It's fine when I'm feeling motivated, but today, with a hangover and no urgent deadlines, here I am cooking a meal and posting on urban for the first time in years...
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Everyone comes back in the end...I'm not dressing as I would to go into the office, but I'm trying to stick to a 8-5 routine, and to walk the same distance as I would to and from work most mornings. It's fine when I'm feeling motivated, but today, with a hangover and no urgent deadlines, here I am cooking a meal and posting on urban for the first time in years...
Stick around mate, good to see you here again
Everyone comes back in the end...
Stick around mate, good to see you here again
Cheers mate.
Feels strangely good to be back!
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I seem to be trying that theory out at the moment. I've got so much work to do that I can't get it all done. I got a week's worth of work in on Monday and again on Tuesday. I just work my way even and I get another load. We also seem to be getting new customers, which is a good thing if we can keep them.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
The office computer is currently located at the admin's home. As a result of a series of unscheduled power cycles, it is now taking 45 minutes to boot into Windows 7. My gut instinct tells me it sounds like a hardware failure rather than "mere" corruption, but one of the team is a Windows tech and will be Teamviewering his way around it this afternoon. The poor admin is close to tears because she thinks she broke it (which, in a way, she may have, but only by accident, and I'm not telling her that anyway - it's getting filed under "shit happens").
If that goes down, it's the nerve centre of our entire operation, so we're working quite hard to resurrect it.
If that goes down, it's the nerve centre of our entire operation, so we're working quite hard to resurrect it.
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
They are call "Notcross buns" in these parts
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I had to go out for work reasons yesterday , had to pick some keys up from a colleague and take them to a new tenant (long complicated story) so I had to drive for work reasons (about 2 and a bit hours worth). It was a joy , hardly any traffic, sun was shining , I wasn't in a hurry. 
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Very civilised knocking off time3.45pm - seems a decent time to knock off for the day.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
I might knock it on the head , just been in a conference call with 80 colleagues for an hour . I said nothing
Had one of these last week, two hours and I kept my mike on mute then whole time. Did manage a ten minute chat with the guy in the next office and also go for quite a lengthy shit, so perhaps I missed something, probably not though...
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Boss to team today: "don't worry everyone - everything is changing every day"
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT!
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT!
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
If you were dilligent you would have taken the laptop to the bog with you so you didn't miss anything. Probably best make sure the video feed isn't on though.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
our weekly meetings are just like they are in person - absolutely pointless and in reality a gossip and bitch session that I don't contribute to, but have to attend. At least I don't have to pretend to listen as it's audio only
Or the sound, for that matter.
I've not had someone try and speak to me from the thunderbox, but I was speaking on Zoom with someone earlier today who lives in a bit of a menagerie and whose parents came in carrying chickens, and a colleague's cat decided to jump up and show its arse to the camera during our first virtual department meeting.
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