existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I've got Skype for Business on my Windows box for a client project, and it's worse than a fucking virus for popping up in the middle of stuff when I'm trying to work, and being impossible to silence.
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marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
My next door neighbours are moving to Barbados in about 2 weeks, spending a year there with their 2 kids. She is continuing to WFH for at least 3 months whilst they are there (not sure what she does) He works in event management which is all on-line atm anyway. Not sure if they will also be working there as well. It is a great opportunity, and if you get around the time difference , you could work from home anywhere.
Yeah, I have that too, Teams starting up when I switch the laptop on. So annoying. Especially as I’ve used Teams just once and use Zoom instead.
Working from home in Barbados! That’s sounds idyllic. Although I’ll just have the Barbados bit...post Covid obviously
Leafster
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That sounds like they might be taking advantage of this scheme.
Want to spend a year working remotely in Barbados? Applications are now open
Spending a year in paradise will set you back £1,570
www.independent.co.uk
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
One of our most senior people does this, every time. She also (pre-covid) used to come into our office and ask one of us to scan documents for her; at first we thought it was hierarchical snootiness on her part, but her dial-in thing suggests that actually she is just staggeringly uncomfortable with technology.
Which is weird, because she's scarily efficient and very competent in other ways.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Everyone's contracts are going to be changed to say workplace is officially home and their local office - I'm predicting at this rate, certainly if vaccine gets rolled out in coming months, there will be office opening some point late spring and I'd probably be up for going in a couple of days a week. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a drop-off in office attendence, or even temporary shut-down next autumn/winter unless there's extreme confidence about the vaccine.
Having started off in the lounge/front room for the first 4-5 months I've finally accepted the 'spare room' is my office - I think I still thought of it as the au pair's room for the first few months and didn't feel quite right using it, but the fact is the chair and desk in there are much better height for me that the dining table or desk in front room (where wifi is not great). Have taken to burning a scented candle every day to make the space nice, have hung more pictures in there.
Having started off in the lounge/front room for the first 4-5 months I've finally accepted the 'spare room' is my office - I think I still thought of it as the au pair's room for the first few months and didn't feel quite right using it, but the fact is the chair and desk in there are much better height for me that the dining table or desk in front room (where wifi is not great). Have taken to burning a scented candle every day to make the space nice, have hung more pictures in there.
Numbers
an ting!
I use Skype extensively, meetings/presentations/training and have never had a problem with it.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
A uniquely 2020 eerie experience: sitting in an online meeting room on your own, waiting for the other person to join you. Staring at your own unnerved face and listening to the electronic hum of alone-ness.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
My wfh has changed a bit during this long , fucking long period. I was just sitting on the sofa , laptop on lap all week. Mrs21 was using the spare room whilst I worked on the sofa like a savage . Mrs21 has now gone part-time (flexible retirement) so I am only a savage Mon-Weds .
Leafster
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I'm currently experiencing a more usual pandemic induced WFH day than I normally have. I've worked from home for years and have a dedicated office but I'm having to have my central heating boiler replaced and relocated. The current boiler is in my office so I've had to move all my equipment to the Dining Room to allow the engineers to work.
I'm now sat at my Dining Table on an inappropriate chair with cables running across the floor to the nearest socket.
So this it what everyone else has had to put up with?
PS - they haven't turned up yet, they were supposed to be here at 8am.
I'm now sat at my Dining Table on an inappropriate chair with cables running across the floor to the nearest socket.
So this it what everyone else has had to put up with?
PS - they haven't turned up yet, they were supposed to be here at 8am.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
We had a new boiler fitted as well #solidarity . But it didn't affect wfh arrangements as it was in the attic & remains in the attic. Glad we had it done though, especially atm .I'm currently experiencing a more usual pandemic induced WFH day than I normally have. I've worked from home for years and have a dedicated office but I'm having to have my central heating boiler replaced and relocated. The current boiler is in my office so I've had to move all my equipment to the Dining Room to allow the engineers to work.
I'm now sat at my Dining Table on an inappropriate chair with cables running across the floor to the nearest socket.
So this it what everyone else has had to put up with?
PS - they haven't turned up yet, they were supposed to be here at 8am.
Leafster
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The boiler has been soldiering on for a couple of years developing more problems so I made the decision last winter to have it replaced this summer. Then COVID happened and I didn't get around to it. Last week it developed a terminal fault so it has to be done now.
The new one is going up in the loft.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Pretty similar , but we did manage to get it done by October. Another thing we put off for years is the roof which was supposed to be replaced in the summer but downstairs is selling her flat and preferred to pass this one to the buyers (she is sending them the money) so January will see a new roof sorted.The boiler has been soldiering on for a couple of years developing more problems so I made the decision last winter to have it replaced this summer. Then COVID happened and I didn't get around to it. Last week it developed a terminal fault so it has to be done now.
The new one is going up in the loft.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I always put myself on mute in case I talk to myself without realising and not notice the other person joining.
For quite a long time now most of my days are taken up by meetings, so I get bugger all done.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
You're lucky - we're having some replastering done, and the workmen have requested that we vacate the house completely while they're working (apparently they're afraid of getting caught out by Track'n'Trace and getting a 2-week unpaid vacation). So next Tuesday I'll be working from a hotel room for the day.
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
hoping theres a return to the office eventually. hate it, really. i do like getting up later and having a kip for my lunchbreak, but damn i miss hte people. even miss the commute - listening to music, etc. i manage buildings and getting involved in project work is fiddly and annoying when off site.
Wolveryeti
Detty Pig
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I hate wfh and fear for my mental health and professionalism if I do, but am increasingly feeling that my workplace needs to shut down as staff and customers are just too at risk. But we do provide an essential service - though most of it can be done over the phone, it’s just that we have to deal with people who have communication issues because English is there second language, or because they are vulnerable and/or chaotic and need face to face contact. So many people come to my work though who could easily have done it all from home and really should be staying there. It’s getting a bit tiresome trying to remain professional when people keep turning up, maskless, asking about some trivial issue.
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
my working from home is work intense for twenty minutes, then do something else like eat, watch 4 youtube videos, have a vape in the garden, then another 20 minutes of intense work, etc etc.
I can't break out of that sort of pattern. it's just the way my brain is made. i can imagine MANY of my colleagues though do the whole log on at nine, keep plugging all the way through until 5.
I've accepted that this is just how I work and the work is done and done well so not bothered.
do others have this sort of cycle when wfh? work, then foot of the pedal, the work, foot of the pedal, etc?
I can't break out of that sort of pattern. it's just the way my brain is made. i can imagine MANY of my colleagues though do the whole log on at nine, keep plugging all the way through until 5.
I've accepted that this is just how I work and the work is done and done well so not bothered.
do others have this sort of cycle when wfh? work, then foot of the pedal, the work, foot of the pedal, etc?
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
Yes, but TBH, I was the same when was going into work. It's just a complete inability to concentrate for long. Being able to vape when wfh has reduced the distractions though. There were colleagues in the office, who would sit at their desks plugging away from 9-5, with maybe one trip to the coffee machine, and one to the loo.
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
it'll the rule rather than the exception, I would think, forever? If they said in for 3 days, home for 2 I'd be happy. Most of my work is onsite.
I can't honestly see them turning this massive ship around and them saying, right, we want everyone back now.
I feel for our city centres, could make cities become very strange places - might, hopefully, reverse some of the damage that gentrification has done. I.e. you won't have situations where it costs 500k for a 1 bed flat in areas where the biggest highlight is a double fronted chicken cottage and a boarded up pub. hopefully the city will retain its cultural centre but alll the other areas become places that normal folk can afford to live again. which then poses the question - is city living really worth it if work is taken out of the equation?
yeah that sounds like me too.
usually it's ok. just have to watch out for the times that the break becomes longer than the working.
it's worse at home than in the office because all the distractions are there that wouldn't have been in the old days. can always find a load of washing to do, or stick on some porn for a quick wank
usually it's ok. just have to watch out for the times that the break becomes longer than the working.
it's worse at home than in the office because all the distractions are there that wouldn't have been in the old days. can always find a load of washing to do, or stick on some porn for a quick wank
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
yes, complete faffer. will do everything else before doing the thing i should do first. but then i get waves were i just nail it, steam on through, but that only lasts about 20 minutes then its back to the procrastination void. i will never change this about myself. because i actually tried to and it made it worse.
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
or the plotting "if i send these 5 emails now, and then one more in an hour, that will look like I have had a productive morning." perfecting the balance of appearing industrious whilst slacking off.
but its weird, because I am not slacking off, it's just the way I work. i'm probably one of the more productive people in my team, good yearly reports, etc.
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