The working from home thread

[lizzieloo]

Still getting up at the same time and going out to walk the dogs with Mr B around 6ish, so I am at least getting dressed before I start work.
I'm used to having 2 screen to work from and I'm finding it a bit frustrating only having the laptop.
We have got a small TV in the loft so I might dig that out to see if it will function as a second screen.

Can't you pick one up from work? A could if you need one, we're going to pop over anyway before the weekend.

Edit: Scratch that' he just told me that their monitors are all attached to the desks

 

[High Voltage]

I've raised the subject with the boss/owner of the company

I fall into the "high risk" category, being:-

1. Asthmatic
2. Have been hospitalised previously (once) with my asthma
3. 58 years of age
4. Current advice is to self isolate for . . . gulp . . . 13 weeks

We have worked from home when we've been snowed in or a few years ago when I "did my back" and couldn't face the hour drive into work - so the concept isn't totally alien to him

However

He can be a bit of a twat and is inherently distrust worthy of . . . well, everyone

He's not immediately said No, but not said yes either

We shall see

 

[BoatieBird]

Can't you pick one up from work? A could if you need one, we're going to pop over anyway before the weekend.

Edit: Scratch that' he just told me that their monitors are all attached to the desks

Yes, I think I could probably pop into work and pick up one of my monitors later this week.
Thanks for the offer though

 

[lizzieloo]

I've raised the subject with the boss/owner of the company

I fall into the high risk being:-

1. Asthmatic
2. Have been hospitalised previously (once) with my asthma
3. 58 years of age
4. Current advice is to self isolate for . . . gulp . . . 13 weeks

We have worked from home when we've been snowed in or a few years ago when I "did my back" and couldn't face the hour drive into work - so the concept isn't totally alien to him

However

He can be a bit of a twat and is inherently distrust worthy of . . . well, everyone

He's not immediately said No, but not said yes either

We shall see

I had a boss like that a few years ago, would always look at his watch with a flourish whenever I came back from lunch, I stayed late all the time.

Anyone else there you can talk to about it?

 

[High Voltage]

I had a boss like that a few years ago, would always look at his watch with a flourish whenever I came back from lunch, I stayed late all the time.

Anyone else there you can talk to about it?

Small company of 5, plus him and his missus

I honestly feel that this company isn't going to come through the other side of this "thing" and he's going to use this as the final straw which broke the camels back and shut the company down

Don't care one way or another TBH

I can, if push came to shove, keep afloat for the 13 weeks without pay (but also not doing any WFM either) but I would spend that 13 weeks looking for another job

Hopefully, after the 13 weeks has passed and the bodies are no longer being stacked high by the side of the road, I shall re-emerge and my skills will, once again, be sought after

So, every cloud 'n' that

 

[hash tag]

This is wfh is fraught with issues. I live with Mrs t in a small box complete with open plan living room and kitchen. I just got up after a night shift wandering around with little on. There was Mrs T sat at the table and I was "pleased" to see her. How was I to know she was trying out the first video conference call with all her colleagues ( at least they now have a good idea of what she is married to).
For now some Minor embarrassment. Next week, I expect to be in 13 weeks self isolation....this does not bode well ( currently typing on smart phone on bedroom).

 

[hash tag]

I can hear Mrs T getting very excited about other people's pets, bookshelves and learning new tricks of the technology

 

[mx wcfc]

We just did a team catch up on video too. A bit of a laugh to be fair. everyone complementing each others curtains, taking the piss about the Ikea cushions etc.
I forgot people were watching and starting picking my nose.

 

[hash tag]

I'm sure there going to be some "interesting" stories as a result of this, though People might want to consider closing down the video part.

 

[weltweit]

I am WFH for the first day today and lunchtime my broadband went down. Everything I do is cloud based so not having broadband means I would have to return to base. Managed to get it working for the time being, but I don't know what the issue was, hopefully it won't recur.

 

[xenon]

I'm actually on leave this week but will be WFH next. Except I bloody forgot my laptop charger last week, so have to go in to pick it up. We've been taking them home on the expectation this would be on the cards. I got distracted when packing my bag.
It's only half hour away so no hassle going in to pick it up but a bit annoying.

 

[xenon]

We don't even get work tech things but are all working from home as we often choose to do so - unis are so bad at providing tech support. I have my faltering laptop but do have a camera

Just did my first online big lecture over TEAMS - I've only used Teams for 1-2-1 student video calls, chat threads pr staff meetings. It was a challenge trying to teach that way. But better than nothing. I will do more recorded stuff and then small/short video chat groups . It was nice to see and hear people to keep up a sense of the learning community. Our distance learners joined in from around the world which was also a bonus. Got a lot to learn about how to do this.

Exhausted now though

If it's news to anyone else and helps...

We use Teams a lot too. Just found out today, you don't need an Office 365 account to use it. The user does need a ffree Microsoft account but with that they can then register for a free Teams account.

I'm looking into Clean Feed for a project I'm working on outside work too.

 

[quiet guy]

Also if you use Teams you should be able to haze out the background so no inadvertent naked bodies wandering into view.

 

[hash tag]

Mrs T uses team but won't use it, says it's weird

 

[iamwithnail]

If you're using zoom you can substitute in backgrounds green screen fashion.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I'm working from home, from now until whenever.. and I mean actually working, though if things slow down, I might get the chance to get up to speed with some skills I need to do my job better. For some people at my place, it will be pretty much a free holiday. Still, mustn't grumble!

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I've WFH/remote for the last year, and part time before that so I'm already fairly well set up. I went and took my good screens from the co-working space as the ones in the house were cheap and nasty. Pretty happy with the current setup for a while and the rejigging of screens meant I gutted and cleaned the desk.


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I'll probably get to wishing I'd taken my two screens from work rather than just my laptop. My boss would have been okay with it, but not sure how happy ICT would be if everybody did it!

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Another full day online. No time for lunch even! ! Hope it slows down a bit when we all settle in to this

 

[Mation]

I can't do the main part of my job from home, but I've realised that there is a whole load of setting up of my systems that I could do. It could actually turn out to be a golden opportunity, given that I'm new in post, plan to be in the role for the long term, and have great difficulty multi-tasking.

We don't know yet whether my department will close down, but, if it does, I'm going to enjoy being able to get organised as fuck.

 

[NoXion]

I got issued my equipment for working from home today. Keyboard, mouse, monitor, laptop, and instructions on how to connect the laptop to my desktop at the office. I've got to test my setup this evening and report back to the office tomorrow along with any issues. The office will be closed after Friday, although I've got that day and the following week off on holiday. No idea how long I'll be working like this, even my team leader doesn't know for certain. This will be an entirely novel experience, I've never worked from home before.

Now if only I could find a spare VGA cable lying around, I've got some ideas on how to arrange my workspace...

 

[Looby]

I’ve been working in my pyjamas all week but tomorrow I have a Skype meeting with my supervisor and manager so I’m going to have to get dressed (over my pjs) and put my face on I think. Urgh.

 

[Streathamite]

I've just got together on skype with a few colleagues for a virtual tea break
It worked well so we're going to make it a daily thing.

Good idea, and Zoom is also good for this

 

[Streathamite]

i still don't really know how to use Zoom, which is necessary. this is causing stress.

.
I've found it easy, and I am the ultimate trchno idiot.
What, specifically, seems to be the problem?

 

[Helen Back]

I wfh anyway and look after mini-Back (who has asthma) while Mr Back works down in London and stays with folks weekdays. He then comes home at weekends. This is until we can all move to our own place down there. But now, Mr Back is wfh at his folks' place and is not coming home at weekends as we don't to risk him bringing home the lurgy and infect asthmatic mini-B. "It followed me home, can we keep it?"

The thing is, before when both Mr and mini have had colds or bad flu I would maybe get the sniffles for half a day and be alright so I've obviously rolled high on Constitution. Even so, I wouldn't like to test that 18 Constitution on this bloody Covid thing...

 

[mx wcfc]

The work IT is collapsing. I've done a bit of work and can't save it - not even to my desktop. Can't get through to IT so it's probably affecting a lot of people. Bit of a bugger. I'm certainly not going to risk doing any more work until I know I can save it.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Is there a 'Show us your WFH Covid19 homeworking kit' thread yet?

 

[mango5]

I usually work in libraries, which is not really an option now. My home workspace is now my aging mother's room so I have had to set up an the kitchen table in our open plan living area. I've got fuck all work done this week because even though I work solo I work much better in social spaces I'll cope. I've joined a virtual writing group for tomorrow.

One thing I am doing is daily short 'chit-chat' calls for someone in one of the teams I work with, who has never WFH and is in a flatshare with 5 others in the same situation

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Is there a 'Show us your WFH Covid19 homeworking kit' thread yet?

>>Show us your WFH Covid19 home-working kit

 

[stavros]

Today was the first day of enforced WFH, and it was shit. The network was fucked, and relatively little got done.

 

[weltweit]

Today was my second day WFH and I managed to get quite a lot of work done.

I wonder about whether there is an increased load on the internet or not, I would have been using this bandwidth at work if I wasn't WFH.

More and more people are WFH now which makes communications trickier, and I wonder how UK businesses will survive the next 12 weeks like this, let alone a longer period.