The working from home thread
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StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Still WFH atm
[despite all the shenanigans from the 'special someone' that's been "off sick" since mid-November]
However, the reason has changed slightly.
My OH has a minor surgical procedure booked towards the end of March.
We don't want a brush with covid or anything else, as that would knock it away again for another six weeks minimum.
[despite all the shenanigans from the 'special someone' that's been "off sick" since mid-November]
However, the reason has changed slightly.
My OH has a minor surgical procedure booked towards the end of March.
We don't want a brush with covid or anything else, as that would knock it away again for another six weeks minimum.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
At one point I got one of those USB multiple port thingies, as I was transferring images and documents between several storage devices and the laptop. Thankfully I now have an external back-up drive that uses another type of port.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I’ll see if I can get one from IT. It will probably be quicker to scour the office for one though.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
I don't like working from home and I don't like working in the office. Dunno what to do really
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Cloo
Banana for scale
Very introvert probably autistic spectrum colleague has just been sent a new laptop and this week has appeared on camera for the first time since lockdown. With a background even today. It was actually really nice to 'see' him again, as it's going to be hard to get him back in the office ever again!
I went in on Tuesday and it was good because they had their first event in the building since covid and there was a lot more bustle, and more staff around, including my manager - so we had our 1:1 in person. Going in next weds and also Tues after that as teammate from the Midlands will be in town then for a show in the evening.
I went in on Tuesday and it was good because they had their first event in the building since covid and there was a lot more bustle, and more staff around, including my manager - so we had our 1:1 in person. Going in next weds and also Tues after that as teammate from the Midlands will be in town then for a show in the evening.
PursuedByBears
Go stick your head in a pig
We're all supposed to have a team day in the office on Thursdays. Since January I'm the only one that ever comes in. I'd stay at home too but I've had to arrange after school childcare for the boy and I have to pay to keep his place in case other people do start coming back to the office.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
We've had 3 of those , there is a regular Chief Exec/Leader of the Council live-streamed speech , the last 3 have had people watching live in the office
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I resolutely hate wearing headsets in meetings, so I will avoid them unless there is absolutely no alternative. In which case I will connect up my own personal Bluetooth headphones with a built-in mic, because the headset provided by work looks like overpriced garbage - I've not even bothered to take it out of its box. Which reminds me, I need to new pair of headphones.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
employer is now talking about making (mainly) wfh normal for most 'office' staff
requirement to go to the office at least once a month, can work from abroad if the tech works, and official flexitime scheme to be replaced by more flexibility and informal time recording, and one off lump sum for kitting yourself out with proper furniture or whatever at home.
hmm - bit unsure about the 'more flexibility' bit - sounds dangerously close to being treated like adults, can see risk of some people taking the piss, some managers suspecting people are taking the piss, and some managers taking the piss and expecting the work to expand and expand.
there's a consultation to be done, of course (place is unionised.)
my situation is a bit unofficial at the moment, i was taken on with the understanding i'd wfh most of the time (office is 50+ miles away) but i have an 'office based' contract.
anyone want any second hand 'proper work shirts'?
requirement to go to the office at least once a month, can work from abroad if the tech works, and official flexitime scheme to be replaced by more flexibility and informal time recording, and one off lump sum for kitting yourself out with proper furniture or whatever at home.
hmm - bit unsure about the 'more flexibility' bit - sounds dangerously close to being treated like adults, can see risk of some people taking the piss, some managers suspecting people are taking the piss, and some managers taking the piss and expecting the work to expand and expand.
there's a consultation to be done, of course (place is unionised.)
my situation is a bit unofficial at the moment, i was taken on with the understanding i'd wfh most of the time (office is 50+ miles away) but i have an 'office based' contract.
anyone want any second hand 'proper work shirts'?
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
I was looking at mine in the wardrobe the other day. I've done a couple of online things when I had to put a shirt on for an hour or so.anyone want any second hand 'proper work shirts'?
I used the same shirt for the first 18 months of this.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
looks like the sheep (or whatever) in the background wasn't participating all that enthusiastically...
Leafster
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True, but the Red Kites were eavesdropping overhead.
I hope they weren't industrial spies.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Well it's not mandatory on tube anymore (not that all that many did it then), just 'recommended' so the vast majority aren't.l
Numbers
an ting!
Ah I know that mate, being on a packed Jubilee line in rush hour knowing this thing is still rampant I was somewhat taken aback.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I'm in the office today as my secretary is off sick and I have a document that needs to go out today and can't be compiled from home.
Trouble is when I got up this morning I threw on yesterday's dog walking clothes and didn't bother to change. I'm definitely grubby at the moment.
Trouble is when I got up this morning I threw on yesterday's dog walking clothes and didn't bother to change. I'm definitely grubby at the moment.
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Did you make up for two years of absence?1st day in the office in 2022 and we were all in the pub by 1pm
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Wow, your employers demand a lot from you.
Cloo
Banana for scale
In office again today - was nice that there was a whole team in who we do work with but most of whom I've never met so it was more lively than usual.
I've just been offered a new job, so I think I'll only see the office a few more times now! My next job sounds like it'll probably be 2 days a week in - in the middle of West End and a very swanky newly-redeveloped HQ that has fancy roof terraces and everything, so actually probably worth going in for.
I've just been offered a new job, so I think I'll only see the office a few more times now! My next job sounds like it'll probably be 2 days a week in - in the middle of West End and a very swanky newly-redeveloped HQ that has fancy roof terraces and everything, so actually probably worth going in for.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I went back to working in the office for about three weeks. First week everyone talked to me and said how much they missed me. Next two weeks .... not one person acknowledged my existence. I decided to go back and work from home.
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