marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I hadn't thought of working from bedwe had a video conf with our team yesterday , me and the boss were in the office, eveyone else looked like they were still in bed
now im working from bed
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marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I work for what you would call State/city Government, it's miraculous we do Skype meetings - getting them to so something else is a stretch
PursuedByBears
Go stick your head in a pig
The Faculty organised a delivery of a home workstation for me this afternoon!
I'm sat there, having a professional phone conversation with someone who isn't a direct colleague, when suddenly something small and furry lands on my lap demanding attention. I held myself together remarkably well and I think I satisfied both parties with my respective engagements.
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
I bought a dell work style monitor a year or so ago and link the work laptop up to that on extended display. Really vicious now about cut off time. After 5pm it is disconnected and the home comp is on. Used to come home from the office and use the work lap top but with the children around during the day they deserve a clear time for me to be back. One good thing is the family can see how mad my usual work day is. Kind of has made me appreciate the insanity of what I used to be having to deal with "at work".
circleline
Well-Known Member
Am exhausted working from home these past few days. I like my big, yellow kitchen table but it's not really designed to work at all week. Similarly, the bar stools. Daughter is WFH in the front/living room and I am WFH in the kitchen/diner. We have both agreed that that we are 'glad' we don't have an open-plan layout but 2 x 'reception' rooms in our tiny house.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
Wfh is a cunt. I failed and went back to work despite being in a really high risk group. Then today a colleague with diabetes came over with a query to work through and I thought “fuck this shit”. Wfh from Monday (if not before). I don’t want to have to deal with infecting someone on my conscience.
I'm missing the social element of work a lot more than I thought I would. It's a bit of head fuck really. I did send out an explainer to my team how to use the extend display option for those with a spare screen which will hopefully make things easier for some.
It's weirdly tiring but nice being able to play music whilst I work.
It's weirdly tiring but nice being able to play music whilst I work.
Voley
🐀
They really don't. I've stuck a couple of pillows on mine but I've still got a numb arse by the end of the day.
More positively, I've been using the extra 1.5 hrs commute time to go for a walk. Hit the WHO weekly Healthy Heart target by Wednesday.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
What has really pissed me off is that my team is the one that raises questions about responses to things, and my company has a responsibilty of care in this whole shebang. I need to be careful what I say, but we have been all but separated from each other in the last few weeks, and not in the "social distancing" kind of way.
edit: well, that post didn't come out as coherent as I thought...
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I do that too - once I'm done for the day the work laptop is switched off and put away, and the work phone switched off. It's essential to have clear boundaries when working at home for sake of your health.
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
Is it possible to be banned from Urban until after 5.00 on weekdays? I think it may help.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to have to get a real office chair. After 8 hrs at my dining room table, my neck and shoulder are all messed up.
I'm sure office chair sales will be the next new bright spot in the economy.
Great job on the walking, btw.
I'm being selective with what music I'm listening to whilst WFH. I'm avoiding anything with lyrics, as it's potentially distracting. This is strange, because I distinctly remember going through GCSEs, A Levels and a degree playing anything and everything whilst studying. Old age (late thirties) must've changed me.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
I have to tailor my listening to lyrics depending on what I'm working on stavros. Hip hop is totally out Currently coping with 6music while I'm trying to figure out an excel chart problem, but will need to switch to something like Steve Reich if I'm working on something that requires me to think about my prose.
Totally unable to log into the vpn this morning...hope this isn't a regular thing.
Currently coping with 6music while I'm trying to figure out an excel chart problem, but will need to switch to something like Steve Reich if I'm working on something that requires me to think about my prose.Totally unable to log into the vpn this morning...hope this isn't a regular thing.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
They've finally closed my place of work, a public library/community hub, but are sending us access codes so we can log in remotely to emails and sign in and out every day, so no fucking lie ins ffs. And they will have to find a meaningful and useful way to make us of 33,000 employees sitting at home twiddling their thumbs
PursuedByBears
Go stick your head in a pig
You could all start mining bitcoins.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
still have to be awake
Mrs Miggins
It’s all happening tomorrow
I am supposedly WFH today but we can't really do very much as we can't access the hospital systems remotely. I am supposed to make 8 phone calls at some point.
Mrs Miggins
It’s all happening tomorrow
Have you got flour?! Lucky bastard.
Voley
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Similar thing here. Just spent half an hour trying to send an email. Given up now.I have to tailor my listening to lyrics depending on what I'm working on stavros. Hip hop is totally out
Totally unable to log into the vpn this morning...hope this isn't a regular thing.
Also finding 6music easy to work to.
Plain and self raising seems to be intermittently available, it's bread flour that's just a fond memory round here...
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
My partner is working from home. She supports university students. She’s on a zero hours contract. Normally she works with them face to face and I’d say she probably averages about 25 hours a week. Currently I reckon she’s doing double that and I’m not sure she will get paid for it all. She’s too conscientious. She’s also just had a Microsoft Teams chat with her fellow workers and the PC looked like University Challenge.
But Christ she works hard. I just walk around taking the piss out of supporting mardy pupils all day. And am currently looking at 5 months off on full pay. She works bloody hard.
But Christ she works hard. I just walk around
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