The working from home thread

[May Kasahara]

We had a Teams meeting where someone yawned so loudly it was almost theatrical. Lots of frantic muting ensued.

I did wonder if it was deliberate I must admit.

I was chairing a Teams meeting last week and someone fell asleep like, blates nodded off in his chair. Even worse, he was at his workplace!

I've said we're doing the next one in person

 

[Voley]

I was chairing a Teams meeting last week and someone fell asleep like, blates nodded off in his chair. Even worse, he was at his workplace!

I've said we're doing the next one in person

Tbf I've done that irl.

 

[marty21]

I'd hazard a guess that the majority of people here prefer to WFH on a Friday

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Second week of hybrid working. Had to get an expensive business connection for the boss to allow it, but worth it.

Sat down at my PC this morning and realised I've left my glasses in the office. I can still see ok without them, but far from ideal.

 

[kabbes]

We need a reaction for posts!

 

[UnderOpenSky]

We need a reaction for posts!

I know! We had one, but the editor took it away.

 

[Elpenor]

I know! We had one, but the editor took it away.

 

[editor]

I know! We had one, but the editor took it away.

Not me

 

[stavros]

We need a reaction for posts!

I love the smell of face-palm in the morning.

 

[MBV]

Definite downside: the temptation to work when you would otherwise of called in sick.

 

[kabbes]

Didn’t fancy being in tomorrow because I’ve got something in the early evening so it was time to roll out the old “I’ve tested positive, can’t come in for a few days” excuse, while it’s still available.

 

[Elpenor]

I’m in today. Now our admin person has resigned and left on Friday, I had to print a load of payslips, put in the folding machine and manually envelope. Then do the post. Then do someone else’s printing.Now starting my own work finally

The office is deserted, there are a few people the other side of the office from another team (it’s about the size of a tennis court), there are no benefits to being here. No one to talk to. None of this famous collaboration. It’s very still and airless even with the windows open

I can’t have the radio or anything on either. My phone doesn’t have a headphone Jack so can’t even listen that way. Maybe I need to work out how much those funny headphones I’ve seen people in London wear and buy some?

 

[contadino]

Maybe I need to work out how much those funny headphones I’ve seen people in London wear and buy some?

Yeah, seen them. "London" headphones...

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I’m in today. Now our admin person has resigned and left on Friday, I had to print a load of payslips, put in the folding machine and manually envelope. Then do the post. Then do someone else’s printing.Now starting my own work finally

The office is deserted, there are a few people the other side of the office from another team (it’s about the size of a tennis court), there are no benefits to being here. No one to talk to. None of this famous collaboration. It’s very still and airless even with the windows open

I can’t have the radio or anything on either. My phone doesn’t have a headphone Jack so can’t even listen that way. Maybe I need to work out how much those funny headphones I’ve seen people in London wear and buy some?

I normally pay between 20 and 30 quid for the ones I run with, although they have a cable linking the two. Anker or Toatronics.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I normally pay between 20 and 30 quid for the ones I run with, although they have a cable linking the two. Anker or Toatronics.

I took a punt on some wire-free ones from MPow at just over twenty quid and they've been fine - really good for the money, I wouldn't bother upgrading them to hundred quid plus ones tbh.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I took a punt on some wire-free ones from MPow at just over twenty quid and they've been fine - really good for the money, I wouldn't bother upgrading them to hundred quid plus ones tbh.

No, they all die eventually. Plus I like that if one falls out it's still attached to other via cable.

 

[stavros]

I'm so thankful for strategic pissing when a Teams meeting overruns by about an hour.

 

[krink]

JRM's order to get back to the office has finally filtered down from the civil service to local government. I was really keen to get back after a year of working from home but I think two years+ of doing it has changed me. I'm not sure I'm going to enjoy it at all.
What's making it worse is we're going to a new town hall where there are no offices just open plan, you have to book a seat every day, you can't leave anything at the end of the day - not even your tea mug - and there's no set areas where different teams can congregate. Plus there's only about 1 desk for 3 staff. If I was going back to my old office with all my mates I'd be less stressed.

For context I've basically spent two years on my own with almost zero adult company at all apart from visiting my mam who has alzheimers. There have been 3 zoom meetings in the whole 2 years and 2 months.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I was in work at 8:15 and worked fairly solidly on setting up a script to find some insecure DLLs before rounding the day off with a 3-4 hour call to audit user access rights across the computer estate. Finishing around 5pm

I did some other shit to, including making a healthy lunch for an hour.


We have no cheese.

 

[marty21]

I went to my 1st IRL leaving do in ages last night , loads of people there , it was the Director of Housing (Big Boss) for some reason she invited me to it there were a few others of equal lowly standing there . It was heaving in the pub room she booked. I hated zoom leaving dos , I hope they are now in the past.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I was in work at 8:15 and worked fairly solidly on setting up a script to find some insecure DLLs before rounding the day off with a 3-4 hour call to audit user access rights across the computer estate. Finishing around 5pm

I did some other shit to, including making a healthy lunch for an hour.


We have no cheese.

And you forget what you were doing...and then Govey turns up with a big bag of coke so you think 'fuck it, let's just have a party'

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I was in work at 8:15 and worked fairly solidly on setting up a script to find some insecure DLLs before rounding the day off with a 3-4 hour call to audit user access rights across the computer estate. Finishing around 5pm

I did some other shit to, including making a healthy lunch for an hour.


We have no cheese.

Where does the prime minister work from again?

 

[Artaxerxes]

I went to my 1st IRL leaving do in ages last night , loads of people there , it was the Director of Housing (Big Boss) for some reason she invited me to it there were a few others of equal lowly standing there . It was heaving in the pub room she booked. I hated zoom leaving dos , I hope they are now in the past.

God it's been great not having to duck out of work parties.

 

[pbsmooth]

Going to the pub is definitely one of the main perks of being in the office. Or even just somewhere or something nice for lunch. Sad I know. And expensive

 

[stavros]

Where does the prime minister work from again?

Here, obviously:

 

[NoXion]

I was in work at 8:15 and worked fairly solidly on setting up a script to find some insecure DLLs before rounding the day off with a 3-4 hour call to audit user access rights across the computer estate. Finishing around 5pm

I did some other shit to, including making a healthy lunch for an hour.


We have no cheese.

What the fuck would that boff-haired piece of human shit know about real work? Fucking insulting bullshit, coming from a floppy-haired treasonous rich cunt. Fuck off to your Russian paymasters you worthless parasite.

Working from home did not negatively impact productivity for the company I work for, in fact they made more money because they weren't having to pay a bunch of bills.

I wish there were more voices calling out this bullshit for what it is, basically propaganda for landlords who want us back in the offices. Fuck off!

 

[MickiQ]

The 'Everyone Back to The Office' ship has long since sailed. People and companies have had 2 years of WFH and most of them know it works just fine.
The companies that think it doesn't will go bust as all their staff bugger off and work for the ones who know better.
If you bought up a load of commercial property pre-Covid tough shit you are going to lose your shirt.

 

[NoXion]

The 'Everyone Back to The Office' ship has long since sailed. People and companies have had 2 years of WFH and most of them know it works just fine.
The companies that think it doesn't will go bust as all their staff bugger off and work for the ones who know better.
If you bought up a load of commercial property pre-Covid tough shit you are going to lose your shirt.

I hope you're right. Certainly in the case of the company I work for, there are no plans to get us into any offices any time soon.

 

[kabbes]

I have the stats across over 1000 people working in the UK and I can tell you that it’s averaging out at about 2 days a week that people are going into their various offices. And that seems to me like a pretty good balance. My worry is that some people aren’t coming in at all and while that might be fine for them right now, they’re going to find themselves edged out of stuff in the long run.

 

[Elpenor]

Office today, as realised going in on Friday while convenient for the train I need to catch that evening would mean carrying laptop with me all weekend.

Me and a colleague. Nice to have a gossip / moan with her. Senior manager (head of finance) in. He didn’t speak to either of us, spent the entire day on calls in a shut office. Hope it was worth him driving 2 hours for that (he's based out of another office)