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I really want to ask to work from home like three days a week. I would definitely be happier if I could do this job in pajamas with a dog to pet any time I wanted. And it would be so easy to do this job from home. I use almost no paper, and I rarely actually speak to anyone. In a year and a half, one judge has come by my office maybe three times to talk about something. Everything else is by phone or email. But I don’t think it’s an option.
Maybe you can blaze a trail! I always wonder why employers don't allow it, especially not 100% of the time. If you're slacking off about your work, that's an issue that can occur at home or in the office. Not really sure what the hang up is. Seems like it may just be an antiquated way of thinking, butt in seat at desk = working.
I’m probably not assertive enough to be a trailblazer. I know when I was in Atlanta, there was some discussion of people wanting to telecommute, but there were all kinds of weird rules about it so the office head didn’t want people to bring it up. But I have a friend who works for a federal court, and I’m pretty sure she does it three days a week so maybe they’ve loosened up some.
I think I would actually be more productive if I could work from home some, but I also don’t really want to admit that I’m not as productive as I could be now.
I know good and well I'm not disciplined enough to work from home.
LOL, that's totally fair! I would honestly be more productive at home. Our workspace is super fucking loud and I can't concentrate well unless it's quiet. So for now I compensate by working a weird schedule and come in late and stay late. I'd much rather work normal hours from home!
I know good and well I'm not disciplined enough to work from home.
I procrastinate when I work from home, but if I can keep myself motivated I'm not horrible. But I recently learned that I prefer doing physical work. I didn't realize that until I got a desk job and now that I'm doing a little of both it's crystal clear.
I wouldn't want to work 100% from home. I do think I eventually would get lazy. And I might not shower enough.
I would like a day or two a week at home, or a more open policy to work from home more often. We can now, but it's really only when there's a good reason (ie. waiting for the cable guy). I really only work from "home" when I spend a week at my sister's. I'll often work a few days remotely there. I don't do well with time off, so if I take a day off, but then we're not doing anything, but sitting around, I'll open my computer and put in a half-day.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
I'm currently watching a one-hour-and-ttwenty-minute video about how to use e-mail.
Gross.
Right? It was supposed to be a two hour web training class, but I forgot about it and made an appointment during the class I signed up for, so they said I could just watch the video instead. And hey, I got several rows done on the hat I’m knitting so at least it wasn’t a total waste of time.
Post by Jake Jortles on May 16, 2019 8:18:36 GMT -5
Working from home sounds nice, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that being in my physical office adds a fuckton to my social life. Even if some of it is forced, most of the chatting and laughing I do is at the office. Most of the new friends I've met in the last 3 years began from office conversations and being invited to parties while at lunch or at a work happy hour that was organized during the day.
But goddamnit if I could just choose which 8 hours of the day to come in for... that would solve a lot. I truly get wanting employees to be present for most of the hours between 11-3 (with an hour lunch), but I wish I could choose how to distribute the other 5 hours.
Working from home sounds nice, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that being in my physical office adds a fuckton to my social life. Even if some of it is forced, most of the chatting and laughing I do is at the office. Most of the new friends I've met in the last 3 years began from office conversations and being invited to parties while at lunch or at a work happy hour that was organized during the day.
But goddamnit if I could just choose which 8 hours of the day to come in for... that would solve a lot. I truly get wanting employees to be present for most of the hours between 11-3 (with an hour lunch), but I wish I could choose how to distribute the other 5 hours.
As far as the social aspect, I had a really good situation at my last job. Everyone was really nice in general, but no one was aggressively friendly or overbearing, and I had a couple of people I considered friends and talked to most days. I recently almost went back to that job, and it was one of the things I was most looking forward to.
At my job now, I work on a hall with three other people. Two of them are clerks in the same chambers, so they chat with each other on occasion, but I’m not sure they have much in common, and they mostly seem to only talk about work. And two of them are dating, but they almost never talk to each other while here. Other than that, we don’t really interact much, everyone just stays in their offices all day.
I’m an off-the-charts introvert, so I didn’t really think a situation like this would get to me. But I also don’t really know any people in this city (other than my husband of course), and I’ve never really been one for making friends outside of work, so it turns out, I actually really miss having work friends.
The two people who are dating are both leaving next month, so I’m interested to see what their replacements are like.
I'm currently watching a one-hour-and-ttwenty-minute video about how to use e-mail.
Last year, we had to do like a three hour class at a meeting about writing emails. Several people lost their entire will to live that day.
Oh lord, I’m feeling thankful now that mine was much shorter, and I watched it alone in my office with my door closed, so no one knew if I was actually paying attention or not.
Working from home sounds nice, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that being in my physical office adds a fuckton to my social life. Even if some of it is forced, most of the chatting and laughing I do is at the office. Most of the new friends I've met in the last 3 years began from office conversations and being invited to parties while at lunch or at a work happy hour that was organized during the day.
But goddamnit if I could just choose which 8 hours of the day to come in for... that would solve a lot. I truly get wanting employees to be present for most of the hours between 11-3 (with an hour lunch), but I wish I could choose how to distribute the other 5 hours.
As far as the social aspect, I had a really good situation at my last job. Everyone was really nice in general, but no one was aggressively friendly or overbearing, and I had a couple of people I considered friends and talked to most days. I recently almost went back to that job, and it was one of the things I was most looking forward to.
At my job now, I work on a hall with three other people. Two of them are clerks in the same chambers, so they chat with each other on occasion, but I’m not sure they have much in common, and they mostly seem to only talk about work. And two of them are dating, but they almost never talk to each other while here. Other than that, we don’t really interact much, everyone just stays in their offices all day.
I’m an off-the-charts introvert, so I didn’t really think a situation like this would get to me. But I also don’t really know any people in this city (other than my husband of course), and I’ve never really been one for making friends outside of work, so it turns out, I actually really miss having work friends.
The two people who are dating are both leaving next month, so I’m interested to see what their replacements are like.
I've never been in a situation like yours. Not sure I could do it unless I adored the work tbh. I'm a bit of an extrovert though.
I'm currently watching a one-hour-and-ttwenty-minute video about how to use e-mail.
Last year, we had to do like a three hour class at a meeting about writing emails. Several people lost their entire will to live that day.
When I had to watch the construction training video 3 months after I started and it kept crashing and kept me at work late, I almost killed the PA Josh. Like why you slacked so bad that now we have to get this done today and why did you bring me an hour and half tutorial video at the end of my work day. Fuck those things.
As far as the social aspect, I had a really good situation at my last job. Everyone was really nice in general, but no one was aggressively friendly or overbearing, and I had a couple of people I considered friends and talked to most days. I recently almost went back to that job, and it was one of the things I was most looking forward to.
At my job now, I work on a hall with three other people. Two of them are clerks in the same chambers, so they chat with each other on occasion, but I’m not sure they have much in common, and they mostly seem to only talk about work. And two of them are dating, but they almost never talk to each other while here. Other than that, we don’t really interact much, everyone just stays in their offices all day.
I’m an off-the-charts introvert, so I didn’t really think a situation like this would get to me. But I also don’t really know any people in this city (other than my husband of course), and I’ve never really been one for making friends outside of work, so it turns out, I actually really miss having work friends.
The two people who are dating are both leaving next month, so I’m interested to see what their replacements are like.
I've never been in a situation like yours. Not sure I could do it unless I adored the work tbh. I'm a bit of an extrovert though.
Even apart from the socialization aspect, it is the most boring job I’ve ever had, and that includes the year I worked the day shift at a failing t-shirt store in the mall, which is why I almost went back to my old job. But this job pays really well and allows me to live in a city that is relatively inexpensive, whereas going back to my old job would have required a very expensive cross-country move to live in a city where housing costs are currently outrageous. I have two remaining student loans, a car payment, and one credit card with a small balance, and I really want to pay all those things off in the very near future, and that couldn’t happen if we had moved, so we decided to stay here for two or three more years to try to get completely out of debt and save some money. It is not ideal, but hopefully, it’ll give us more freedom in the long run.
I've never been in a situation like yours. Not sure I could do it unless I adored the work tbh. I'm a bit of an extrovert though.
Even apart from the socialization aspect, it is the most boring job I’ve ever had, and that includes the year I worked the day shift at a failing t-shirt store in the mall, which is why I almost went back to my old job. But this job pays really well and allows me to live in a city that is relatively inexpensive, whereas going back to my old job would have required a very expensive cross-country move to live in a city where housing costs are currently outrageous. I have two remaining student loans, a car payment, and one credit card with a small balance, and I really want to pay all those things off in the very near future, and that couldn’t happen if we had moved, so we decided to stay here for two or three more years to try to get completely out of debt and save some money. It is not ideal, but hopefully, it’ll give us more freedom in the long run.
You are so much more responsible with your Finances than I am lol. I'm pretty much banking on a Bernie/Warren type to eventually get me out of Student Loan debt. At this rate, I'll probably pay it off in 20 years from now. I have a decent 401k savings for a 27 year old, but my bank accounts basically just stay flat and keep me comfortable enough.
I obviously don't know enough about you so I can't be too confident here, but I feel like you have to find a way to make your situation more enjoyable. You can't stay content with throwing away 8 hours per day for the next 3 years. Time is just too valuable.
Even apart from the socialization aspect, it is the most boring job I’ve ever had, and that includes the year I worked the day shift at a failing t-shirt store in the mall, which is why I almost went back to my old job. But this job pays really well and allows me to live in a city that is relatively inexpensive, whereas going back to my old job would have required a very expensive cross-country move to live in a city where housing costs are currently outrageous. I have two remaining student loans, a car payment, and one credit card with a small balance, and I really want to pay all those things off in the very near future, and that couldn’t happen if we had moved, so we decided to stay here for two or three more years to try to get completely out of debt and save some money. It is not ideal, but hopefully, it’ll give us more freedom in the long run.
You are so much more responsible with your Finances than I am lol. I'm pretty much banking on a Bernie/Warren type to eventually get me out of Student Loan debt. At this rate, I'll probably pay it off in 20 years from now. I have a decent 401k savings for a 27 year old, but my bank accounts basically just stay flat and keep me comfortable enough.
I obviously don't know enough about you so I can't be too confident here, but I feel like you have to find a way to make your situation more enjoyable. You can't stay content with throwing away 8 hours per day for the next 3 years. Time is just too valuable.
I’m thirteen years out of school now and have paid off two of my four loans so far by making the regular scheduled payments. If I keep making the scheduled payments, the last two would take another seven years to pay off, and I just really can’t stand the thought of still having to pay them at that point.
You’re not at all wrong about finding a way to make it enjoyable. Knowing I have a goal and a plan for getting out has actually helped a lot. I also get like twenty vacation days a year (separate from sick leave), plus every federal holiday, so that helps too By staying here, I’m also a lot closer to my family, so I can visit a lot. Still, it can be tedious actually getting through the days sometimes.
You are so much more responsible with your Finances than I am lol. I'm pretty much banking on a Bernie/Warren type to eventually get me out of Student Loan debt. At this rate, I'll probably pay it off in 20 years from now. I have a decent 401k savings for a 27 year old, but my bank accounts basically just stay flat and keep me comfortable enough.
I obviously don't know enough about you so I can't be too confident here, but I feel like you have to find a way to make your situation more enjoyable. You can't stay content with throwing away 8 hours per day for the next 3 years. Time is just too valuable.
I’m thirteen years out of school now and have paid off two of my four loans so far by making the regular scheduled payments. If I keep making the scheduled payments, the last two would take another seven years to pay off, and I just really can’t stand the thought of still having to pay them at that point.
You’re not at all wrong about finding a way to make it enjoyable. Knowing I have a goal and a plan for getting out has actually helped a lot. I also get like twenty vacation days a year (separate from sick leave), plus every federal holiday, so that helps too By staying here, I’m also a lot closer to my family, so I can visit a lot. Still, it can be tedious actually getting through the days sometimes.
That's a bunch of positives. Can you listen to music / podcasts all day? If so, this picture isn't looking so bad!
I’m thirteen years out of school now and have paid off two of my four loans so far by making the regular scheduled payments. If I keep making the scheduled payments, the last two would take another seven years to pay off, and I just really can’t stand the thought of still having to pay them at that point.
You’re not at all wrong about finding a way to make it enjoyable. Knowing I have a goal and a plan for getting out has actually helped a lot. I also get like twenty vacation days a year (separate from sick leave), plus every federal holiday, so that helps too By staying here, I’m also a lot closer to my family, so I can visit a lot. Still, it can be tedious actually getting through the days sometimes.
That's a bunch of positives. Can you listen to music / podcasts all day? If so, this picture isn't looking so bad!
If it’s on headphones, I doubt anyone would notice or care as long as I get all my work done. I do spend a fair amount of time on inforoo on any given day.
Spent my whole academic career trying to get a job in media and now that I’ve been in it for 5 years now, I’m pretty much fed up with it. Constant fear of layoffs and shitty salaries. Last round of layoffs I got moved over to social media so that they didn’t have to fire me after they cut my old department in half. I barely even look at my own, but I have the skills to pull the job off competently. I hate it though. People are vicious and brutal on the internet and my new department is full of gossipy corporate types that are making me pretty miserable. I used to be able to laugh and joke around with my old coworkers way more through the bullshit, but that’s waned a lot after the move.
So I’ve been studying pretty obsessively for the last two months so I can get a teaching certification to teach high school. Hoping I can make the move before next school year. It’s a big change and I feel like I’m starting all over. Scared honestly. But I have to get out of this place. The stress and anxiety I’m living with is fucking with me mentally and physically at this point.
Spent my whole academic career trying to get a job in media and now that I’ve been in it for 5 years now, I’m pretty much fed up with it. Constant fear of layoffs and shitty salaries. Last round of layoffs I got moved over to social media so that they didn’t have to fire me after they cut my old department in half. I barely even look at my own, but I have the skills to pull the job off competently. I hate it though. People are vicious and brutal on the internet and my new department is full of gossipy corporate types that are making me pretty miserable. I used to be able to laugh and joke around with my old coworkers way more through the bullshit, but that’s waned a lot after the move.
So I’ve been studying pretty obsessively for the last two months so I can get a teaching certification to teach high school. Hoping I can make the move before next school year. It’s a big change and I feel like I’m starting all over. Scared honestly. But I have to get out of this place. The stress and anxiety I’m living with is fucking with me mentally and physically at this point.
/end vent
That sucks. But it's great that you're working quickly to GTFO of a job situation you're not comfortable in. Some people stick around far too long in jobs they hate *because* starting over is so hard, but it definitely beats the alternative. Hope you can get out very soon and find a more peaceful job.
Post by Dave Maynar on Jun 25, 2019 5:08:43 GMT -5
Over the weekend, I got an email about an expected outage in a server for maintenance and upgrades. Pretty standard stuff. Someone within IT accidentally responded to all asking a specific question regarding the type of maintenance because they had not been notified. A supervisor in IT responded with the answer to his question then immediately with a second email asking everyone to disregard after I assume he noticed he had sent it out to the larger email list. You would think, "Huh. Whoops on that guy. No big deal. Whatever. I'll go on with my life. Three bonus emails isn't a big deal." You would be wrong. Cue about 40+ emails for the rest of Monday of people asking to be "removed from the email string", explaining how that isn't how group emails work or just generally telling people to stop replying to all. I couldn't help but laugh at the amount of energy that got expended over three little emails.
Post by heyyitskait on Jun 25, 2019 5:11:56 GMT -5
My work computer got upgraded to Windows 10. My second monitor wouldn’t work after. IT gave me a new computer. It deleted my work while I was working on it.
Losing work is the worst. I work in a building we we lose power several times a year only long enough to make the computers reboot. I've got a UPS on every game console, piece of network equipment, TV, and computer in my house and I think I've spent a few 100 dollars on it over the last 4 or 5 years. You would think they would do the same to prevent people from losing work.
Also, if my computer reboots any time after 3, you best believe I'm done doing any work for the rest of the day.
but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal. 
