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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Sulla on Thursday July 23 2020, @11:08PM (6 children)
For me it was mostly because of my kids. My mom decided me working from home meant she doesnt have to watch them til 9 and that i have to take the two year old home at 2 to get a nap. With the wife being a pharmacy tech working extra hours to meet demand i have to get the 5 year olds at 430 when my dad gets home and doesnt want to deal with em after work. Make them dinner, play a bit on the floor, wife gets home at 6 and i go back to work. Typically work til 10pm and continue the next day.
Still better than being in the office because i dont have to deal with office politics.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday July 24 2020, @02:59PM
Yeah, it was actually somewhat convenient for me to be home with my wife and kid. She always wanted to be a stay at home mom and she's been able to do that. Trouble is, she can't just take kiddo with her to the store anymore. So, it was convenient for me to be able to watch over kiddo for an hour or two while she ran an errand. Also, was kind of nice to take a lunch break and have lunch with the family, essentially every day. Thankfully, there's not a whole lot of office politics that I have to deal with, but it was kind of nice to just not need to go in every day. Yet, still get all my hours in and continue to help the team.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 1) by anubi on Sunday July 26 2020, @03:03AM (4 children)
Office politics... That was by far the biggest impediment to getting things done.
I am an engineer. It is my nature to build things.
Unfortunately for me, if the company gets too big, they have enough money to hire the MBA, and make me subordinate to him.
And it's in his nature to control people.
And I do not like being controlled in that manner.
It's back to that old fox and scorpion meme.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday July 26 2020, @04:09AM (3 children)
Back when the economic crisis happened my work purged all that middle management stuff. So now it is workers > dept manager > director, and i have a very hands-off manager. I wish you luck because that sounds like hell.
He big thing I'm dealing with right now is I somehow got the reputation of being the "guy who correctly predicts outcomes" and "can fix anything" which is endlessly annoying. In the months before the pandemic we had a bunch of people leave and be replaced and one in particular who does not like my reputation.
There were a few projects that I was pulled into last minute during an major software implementation that were outside my area but I managed to MacGuyver a solution out of rubberbands and chewing gum so the implementation didn't fail. I wrote up documentation of all known issues, downstream effects, future corrections, and workarounds.
One girl in particular would take every chance she gets to stop by my cube daily and point out all the flaws and complain how she doesn't see how anyone could have failed so hard, knowing I did the work. Me recognizing the issues and pointing out a few that needs fixed causes extreme passive-aggressiveness against me. To everyone else she talks to she gives glowing reviews of me, but is always super aggressive toward me in person. She is smart as a whip so i don't understand why she doesn't just fix the issues.
I don't understand and it is annoying. I'm not going to complain to management as she appears to only do it to me. I have never understood pointing out someones flaws especially when they already know them and will readily admit to them. So much more productive to just be helpful. I get to avoid all this shit while working from home, which looks like its going to be a forever option.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 1) by anubi on Sunday July 26 2020, @09:43AM (2 children)
Could it be she likes you?
I have never understood female psychology.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Tuesday July 28 2020, @12:51AM (1 child)
I just figured that I would be left alone once they proved themself to themself and their manager. If your suggestion is correct I imagine I will have to put up with this for longer.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2020, @05:46PM
Try taking off the wedding ring and looking available, nothing kills interest faster than knowing something is easily attainable.