So what's the problem?
now you sound cranky.You should adjust your hearing aid.
I'm off, free and clear, 4 days a week.
I have more than enough time to surf and pursue other interests.
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So what's the problem?
now you sound cranky.You should adjust your hearing aid.
I'm off, free and clear, 4 days a week.
I have more than enough time to surf and pursue other interests.
One thing before I retired we were trying to get a picture on is people working remotely and living out of state for payroll purposes. Having to file quarterly wage reports in multiple states, the added costs and complexity of doing so.i think the people who moved to cheaper states to work remotely are going to get screwed. they got another year for sure. but once it's safe to return to offices from covid I see getting back to near levels of working in the office as previously. I think executives and management people want people in the office to get back to having meetings all day in person, even despite effectiveness of working at home. Eventually, I think those people that moved are going to find their jobs eliminated and replaced at lower salary for someone that will be in the office. Office space is going to get cheap and leases negotiated to have near the same head count back on site as pre-covid.
I think you are exactly right, except for the effectiveness aspect.i think the people who moved to cheaper states to work remotely are going to get screwed. they got another year for sure. but once it's safe to return to offices from covid I see getting back to near levels of working in the office as previously. I think executives and management people want people in the office to get back to having meetings all day in person, even despite effectiveness of working at home. Eventually, I think those people that moved are going to find their jobs eliminated and replaced at lower salary for someone that will be in the office. Office space is going to get cheap and leases negotiated to have near the same head count back on site as pre-covid.
And once they're in Arizona, Austin, Arkansas, etc., it will be almost impossible for them to move back.i think the people who moved to cheaper states to work remotely are going to get screwed. they got another year for sure. but once it's safe to return to offices from covid I see getting back to near levels of working in the office as previously. I think executives and management people want people in the office to get back to having meetings all day in person, even despite effectiveness of working at home. Eventually, I think those people that moved are going to find their jobs eliminated and replaced at lower salary for someone that will be in the office. Office space is going to get cheap and leases negotiated to have near the same head count back on site as pre-covid.
It's a really clean, simple way of weeding out the people at the top of the salary schedules and hiring the skinnys...And once they're in Arizona, Austin, Arkansas, etc., it will be almost impossible for them to move back.
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I think a lot of people will feel similar in 6 months to a year if they don't already.I hated working at home the first two months of quarantine. It was not all it’s cracked up to be. I felt consumed by work in a way that I never had been before and I’m used to working long hours. The lines between my personal life and work life were completely blurred. I was always on call. I like leaving the office and checking out for the day until I come back. When my office was the next room it was hard to do that. Plus my gf is working from home which means we spend way too much time together and are right on top of eachother as we only have one extra room for a home office.
I absolutely agree with you.I’m opting to go back to the office in January providing a widespread or local lockdown changes my mind for me.
I hated working at home the first two months of quarantine. It was not all it’s cracked up to be. I felt consumed by work in a way that I never had been before and I’m used to working long hours. The lines between my personal life and work life were completely blurred. I was always on call. I like leaving the office and checking out for the day until I come back. When my office was the next room it was hard to do that. Plus my gf is working from home which means we spend way too much time together and are right on top of eachother as we only have one extra room for a home office.
I talked to my producer yesterday and I got a huge board room for my edit bay with a private 2nd floor balcony so I can work with the door open and fresh air. I’ll keep my door locked and bring in my own mini fridge, bed press o and microwave for my lunch and refreshments. Protocol is that the rooms on either side of me have to be empty so for once noise from other editors won’t be an issue. Only thing I’ll have to worry about are shared bathrooms. I’m stocked and crossing my fingers that further shutdowns don’t sh!t on this situation.
nice, what line of work?WFH is permanent for me. Gave up my office a few months back. I've got as much work as ever, so it doesn't allow me much more time in the water. I've never met 2/3 of my staff in person.
Yup. If I get forced back into WFH I’ve already decided that I’m gonna be that guy who draws a hard line in the sand and doesn’t respond to emails or answer the phone when I’m not on the clock. I was never a stickler for hours but if I work from home I’m going to have to be.I absolutely agree with you.
Working a daily set schedule gives you a starting point and an ending point.
Since I've been working at home that has disappeared. Emails 24/7. There is no longer a line between work time and personal time. Some people working normal business hours, others who work all night long.
accounting/finance has been completely effective working remotely from home. there's very little reason to be in the office doing that on a corporate level, except if you're still paper dependent. but if the rest of the company comes back in, we'll have to alsoI think you are exactly right, except for the effectiveness aspect.
I went from newsroom to working from home as a stringer while going to school in my early 20s. I think effectiveness begins to dwindle the longer time spent away - at least in my personal experience.
I feel the same way. If I take a couple of hours during the day, I make them up. It should all balance out in the end, but it seems to always land in the favor of doing more work. Somebody, somewhere, always has a critical problem.Yup. If I get forced back into WFH I’ve already decided that I’m gonna be that guy who draws a hard line in the sand and doesn’t respond to emails or answer the phone when I’m not on the clock. I was never a stickler for hours but if I work from home I’m going to have to be.
The flip side of that is I’m going to have to be more disciplined. It’s wat too easy to do things like take the dog for a long two hour walk during my lunch break on a nice day or actually break to eat dinner at a normal hour and tell myself I have the freedom to make up the time later in the eventing which eventually leads to me working until midnight or later which sucks. One thing I’ve found as I get older is that I need chill time to wind down at the end of the day. I can’t just work and crawl into bed.
Fuck, I hate agreeing with you.I feel the same way. If I take a couple of hours during the day, I make them up. It should all balance out in the end, but it seems to always land in the favor of doing more work. Somebody, somewhere, always has a critical problem.
You're getting older and smarter.....There will be a Skully "Get Off of My Lawn" post one of these days.fook, I hate agreeing with you.
Tech - it was an easy transition for me. A bit harder for all of the business units I support.nice, what line of work?