Things that give you the sh1ts

[mots02]

How flexible are the arrangements?

Supposed to be one day WFH per week if agreed with your boss.

I've spent the last year reminding myself it's probably not my business.. but hard not to get frustrated when someone clearly is taking the p*ss when everyone is super busy as it is.

Our rostered days off are our Flexi Friday - idea is to work additional hours over the fortnight and get every second Friday off.

So far:
1st week - 1x work from home (Monday), 1x sick day (Friday)
2nd week - 3x work from home (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday), 1x Flex Friday
3rd week - 2x work from home (Monday, Tuesday), 1x sick day Thursday
4th week - 1x public holiday (Monday), 2x work from home (Wednesday, Thursday).

Days worked:
Mondays - 0
Tuesdays - 2
Wednesdays - 3
Thursdays - 1
Fridays - 1 (interestingly was an early finish for "drinks" with a former colleague).

Well that clears it up a bit... nowhere near as flexible as she seems to be interpreting. Unless she has additional permission from her manager?

[Brodlach]

How flexible are the arrangements?

Supposed to be one day WFH per week if agreed with your boss.

I've spent the last year reminding myself it's probably not my business.. but hard not to get frustrated when someone clearly is taking the p*ss when everyone is super busy as it is.

Our rostered days off are our Flexi Friday - idea is to work additional hours over the fortnight and get every second Friday off.

So far:
1st week - 1x work from home (Monday), 1x sick day (Friday)
2nd week - 3x work from home (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday), 1x Flex Friday
3rd week - 2x work from home (Monday, Tuesday), 1x sick day Thursday
4th week - 1x public holiday (Monday), 2x work from home (Wednesday, Thursday).

Days worked:
Mondays - 0
Tuesdays - 2
Wednesdays - 3
Thursdays - 1
Fridays - 1 (interestingly was an early finish for "drinks" with a former colleague).

I’d love those hours.

[RB]

The main consideration I think Bedge is, are her absences from the office affecting your work?

If so, that might be the best way to raise it - i.e. impact on the work you're doing and KPIs/deadlines/other measurables.

[The Bedge]

Nah she hasn't got approval. She's a nice girl, just young(ish), little immature in the world of being an adult..

For our team, it's only her and I based in Adelaide the rest are in Brisbane, so I feel it's more a matter of out of sight, out of mind - no one is here to really hold her to account - and as Dedja pointed out that's not my place.

Anyway, i've had my rant, i feel better now!

[dedja]

Maybe some people may wonder why their workmates seem to spend so much time on a non-work online site, say for example, http://www.safooty.net, during work hours.

[Booney]

Since COVID hit and Victoria shat the bed we've got one bloke who WFH two days a week.

I bet you can't pick which two days they are?

Hint - They are the same two days his wife goes to the office and they have two kids under 4.

[dedja]

Nah she hasn't got approval. She's a nice girl, just young(ish), little immature in the world of being an adult..

For our team, it's only her and I based in Adelaide the rest are in Brisbane, so I feel it's more a matter of out of sight, out of mind - no one is here to really hold her to account - and as Dedja pointed out that's not my place.

Anyway, i've had my rant, i feel better now!

Thanks, that’s gives more context.

[MW]

Since COVID hit and Victoria shat the bed we've got one bloke who WFH two days a week.

I bet you can't pick which two days they are?

Hint - They are the same two days his wife goes to the office and they have two kids under 4.

To me, this is the best thing to come from it. Giving families the flexibility to save on daycare costs.

[Booney]

Since COVID hit and Victoria shat the bed we've got one bloke who WFH two days a week.

I bet you can't pick which two days they are?

Hint - They are the same two days his wife goes to the office and they have two kids under 4.

To me, this is the best thing to come from it. Giving families the flexibility to save on daycare costs.

Problem is he takes the piss. Monday and Friday is his WFH days and whenever you call he doesn't answer, the odd occasion he picks up it sounds like you've called a childcare centre. He's our group engineer on probably $300k+.

[MW]

Since COVID hit and Victoria shat the bed we've got one bloke who WFH two days a week.

I bet you can't pick which two days they are?

Hint - They are the same two days his wife goes to the office and they have two kids under 4.

To me, this is the best thing to come from it. Giving families the flexibility to save on daycare costs.

Problem is he takes the piss. Monday and Friday is his WFH days and whenever you call he doesn't answer, the odd occasion he picks up it sounds like you've called a childcare centre. He's our group engineer on probably $300k+.

yeah ok thats not good then

[Lightning McQueen]

Problem is he takes the piss. Monday and Friday is his WFH days and whenever you call he doesn't answer, the odd occasion he picks up it sounds like you've called a childcare centre. He's our group engineer on probably $300k+.

Is he your 2IC?

[Brodlach]

You’re not doing 8 hour work days if you are looking after 2 kids under 4

[The Bedge]

He's our group engineer on probably $300k+.

I'm on almost the same salary! Just one zero less

[locky801]

You’re not doing 8 hour work days if you are looking after 2 kids under 4

How many that work from home actually do an 8 hour days work

[amber_fluid]

You’re not doing 8 hour work days if you are looking after 2 kids under 4

How many that work from home actually do an 8 hour days work

I work from home full time
I’m online between 7am to 6pm.
The hours I actually work differ daily depending on what I’m doing but the company still gets 40+ hours from me somewhere in the week

[dedja]

You’re not doing 8 hour work days if you are looking after 2 kids under 4

How many that work from home actually do an 8 hour days work

I work from home full time
I’m online between 7am to 6pm.
The hours I actually work differ daily depending on what I’m doing but the company still gets 40+ hours from me somewhere in the week

GTFO … this is not that place for facts.

[MW]

You’re not doing 8 hour work days if you are looking after 2 kids under 4

How many that work from home actually do an 8 hour days work

I work from home full time
I’m online between 7am to 6pm.
The hours I actually work differ daily depending on what I’m doing but the company still gets 40+ hours from me somewhere in the week

Similar, but WFH 3 days a week. They well and truly get 40+ from me, working across both APAC and EU business areas, it's a 16 hour workday span.

[Brodlach]

Being online 7am-6pm surfing porn doesn’t count

[amber_fluid]

Being online 7am-6pm surfing porn doesn’t count

Bloody oath it does!

[Lightning McQueen]

In a previous workplace I had 3 customer service reps and it was around COVID.

One had been there about 10 years and had little ones at home, she had a laptop, another had been there about 15 years, she had a laptop too, they both were available for longer than their office hours when they Worked From Home.

The other had been there about 18 months and we had 3 year leases on PC's etc. she was about 12 months off of being upgraded to a laptop but she was also extremely lazy and would go missing for anywhere up to 2 hours during the day.

She asked me one day for no apparent reason "Can you please fast-track my laptop so I can work from home"

I replied with "really? you don't even work from work", it was about then when all hell broke loose.

Anywho, I lent her my spare lappy for tow days while she tended to a sick pet and had run out of sick leave, I could barely get hold of her during the day, she'd send me a chat thingy and then I'd reply and she'd be gone, when I quizzed her about it she'd reply with "Sorry, I just took a nap" like it was nothing.

She ended up leaving before her laptop came through, thank God.

No shit, she wold rock up late nearly every day and make up for it by leaving early and then complain that she couldn't get her work done because she was too busy.