Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
mmm, chili
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The bored at home / COVID19 / Working from home thread
- Thread starter riceburner
- Start date
absolutely LOVE skyline chili...and graeder's ice cream....tried both when I was out in OH
jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
- Location
- Slightly Outside Chicago
- Car(s)
- Mk6 racecar, Tacoma
Pros and cons. My office is far and it takes me an hour and a half to get there so I'm grateful about saving gas. On the other hand I feel like I never leave my house and that's draining for me. Feels like living at work sometimes vs working from home.
Almost like you need a side gig as a distraction. I have some buddy’s that started woodworking to escape
Charlotte.:R
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte
- Car(s)
- '18 Golf R 6MT
I definitely feel the same way sometime. M-F, the only really time I leave is to take my kid to school, a whopping 3 miles away. I mean, I walk ~5 miles around the neighborhood every morning, but it's not really getting out.
I have a 12 mile commute, takes about 45 minutes, which would suck to have to resume 5x a week,
75 mile round trip every time I go to work.....I DEFINITELY don't want to resume that.
Actually currently searching for horizontal move in federal space into a fully remote position. Been on current program for 14 years.....time for a change.
Actually currently searching for horizontal move in federal space into a fully remote position. Been on current program for 14 years.....time for a change.
dtfd
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Car(s)
- MK7.5 GTI
One thing that helped me is having a separate dedicated room for my office, not having my office share a space with my bedroom or the living room.
It just helps with your mindset. When I walk into my office I am at work. When I step back through that door I'm back home. No work happens in the "house" if I need to take a call I go back into my office.
During covid my office was in my living room and it just felt like I was always at work, never relaxing at home.
jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
- Location
- Slightly Outside Chicago
- Car(s)
- Mk6 racecar, Tacoma
Yeah that helps, one of the bedrooms is my office, I never work in the living room or anywhere else really.
Charlotte.:R
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte
- Car(s)
- '18 Golf R 6MT
This is my setup. First ~6 months I had an workout bench for a seat, and my computer on the pool table, which sucked. Now I have an actual desk setup which is exponentially more comfortable. We got to take our chairs when we cleaned out the office.
cb1111
Newbie
- Location
- Virginia, USA
I have two offices in my house - both with identical keyboards, mouse, dual monitors etc, Different desks but the same chairs - and I share the offices with my wife.
Me. But I was remote before covid, so...Bump!!
Who's still working from home?
Friday 3/13/2020 we left for the weekend planning to WFH for 2 weeks. December 2020 my company decided to not renew our lease. We go into our parent company 2x a month and basically do nothing
Looking back, it's crazy how less productive we were in office. My wife is back 2-3 days a week, and constantly talks about how people stand around for hours socializing, taking long lunches, playing ping pong (yes, they have a ping pong table) and are just generally less productive when there are at home.
Charlotte.:R
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte
- Car(s)
- '18 Golf R 6MT
Lucky!!
Mostly, yes. They leave me alone, because get shit done and never cause a hassle, but if I need to go in, I do without complaining or having to be asked to.
I had a five week period where I worked 12 hours a day to get a project live and I just did it on site.
No one looks over my shoulder or tracks my hours. They have to with some of the other folks I work with, because they'll let a project fail before coming in and have to be directed to come in and have rigid hours, or they just won't work.
At the end of the day, I put in more hours than most, but I have 100% flexibility.
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Charlotte.:R
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte
- Car(s)
- '18 Golf R 6MT
My company is just the opposite. Totally micro managed. 8:30 and 4:00 daily check ins, 15 minute daily project updates. Weekly Jira review. Time sheets down to 15 minute increments. Expectation is to be online and available from 8:30-5, with lunch from 12-1. Management needs notified of any deviations and we are largely expected to make up any time.
The flip side, I rarely work more than 40 hours and I’m totally left alone on vacation.