Working From Home. Torture

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Chicken_Satay

2,297 posts

203 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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fastraxx said:
Do you think they will pay that?
Probably not... hehe

wastedyouth86

850 posts

41 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Sorry but in my eyes working in an office is torture, first they start slow with a horrible commute, then building with having to suffer 'office banter' and trying not to upset people by the latest woke trends, then eating a crappy lunch looking out the window to some dreary view and then you get to drive home another hour your not being paid for.

work from home for life.

Chicken_Satay

2,297 posts

203 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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wastedyouth86 said:
Sorry but in my eyes working in an office is torture, first they start slow with a horrible commute, then building with having to suffer 'office banter' and trying not to upset people by the latest woke trends, then eating a crappy lunch looking out the window to some dreary view and then you get to drive home another hour your not being paid for.

work from home for life.
Sounds like quite a lot of those variables are within your control. E.g:

Commute - get a motorbike instead? Way more fun, even in winter.
Office banter - switch company/industry so that you work with decent people
Crappy lunch - get something decent for lunch somewhere else.
Dreary view - only work in a company that has a decent office.
Woke trends - turn them to your advantage by identifying as an antique pine sideboard. See how much fun they think that is!

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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wastedyouth86 said:
Sorry but in my eyes working in an office is torture, first they start slow with a horrible commute, then building with having to suffer 'office banter' and trying not to upset people by the latest woke trends, then eating a crappy lunch looking out the window to some dreary view and then you get to drive home another hour your not being paid for.

work from home for life.
When I choose a job, I consider the commute before I take the job. If you are spending two hours per day commuting and you hate it, then that was entirely your own decision when you chose your place of work or your home.

I don't know what sector you work in, but I've always enjoyed talking to colleagues in offices. You can have some really good discussions. Mostly it's quite interesting, sometimes educational, often funny. I have made some very good friends over the years from the people I have met at work.

The fact your lunch is 'crappy' is entirely your own fault. I have no idea how you can blame that on being in an office. Bring nicer food to work with you or get your lunch from a better place at lunchtimes.

Working from home will continue permanently for many, but if you aren't included in that, maybe you just need to make some changes to enjoy your working life more?

wastedyouth86

850 posts

41 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Chicken_Satay said:
Sounds like quite a lot of those variables are within your control. E.g:

Commute - get a motorbike instead? Way more fun, even in winter.
Office banter - switch company/industry so that you work with decent people
Crappy lunch - get something decent for lunch somewhere else.
Dreary view - only work in a company that has a decent office.
Woke trends - turn them to your advantage by identifying as an antique pine sideboard. See how much fun they think that is!
i already have them in my control, it suits me very nicely and also the pooch is very much use to me being at home as it is all he has ever known.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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anonymous said:
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By the sounds of it, his colleagues should think themselves lucky that they don't have to share an office with him.

He sounds like one of those weirdos who doesn't speak to anyone in the office.

wastedyouth86

850 posts

41 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Lord Marylebone said:
By the sounds of it, his colleagues should think themselves lucky that they don't have to share an office with him.

He sounds like one of those weirdos who doesn't speak to anyone in the office.
no i have pretty good social skills, just prefer to keep work as work and private life and private life. We don't all need our ego's stroked and be one of
the Lads Lads Lads.

Electronicpants

2,623 posts

187 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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fastraxx said:
no pricks at your desk...
Well, probably one at some point.hehe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW3lhfVpLL4



anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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wastedyouth86 said:
Lord Marylebone said:
By the sounds of it, his colleagues should think themselves lucky that they don't have to share an office with him.

He sounds like one of those weirdos who doesn't speak to anyone in the office.
no i have pretty good social skills, just prefer to keep work as work and private life and private life. We don't all need our ego's stroked and be one of
the Lads Lads Lads.
Ego's stroked? Chatting with other humans isnt ego stroking. It's just conversation.

I'm about as far removed from 'lads lads lads' as you can possibly imagine, I can't stand all that sort of thing, and the people I have worked with over the years haven't been 'lads lads lads' either. They have mostly all been intelligent professionals who have all been really interesting to talk to, and have had a sharp sense of 'intelligent humour'.

I've learned a lot from them as well.

I enjoy it.

wastedyouth86

850 posts

41 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Lord Marylebone said:
Ego's stroked? Chatting with other humans isnt ego stroking. It's just conversation.

I'm about as far removed from 'lads lads lads' as you can possibly imagine, I can't stand all that sort of thing, and the people I have worked with over the years haven't been 'lads lads lads' either. They have mostly all been intelligent professionals who have all been really interesting to talk to, and have had a sharp sense of 'intelligent humour'.

I've learned a lot from them as well.

I enjoy it.
Well goes to show, what works for one might not work for another. horses for courses and all that.

survivalist

5,614 posts

189 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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I’m not complaining (well, not much) but up until March my job was quite social, which I miss.

Work Trips, conferences etc are a bit of a double edged sword. I changed roles when I had my first child partly to reduce the amount of travel, but cutting back to zero is a bit of a shame.

Before I joined my current company I was gone based for six years, so when we went

Chicken_Satay

2,297 posts

203 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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anonymous said:
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Certainly sounds like it.

DukeDickson

4,721 posts

212 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Chicken_Satay said:
I'm severely bored now. Lots of stuff to be getting on with but I find that because I'm sat at home I easily get distracted/find myself too relaxed.

It's also started to get cold again which means using my own heating, so more cost in addition to the already existing wear and tear on my carpets by being in the house all the time. Other fixtures and fittings will also be wearing out quicker than they would otherwise be so I'm thinking of expensing a new kitchen mixer tap, a few light switches, a cistern ball valve, and possibly some floor polish for the wooden floor in my hallway.

I was planning to be back in the office last week but the new rules ended that hope frown
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You're far from alone. I was having a chat today with someone who does desktop support and it seems that it is fairly common, or more so, that whenever someone orders a monitor for home or gets a new laptop, there's a more than healthy number who are happy too pick it up in person rather than take up the free delivery option.

Some outliers aside, plenty appreciate the social side of things and are probably getting a little tired of the sort of isolation.

oldbanger

4,316 posts

237 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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wastedyouth86 said:
Lord Marylebone said:
Ego's stroked? Chatting with other humans isnt ego stroking. It's just conversation.

I'm about as far removed from 'lads lads lads' as you can possibly imagine, I can't stand all that sort of thing, and the people I have worked with over the years haven't been 'lads lads lads' either. They have mostly all been intelligent professionals who have all been really interesting to talk to, and have had a sharp sense of 'intelligent humour'.

I've learned a lot from them as well.

I enjoy it.
Well goes to show, what works for one might not work for another. horses for courses and all that.
I’m the same. I miss the commute (In a Mk1 mx5 or Alfa GT), I miss the network speeds, the printer, and most of all, the conversation. Professionally we learn a lot from each other by talking shop and the social chats are just as interesting. Working from home, I have two nervous dogs, the kids and the OH all day.



fastraxx

8,308 posts

102 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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oldbanger said:
I’m the same. I miss the commute (In a Mk1 mx5 or Alfa GT), I miss the network speeds, the printer, and most of all, the conversation. Professionally we learn a lot from each other by talking shop and the social chats are just as interesting. Working from home, I have two nervous dogs, the kids and the OH all day.
You talk about your dogs wife and kids as a pain. Most people I know love being around their dogs all day now and it’s always a chance they could be nervous. What’s the issue with being around your OH ‘all day’?


mikeiow

5,287 posts

129 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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fastraxx said:
oldbanger said:
I’m the same. I miss the commute (In a Mk1 mx5 or Alfa GT), I miss the network speeds, the printer, and most of all, the conversation. Professionally we learn a lot from each other by talking shop and the social chats are just as interesting. Working from home, I have two nervous dogs, the kids and the OH all day.
You talk about your dogs wife and kids as a pain. Most people I know love being around their dogs all day now and it’s always a chance they could be nervous. What’s the issue with being around your OH ‘all day’?
Indeed.....I work in an IT organisation, & my home network speeds have been faster than the office for many years now!

I’ve worked from home for around 20 years, with a decent mix of customer meetings and work “jollies” thrown in....but seeing the past 6 months as a practise for “stepping away” from the daily work.
Loathe to call it retirement, but the years ahead won’t involve PowerPoint hehe

I feel moderately privileged to have been able to make almost all school sports days/events as ours grew up, thanks in no small part to working for flexible bosses: the kind who know it doesn’t matter if you skip off an hour or two here or there provided the work gets done, and who appreciate will keep on top of things into the evening where needed (global organisation)

Of course, corporate bullst naturally increases these days, commensurate with my sliding into a grumpy old man!
I do have a couple of awesome WhatsApp banter groups that let everyone rip with banter & sometimes non-PC humour (nothing nasty, but sweary stuff that makes you laugh!), and that is how to survive if the office isn’t working for you. IMHO

I do feel sorry for the younger generation....building up decent work relationships is much harder without face to face time.

Woodrow Wilson

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338 posts

159 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Chicken_Satay said:
I'm severely bored now. Lots of stuff to be getting on with but I find that because I'm sat at home I easily get distracted/find myself too relaxed....

...I was planning to be back in the office last week but the new rules ended that hope frown
I'm really fed up with it. The job/work is tedious enough, from which I derive zero intrinsic satisfaction, without being confined to the house for months on end. When I can think of an alternative job (careers? My conclusion is that they are over-rated. You are very lucky if you find something that you enjoy or gain satisfaction from.) and there are jobs available, I will try hard to get one.

I've managed to arrange some days in the sparsely populated office, which will hopefully help a bit.

Edited by Woodrow Wilson on Tuesday 27th October 10:33

Woodrow Wilson

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338 posts

159 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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wastedyouth86 said:
Sorry but in my eyes working in an office is torture, first they start slow with a horrible commute, then building with having to suffer 'office banter' and trying not to upset people by the latest woke trends, then eating a crappy lunch looking out the window to some dreary view and then you get to drive home another hour your not being paid for.

work from home for life.
You may think that you sound stoic and admirable, but you just sound a bit odd and miserable.

ps. The word "woke" doesn't help your case.

Woodrow Wilson

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338 posts

159 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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mikeiow said:
I do feel sorry for the younger generation....building up decent work relationships is much harder without face to face time.
Agreed. Only a certain sort of person will suit the current situation and the part-time at the office of the future, as companies save money on rent by cutting back on office space.

I think it will have a detrimental effect on staff development.

Dog Star

16,079 posts

167 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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My company has announced that when things are back to normal (nobody is allowed into the office at all at the moment) those who want to do so can WFH up to 4 days a week - unless required to come in. I think that's pretty excellent.

Even I, with the commute from hell, am missing the office slightly, however it's more than offset by having my cat next to me all day, snoring away.