Couch 230: Decent Communications

Lemoncake · Aug 05, 2021 at 01:58 PM

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Thanks. I don't watch the news much anymore, just glimpses here and there.

Honestly think this is the best policy right now.

Lemoncake · Aug 05, 2021 at 01:59 PM

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Thanks, LT.

Sounds like the hospital system is in total chaos.

Fortunately the brother doesn’t sound like he’s that sick (yet).

Hopefully he will have a mild case.

NP_Complete · Aug 05, 2021 at 03:39 PM

After several ideas being floated, it's now being proposed that we'll WFH 100% and we'll lose our assigned desks. I'm not handling the thought of this very well.

StressedMess · Aug 05, 2021 at 04:10 PM

Lemon, I wish you peace.

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StressedMess · Aug 05, 2021 at 04:11 PM

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After several ideas being floated, it's now being proposed that we'll WFH 100% and we'll lose our assigned desks. I'm not handling the thought of this very well.

I really don't like the idea of 100% WFH for myself. Hopefully you will have some other options.

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Lemoncake · Aug 05, 2021 at 04:18 PM

I have an uncle in Canada still not sure if this is true.

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Lemoncake · Aug 05, 2021 at 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by StressedMess

Lemon, I wish you peace.

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I'm actually better then before.

Lemoncake · Aug 05, 2021 at 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

After several ideas being floated, it's now being proposed that we'll WFH 100% and we'll lose our assigned desks. I'm not handling the thought of this very well.

Maybe you could offer the suggestion that whoever wanted to come in could do so and whoever felt more comfortable at home could stay?

LostOnTheTrail · Aug 05, 2021 at 04:22 PM

I'm so sorry, NP. That really sucks.

LonesomeTonight · Aug 05, 2021 at 05:12 PM

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After several ideas being floated, it's now being proposed that we'll WFH 100% and we'll lose our assigned desks. I'm not handling the thought of this very well.

Ugh, I'm sorry... are they intending to get rid of the office space entirely?

unaluna · Aug 05, 2021 at 05:14 PM

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I have an uncle in Canada still not sure if this is true.
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NP_Complete · Aug 05, 2021 at 05:42 PM

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Ugh, I'm sorry... are they intending to get rid of the office space entirely?

Not entirely. Before the pandemic hit they had just bought two new buildings actually. The WFH policy is apparently role-driven. I think most of the company will be WFH 2 days a week, or at least that's what the latest proposal was. I work for an apparel/footwear company so there are some roles that need to be more hands-on and therefore in-office. I work in IT and we don't necessarily need to be in the office. But I need some human interaction. Who knows what'll actually end up happening, but I'm feeling really down about the idea of 100% WFH. And I've already been feeling pretty low. I ended up emailing my therapist after I'd cried for an hour asking for some supportive words. We'll see if he's too busy to get back to me.

atisketatasket · Aug 05, 2021 at 05:48 PM

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Not entirely. Before the pandemic hit they had just bought two new buildings actually. The WFH policy is apparently role-driven. I think most of the company will be WFH 2 days a week, or at least that's what the latest proposal was. I work for an apparel/footwear company so there are some roles that need to be more hands-on and therefore in-office. I work in IT and we don't necessarily need to be in the office. But I need some human interaction. Who knows what'll actually end up happening, but I'm feeling really down about the idea of 100% WFH. And I've already been feeling pretty low. I ended up emailing my therapist after I'd cried for an hour asking for some supportive words. We'll see if he's too busy to get back to me.

Maybe you can find human interaction elsewhere? Book groups, coffee shops, volunteer work, that kind of thing.

LonesomeTonight · Aug 05, 2021 at 05:55 PM

I hope you hear back from him soon, NP. I wonder if they could still at least have periodic on-site meetings, so you could interact with other people? Or maybe you could arrange to meet some of the IT team for lunch or coffee periodically during the workday (or perhaps dinner after, depending on where people live)? Otherwise, ATAT's suggestion is good.

WarmFuzzySocks · Aug 05, 2021 at 06:09 PM

NP- is it a COVID response, or something they're considering permanently? Either way, maybe you could advocate for being the "on-site" person a couple days a week to meet the needs of (whoever you're providing IT support to) who do better face-to-face? You'd know the language that would work best to fill in the blanks.

CantExplain · Aug 05, 2021 at 07:15 PM

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After several ideas being floated, it's now being proposed that we'll WFH 100% and we'll lose our assigned desks. I'm not handling the thought of this very well.

What are they going to do with those desk? Sell them? In this market?!

CantExplain · Aug 05, 2021 at 07:15 PM

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NP_Complete · Aug 05, 2021 at 07:41 PM

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NP- is it a COVID response, or something they're considering permanently? Either way, maybe you could advocate for being the "on-site" person a couple days a week to meet the needs of (whoever you're providing IT support to) who do better face-to-face? You'd know the language that would work best to fill in the blanks.

They're considering this as a permanent change. My job isn't really as IT support. I'm a programmer, so the extent of my contact with our users is usually very minimal. What I miss is being around the others on my team - about 6 of us on our dev team and another 9 business analysts that we work very closely with. Our cubes were all clustered together. If everyone is working from home, there won't be anyone to interact with even if I were to go into the office.

chihirochild · Aug 05, 2021 at 07:43 PM

Bah again — the apartment building I’m living in is really not well-managed. They never gave me a tour or instructions on how things work, my crap got stolen and they were useless, the driveway gate is always breaking, they still haven’t fitted the missing handle on my cupboard, etc etc.

The thing that is currently driving me crazy is that there is a fire panel in the lobby of the building, and it has an alarm that keeps going off. It isn’t the overhead fire alarm but it is loud and piercing and it keeps me awake. It goes off for days at a time. I talked to the office and they said it was an issue with the phone line and they were working with Comcast to fix it; it actually stopped for a week or two. But I came home tonight and it’s going off again.

Honestly, if it weren’t so much trouble to move all my crap again I would be seriously considering breaking my lease. These people suck.

CantExplain · Aug 05, 2021 at 08:07 PM

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yes but who puts a paper cup between their legs.

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NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,808 7 6,355 hugs given	Aug 05, 2021 at 03:39 PM #643 After several ideas being floated, it's now being proposed that we'll WFH 100% and we'll lose our assigned desks. I'm not handling the thought of this very well.

StressedMess Grand Magnate Member Since Jul 2014 Location: Usa Posts: 3,068 9 589 hugs given	Aug 05, 2021 at 04:10 PM #644 Lemon, I wish you peace. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Lemoncake Luna's offical mini me. Member Since May 2017 Location: Cafe Nervosa. Posts: 9,700 (SuperPoster!) 6 10.2k hugs given	Aug 05, 2021 at 04:18 PM #646 I have an uncle in Canada still not sure if this is true. Login • Instagram __________________ "Love, like life, flows Through the heart. Feel the thrill of the flow And say nothing."

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,768 (SuperPoster!) 9 75k hugs given	Aug 05, 2021 at 05:55 PM #654 I hope you hear back from him soon, NP. I wonder if they could still at least have periodic on-site meetings, so you could interact with other people? Or maybe you could arrange to meet some of the IT team for lunch or coffee periodically during the workday (or perhaps dinner after, depending on where people live)? Otherwise, ATAT's suggestion is good.