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tynevalleyblackcat said:
Anyone else new to this and facing it for the first time?

First full day for me on Monday. Did a day a month or so back when I worked from home either side of a funeral but had some work that did not depend on logging in and video conferencing etc. I am used to the odd weekend or week night marking up plans on my kitchen bar when I have had to put a few extra hours in over the years (I work in engineering design) but this is completely different. We have all the kit and software so should be OK its just a big change in routine and difficult to get your head round it.
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Cad is the hardest thing to do for what we do, plus trying to home school the kids at the same time.
 


I'm working from home indefinitely. Absolutely can do it but don't tend to in normal circumstances. Did 1 or 2 days from home in a previous company.

You soon get used to it. Having to put in extra hours at night or the weekend soon removes the temptation to fuck about all day.
 
WFH is not difficult but it's also not easy, especially if you are not using it as an excuse to doss. If you've got the front to produce fuck all then it's a paid holiday. There's one or two I work with whose output will not change now they are WFH. They do fuck all in the office and will do fuck all at home.
 
I did 4 days of it last week (went in on Thursday to collect things I need as we're now doing it for 2 to 3 months). I've done odd days before but not long stretches. Technically, it should all be fine (we're well set with Zoom, Webex, Slack and most of the team have work Smartphones), assuming the broadband holds up. I'll miss having people around though.
 
Started last week. From going from a situation where I'm living in a hotel during the week to be permantly in the house and seeing our lass (no) every night is worlds apart, and strange for both of us.

As for the work, the team I'm on really need to be on site so theres only really so much we can do at home. Someone sent out something to us about trying to take it as a normal working day as much as you can, set an alarm to get up, breakfast, talk to people as much as you can, take your breaks when you normally would.
 
I'm starting tomorrow. I brought my PC home on Friday, got all the software and shared files up and running yesterday. I chair a 9am meeting every morning, see how that goes via conference call tomorrow.

Bar the meeting I can do 95% of my work from home. It should be OK I think.
 
I'm the only member of my team based in my office normally, so all my internal meetings are done remotely, so no difference now that I'm WFH. All my customer meetings are done via Webex or BlueJeans anyway, so no difference there other than their servers being busier than usual.

The only real difference is not having to waste money and time on the commute each day and being able to take the dog for a walk at lunchtime.
 
I've mainly worked from home for the past 18 months and, other than missing some of the F2F contact, I can't see any downsides. I speak to colleagues (and work collaboratively) most days and work / life balance is so much better than commuting to an office.
 
spitfire said:
I hate it. I don't have the discipline and my mind wanders. I like to be around people.
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I am 'working from home'. Log for an hour in the morning, read emails, explain where to look first to resolve the problem. Sit bored for several hours waiting for a response from a different time zone. Answer more emails after lunch explaining the best course of action. Bored out of my f***ing mind.
 
tynevalleyblackcat said:
You know what. I think I might be the complete opposite. I logged on today and did some work as I was bored and there was nowt else to do.
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I will be an outlier I expect, but I'm of a mindset where I may as well work, even if unpaid. I doubt I'd get any other work for a while as projects will be non essential for majority of companies. Hopefully will continue to get paid something - but Id be happy to keep the company going as long as I could for free (and save others jobs) for now and be there when things pick up.

Have done a fair bit this weekend to catch up and prepped for whole of next week
 
ouro said:
I am 'working from home'. Log for an hour in the morning, read emails, explain where to look first to resolve the problem. Sit bored for several hours waiting for a response from a different time zone. Answer more emails after lunch explaining the best course of action. Bored out of my f***ing mind.
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20% will be genuinely busy same as if at work / office
But I reckon for majority it’ll be 2 hours day work then fill in rest of day with other stuff , couple at our place we’re rushing out door to work home permanently before Boris had even done a speach last week , yet they aren’t self isolating
 
Fletch said:
20% will be genuinely busy same as if at work / office
But I reckon for majority it’ll be 2 hours day work then fill in rest of day with other stuff , couple at our place we’re rushing out door to work home permanently before Boris had even done a speach last week , yet they aren’t self isolating
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I'd far rather be at work. The calluses on my hands are weakening. I have sensation in my fingertips now - things hurt.
 
Fletch said:
Use spare time to garden ? Decorate ? Exercise ? Read a book ?
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I am setting up an archery range in the back garden again. I also want to level one side of it up so I need several tons of soil. I'm not sure if the exercise / read a book bit was some sort of a slur or if I am becoming too thin skinned. I exercise almost every day and am a voracious reader.
 
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