The Coffee House

[JonA_CT]

Sigh. It’s not what it looks like.

(Hit a tree branch on the follow through of a swing. Now I don’t have a 4 iron.)

 

[SquarePeg]

LOL. I should do this.

The funny thing is that my supervisor doesn't even work out of this office. My reportee works out of a different office. I typically do not work with anyone in my office.

And yet, I have to be "in the office".

Engineers (and managers) aren't that progressive when it comes to work-life balance and telecommuting.

@waday I was VP of a privately owned company for a few years. The President of the company could be a royal jerk. He wanted to take off on Friday afternoons, but didn't want anyone else to. So he'd leave and then call back at various times during the afternoon to check if various members of the management team were still in the office. We all finally had our fill of him, so when he'd leave I'd call the department heads and retire to the conference room for a weekly poker game/happy hour. When he'd call the receptionist would page us and we'd answer. Not sure if someone tipped him off, but one Friday he came back unexpected, and found us all in the conference room. It was hilarious actually, because he couldn't fire all of us, all he could do was slam the door and storm out. The next week he made it known that HE would be in the office on Friday afternoons in the future.

LOL, I love this. My previous supervisor used to do that sometimes. If she worked from home, or if I was going to work from home for some reason, she'd call, IM, or email me occasionally with some non-important issues to see if I was "available".

We have instant messaging, which has our "status" of available, busy, offline, etc. My previous supervisor would track my status, so I changed my settings to have it display available whenever the computer was on. It was pretty oppressive, because if I had to read a report that I printed out or if I was looking at a drawing, she'd see me as "away" since I would be inactive for several minutes. She'd then think I wasn't working.

Seems like a trust issue. Usually when someone doesn't trust their employees to get their work done from home it's because they would not get anything done if THEY were at home.

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Sigh. It’s not what it looks like.

(Hit a tree branch on the follow through of a swing. Now I don’t have a 4 iron.)

It looks like you were in the woods when you swung!

 

[JonA_CT]

Not woods, but also not an ideal placement of the ball on the previous shot, haha.

 

[waday]

Not woods, but also not an ideal placement of the ball on the previous shot, haha.

Story of my golf game

 

[davidharmier60]

I haven't swung a golf club in 20+ years.
But the worst thing I would have done was drop a ball off a water hazard. Never ever would I have swung into/under a tree.

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[smoke665]

(Hit a tree branch on the follow through of a swing. Now I don’t have a 4 iron.)

Jon get one of these. Light weight, collapsible, saves a lot of wear and tear on equipment

 

[waday]

Seems like a trust issue. Usually when someone doesn't trust their employees to get their work done from home it's because they would not get anything done if THEY were at home.

She definitely had/has trust issues, as well as control issues. She also has really bad stereotyping and typecasting issues, as well as pigeonholing issues. I know they seem like the synonyms, but they all have slight variations that make them very different. Don't get me wrong, if she liked you, she was very loyal and would defend you. At times, she could be a great supervisor. But, it wasn't always sunshine and roses.

 

[smoke665]

Sorry, but oddly this just came in from a friend. Don't normally re-share, but I though it was funny.

 

[limr49 2]

We have instant messaging, which has our "status" of available, busy, offline, etc. My previous supervisor would track my status, so I changed my settings to have it display available whenever the computer was on. It was pretty oppressive, because if I had to read a report that I printed out or if I was looking at a drawing, she'd see me as "away" since I would be inactive for several minutes. She'd then think I wasn't working.

We have instant messaging too, and no one actually pays attention to what someone's status is. Part of that is that the system is used for easier communication amongst enrollment staff so when, say, a counselor is working with a student and needs a quick answer from someone in the registrar (which is in another building), it's faster and more reliable than email. But it's also because no one really cares. If someone isn't doing their work, it's a lot more apparent in may ways other than their instant messaging status.

 

[davidharmier60]

It's just about that time.
Sleepiness is near.

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[snowbear138 69]

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Now I don’t have a 4 iron.)

Sure you do. You just have to get on your knees to use it.

We have instant messaging, which has our "status" of available, busy, offline, etc. My previous supervisor would track my status, so I changed my settings to have it display available whenever the computer was on. It was pretty oppressive, because if I had to read a report that I printed out or if I was looking at a drawing, she'd see me as "away" since I would be inactive for several minutes. She'd then think I wasn't working.

We have instant messaging too, and no one actually pays attention to what someone's status is. Part of that is that the system is used for easier communication amongst enrollment staff so when, say, a counselor is working with a student and needs a quick answer from someone in the registrar (which is in another building), it's faster and more reliable than email. But it's also because no one really cares. If someone isn't doing their work, it's a lot more apparent in may ways other than their instant messaging status.

We have Skype Business (AKA Lync).
I telecommuted one day last week, and doubt I will do it again. The connection isn't great (I suspect the VPN) and trying to do GIS on one screen is &$*#_*@$.

 

[SquarePeg]

We have instant messaging, which has our "status" of available, busy, offline, etc. My previous supervisor would track my status, so I changed my settings to have it display available whenever the computer was on. It was pretty oppressive, because if I had to read a report that I printed out or if I was looking at a drawing, she'd see me as "away" since I would be inactive for several minutes. She'd then think I wasn't working.

We have instant messaging too, and no one actually pays attention to what someone's status is. Part of that is that the system is used for easier communication amongst enrollment staff so when, say, a counselor is working with a student and needs a quick answer from someone in the registrar (which is in another building), it's faster and more reliable than email. But it's also because no one really cares. If someone isn't doing their work, it's a lot more apparent in may ways other than their instant messaging status.

Several upper mgmt in our company any use IM status as a time clock. It’s a very easily fooled system though.


When Princess and her BFF take your camera and think they’re models but don’t know how to use the speed light.

 

[waday]

We have instant messaging, which has our "status" of available, busy, offline, etc. My previous supervisor would track my status, so I changed my settings to have it display available whenever the computer was on. It was pretty oppressive, because if I had to read a report that I printed out or if I was looking at a drawing, she'd see me as "away" since I would be inactive for several minutes. She'd then think I wasn't working.

We have instant messaging too, and no one actually pays attention to what someone's status is. Part of that is that the system is used for easier communication amongst enrollment staff so when, say, a counselor is working with a student and needs a quick answer from someone in the registrar (which is in another building), it's faster and more reliable than email. But it's also because no one really cares. If someone isn't doing their work, it's a lot more apparent in may ways other than their instant messaging status.

That’s how it’s supposed to work for us, too, but it ends up being used similar to @SquarePeg ’s time clock... “You didn’t sign in until 8:45 today, are you going to stay later to make up for it?” Meanwhile, they ignore the emails sent at 10 pm the previous night.

 

[tirediron]

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Sigh. It’s not what it looks like.

(Hit a tree branch on the follow through of a swing. Now I don’t have a 4 iron.)

Given that 50% of it (approximately) is missing, does that make it a 2 iron?

 

[tirediron]

I haven't swung a golf club in 20+ years.
But the worst thing I would have done was drop a ball off a water hazard. Never ever would I have swung into/under a tree.

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Last time I swung a club was immediately before the course marshal escorted me (and several shipmates) off of the Port Royal Golf Course in Hamilton, Bermuda. Apparently playing polo with the gas-powered golf carts (which had governors that were ridiculously easy to disable) was considered "inappropriate".... Who knew?