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Hollow Talk posted:The biggest advantage of byod is that I can just tell people that the printer not working from Excel on their Windows Laptop isn't my problem. Can you open it in web excel? :getin-butwithfireeyes:
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Welp, old CIO retired (got pushed out by the board maybe) and new CIO started this week. He got fired from his last CIO job and had an IT staff of 5 outsourced staff (why you need a CIO for 5 non-employees, I don't know). Now he has a staff of nearly a thousand in a global company and he has an interesting approach. First, he is a total dick. You would think someone who got fired from his last job would have an ounce humbleness, but no. Full on narcissist. He walked through the door and without taking an inventory at the infrastructure or personal he was taking over, he instructed all his direct reports to slash 25% of their next annual budgets. It was probably what he was brought in to do, sure, but he also has directed them to finish these budget cuts by the next business week. Everyone is in full panic mode. My EVP is making GBS threads himself. He is taking my teams cost savings initiatives (which are pretty massive) and over reporting the savings because he can't read reports and do basic math correctly. Now after presenting them, he has gone back to the CIO to correct the numbers and the CIO isn't budging. "You said you save this so DO IT." I was told to no longer cut the fat. We are cutting to the bone now and are somehow suppose to not disrupt anything doing it. Needless to say, I have already starting searching. Seems to always shake out this way the closer you get to the holiday season. Execs get off on loving up the holidays.
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I'm amazed you made it this far but I'll miss your dumpster fire company posts
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Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1) Does your org allow working from home and/or remote work? 2) If yes to (1), how often/how much is allowed? 3) If yes to (1), are there any documented requirements for it to be allowed? 4) If no to (1), are there any reasons given why not? 5) Would you consider working for an org that does not permit working from home/remote work? 6) What country are you in? 7) Public or private sector? 8) Union or non-union? Thank you extremely much.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1 - Yes 2 - Full Time 3 - Not aware of any 4 - N/A 5 - For $BOAT money, maybe 6 - US 7 - Private 8 - Non-Union
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1) Yes 2) Manager's discretion - I currently work 1-2 days a week from home. A lot of people work 2-3 days remote, a few are fully remote. 3) We have a telecommuting agreement you must sign with your manager, listing what equipment will be used, when and where you can work remotely, etc. 4) N/A 5) Probably - depends on the role and the company. 6) US 7) Public (University) 8) Non-Union
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1) Does your org allow working from home and/or remote work? Yes 2) If yes to (1), how often/how much is allowed? "As needed" - I did a few months at 2-3 days a week, but due to other circumstances, currently am only doing 2-3 days a month. 3) If yes to (1), are there any documented requirements for it to be allowed? No official WFH policy 4) If no to (1), are there any reasons given why not? It's left to the discretion of the manager 5) Would you consider working for an org that does not permit working from home/remote work? No, I'd love to find a 100% remote job, but I haven't been looking very hard. Partial WFH is a requirement for me. 6) What country are you in? US 7) Public or private sector? Mixed 8) Union or non-union? non-union
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1. There is currently no policy, we can do it if we need to generally. Not more than once a week is a un-written rule. But when we are doing weird off-hours stuff its ok (General IT infrastructure for small public higher-ed) 4. No real policy because lazy people think that lazy people wont get any work done. 5. Not in the future. 6. US 7. Public 8. Kinda Public Union.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1: Yes. We're opening a new office in Amsterdam and have remote employees around the world 2: Some people are fulltime. Most work primarily in the office but work from home occasionally. 3: On my team (internal IT), whomever is on on-call (from 8-8, so not bad at all) works from home that entire week. They work on projects and get some extra cash. 4: N/A 5: I would. I like going into the office and being social. Working remotely for me, personally, would be pretty unpleasant. 6: Canada 7: Private sector 8: lol no
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1. Yes 2. Schedule a day a week in the contract but it's flexible, usually I do 2-3 days a week WFH 3. No 4. N/A 5. No 6. UK 7. Private 8. Non
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1) Yes 2) Generally expected to be in the office, but very flexible with WFH for whatever reason. Doctor's appointments, package coming, overslept, whatever. 3) No, pretty much just between you and your manager 4) N/A 5) I'd consider it, but not very favorably. 6) US 7) Private 8) Non-union
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Proteus Jones posted:1 - Yes
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quote:1) Yes depending on what your job is and who your manager is. IT is 50/50. Engineers are the same. Designers have to show up. Sales is 50/50. HR is 75/25 working from home. Ezekial fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Oct 3, 2019 |
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1) Yes 2) Depends on responsibilities, location, and manager discretion 3) No 5) No 6) USA 7) Private 8) non-union I will add that I now view WFH of >50% of the days vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. I was WFH 3 days a week during my cardiac rehab and was going to request to stay on that schedule for health reasons, but I lucked out and my company closed all the remote offices and made all remote workers work from home 100% rather than have satellite offices. If I were to change jobs, I would probably take upwards of 15-20% pay cut in order to continue working from home.
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Is this the same company that wanted to use their own staff in some weird photoshoot?
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Thanks Ants posted:Is this the same company that wanted to use their own staff in some weird photoshoot? Nope! Both I and the employee in question no longer work for that company. I now work a logistics company and its plagued with old boys $Business issues like a lot of places are.
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1) Does your org allow working from home and/or remote work? Yes. Including 100% work from home 2) If yes to (1), how often/how much is allowed? For people who live in a city with one of our offices they get 2 days work from home each week. For those of us like me without an office it's 100% work from home. Even those with an office location, if they had a reason to be 100% work from home it'd be allowed (I can think of one person that has some sort of medical reason) 3) If yes to (1), are there any documented requirements for it to be allowed? No requirements that I know of. Not sure what the people with an office location have to do but it's pretty consistent that they just "get" 2 days work from home. 4) If no to (1), are there any reasons given why not? N/A 5) Would you consider working for an org that does not permit working from home/remote work? It'd have to be a hell of a job (compensation/benefits) + minimal commute. I'm done with having to drive over an hour one way for a job. 6) What country are you in? 'Merica 7) Public or private sector? Private 8) Union or non-union? Non-union
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Proteus Jones posted:1 - Yes
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1) Yes 2) I work full remote 3) In-Office employees are expected to primarily work in-office, but no hard restrictions 4) NA 5) Never fuckin again 6) 7) Private 8) I already said I'm in the US (non)
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1) Not fully. If you have way too many days without sleeping well during an oncall schedule, you can tell your boss you'll be working from home which is basically a light duty chit. Otherwise, you have to justify it (need to take care of the kids/have a contractor coming over). 2) N/A 3) N/A 4) Nope, the reasons I think are cultural: if other bosses wander around and see too many empty seats they might talk and make my boss look bad; without people to manage my boss would look bad; this place is dysfunctional. 5) Given that's it would most of the available jobs here...sure. 6) Panama 7) Private 8) Non-union
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Speaking of, is there an actually a reliable place to look for 100% remote jobs or is it still a crapshoot?
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Thank you all very very much for the responses so far. I'm compiling this stuff in a beautiful powerful spreadsheet. I don't want to distract from any further responses, but I'll post later why I asked this haha
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Sickening posted:Speaking of, is there an actually a reliable place to look for 100% remote jobs or is it still a crapshoot? I haven't been able to find any of the job search engines that don't include 100% travel as remote.
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1) Does your org allow working from home and/or remote work? Not officially but it is done 2) If yes to (1), how often/how much is allowed? Usually one or two days here or there 3) If yes to (1), are there any documented requirements for it to be allowed? Bad roads, light medical issues, or "need to be home for a contractor/etc" can get you a day or two of WFH. Folks with kids get some if the child can't go to daycare/school due to illness, but this is entirely dependent on specific managers, there's no actual policy allowing it. 4) If no to (1), are there any reasons given why not? n/a 5) Would you consider working for an org that does not permit working from home/remote work? Yep, but it costs $$$ 6) What country are you in? Canada 7) Public or private sector? Private 8) Union or non-union? Non-union
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Sickening posted:Speaking of, is there an actually a reliable place to look for 100% remote jobs or is it still a crapshoot? It's mostly a crapshoot, but: https://github.com/remoteintech/remote-jobs https://weworkremotely.com/ Siochain posted:Folks with kids get some if the child can't go to daycare/school due to illness, In my experience, if I'm home with my kid I'm getting gently caress all done and "WFH" in the instance is just a courtesy so I don't have to take PTO. The Fool fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Oct 3, 2019 |
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1 - Maybe? Directors with laptops have been given the ability (sans explicit executive permission) to use the client VPN setup. At the same time there have been several cases of directors on extended medical being denied any permission to work despite them wanting to so as not to fall behind. 2 - See above, basically depends on the mood of the executive when asked. 3 - No documentation, the hardest part is Meraki's terrible client VPN. 4 - The claimed reason for the medical leave was that they're being paid out of sick leave which means we can't expect any work even if the employee wants to. 5 - Never done proper WFH so most likely yes, but currentJob is still very hands-on due to municipal tech/infra debt. 6 - US 7 - Public/municipal 8 - Union
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. I work in consulting/professional services so this might not be helpful, but... 1: Yes 2: I'm entirely WFH or travel to customer site. Roughly 25% travel. I might go to the office once a year. 3: no 5: for a C level or evp position with double the salary maybe 6: USA 7: Private 8: non union
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1 - Yes, but only on an ad-hoc basis 2 - More than 1.5 days/week requires line manager approval, but it's mostly "Hey boss, I'll need to WFH the next couple of days" 3 - No, it's available to all staff above a certain grade. 4 - N/A 5 - No. WFH is a sanity-saving measure, and that's worth a hell of a lot more than money. 6 - UK 7 - Public (University) 8 - Union, one that's actually effective.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1) no. 2) n/a 3) n/a 4) easier to communicate / hold accountable if talking face to face 5) yes obviously I'm already here 6) us 7) private 8) non union
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1) Yes and no. It is a case by case basis. If they really need work done, then I am expected to get it done no matter where I am. 2) Depends on how bad they really need me and how it reflects on them. Currently we are in "YOU MUST DOCUMENT ALL WORK" territory which translates to "I need you in the office at least 40 hours, but also need you to work more than that. Wherever you perform the supplemental work is fine by me so long as I can use your work to show other people that we need more FTE." 3) For other departments, but not mine. 4) The reason is basically 'we need butts in seats' and 'we are "emergency personnel" so we must be present at all times.' (we aren't actually emergency personnel) 5) Sure 6) USA 7) Public 8) Non-Union
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1. Yes 2. Depends, if on a billable client contract, remote delivery is specified in the contract. $LastContract let me work up to 32 hours/week remote and only required 1 day on site, $CurrentContract is 100% on site, WFH only in extreme circumstances (basically if the office is closed for weather, and at that point its a courtesy to prevent you from burning PTO) If working company internal projects, 100% WFH is common (we do hoteling at our offices and only actually have enough office space for ~10% of our workforce.) 3. Depends on status as billable and your job lead just needs to make sure it is authorized for whatever charge code you are assigned. 4. n/a 5. Yes, provided commute is short enough (current commute is 1.2 miles, which makes the no work from home right now not really feel that bad.) 6. USA 7. Private contractor to the public sector 8. Non-union.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1) Yes 2) up to 100% depending on role, circumstance and manager 3) No. It's at discretion of the manager 5) Without at least partial WFH, no 6) US 7) private 8) lmao. US private sector ill let you guess
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1. Yes 2. 2 days per week (for IT dept) I think everyone else has 1 or 'as needed' 3. So long as you are in the office for the other 3 (i.e. No WHF Wed and Thurs and taking off Friday) 4. n/a 5. They would have to be within like 10 miles of my house 6. USA 7. Private 8. Non
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1. Informally yes 2. IT can generally get 1 day / week without too much fuss. More is allowed with good justification (kids are sick, car in the shop, etc.) People who have been around long enough with good enough justification (developers mainly) have been able to get full remote arrangements. None of this is formalized anywhere though, just gotta convince your boss. 3. ....documentation? 4. NA 5. Yes but only if the pay and commute were both really good. I'm not sure I'd put up with a lovely commute for any amount of money. 6. US 7. Private 8. Non union
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1) Does your org allow working from home and/or remote work? Yes 2) If yes to (1), how often/how much is allowed? Depends how important you are to the company and if your body is required. There are people with permanent or 4/5 day WFH. Most of us plebes get one day per week. 3) If yes to (1), are there any documented requirements for it to be allowed? No WFH for your first three months. After which you can pick a day that isn't Monday. 5) Would you consider working for an org that does not permit working from home/remote work? If the pay is right 6) What country are you in? USA 7) Public or private sector? Private 8) Union or non-union? Non-union
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Thank you very very much for all the replies. I have a great compilation now that I can use. We got sent a "memorandum of understanding" this morning about working from home. It's to be allowed, but only for 36.25h/mo, you must apply to HR answering application questions like "how will your working from home be operationally beneficial", perform a safety inspection and fill out a hazard report for things like "your electrical cables at home must be double insulated", if you get all that approved you still have to get written permission in advance of any work from home days, you must check in with your manager with what you're working on regularly from home, if you're working alone you must permit security calling you for "safety checks", etc etc etc etc. Basically, I'm flipping my poo poo. Anyone hiring infosec remote people?
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Our company only allows people grandfathered in to WFH unless they’re sick or have car problems or there’s terrible weather that makes the commute unsafe. Although if they stick me in one of the terrible open office cubes and install a white noise generator like they’re talking about I’m making an ADA argument for WFH because of noise sensitivity that goes with being a diagnosed autist. I can’t listen to music all the time at this job so I can’t drown out the background noise that a white noise generator makes worse.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Thank you very very much for all the replies. I have a great compilation now that I can use. That is loving insanity!
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hey all, I would like to survey the thread about something, would really appreciate your help. I'm trying to gather info outside of my own job history and experience, and I would like to use the results I expect from this as ammo at my current job. 1) Yes 2) Ad-hoc, as much as you want/need with approval from your manager. Working from your home country is capped at 15 days a year 3) Any kind of permanent home office arrangements require some paperwork to be filled out by you and your manager for HR. For working from your home country, proof of valid travel insurance or local health insurance is required. 4) - 5) Nope, while I don't use it often I want the option. 6) Czech Republic 7) Private 8) Non-Union
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