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It’s hard to stay home every day. We have to be logged into teams at all times so they can see who is actually at their desk. Also just frustrating not having enough work to do to stay busy. I only needed to be in the office from 9-4, but working from home I have to be online from 8-5 
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There are things you can do to make it a lot more pleasant, OP. The person who suggested you emulate your commute makes a good joke and a good point: I'm serious, try walking around the block before and after work. Setting up psychological boundaries, even token ones, is the way to keep WFH from trashing your whole life.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:08
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Icept posted:All that AND you have to spend time with your girlfriend and kids... lol yeah...
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so you work from home, OP?
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On one hand, working from home is awesome because I’m saving lots of money on gas and I can roll out of bed at 7:30 instead of 6am. On the other hand, my daughter keeps bugging me to play with her and help her with stuff, and I have to concentrate on what I’m doing.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:09
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remigious posted:It’s hard to stay home every day. We have to be logged into teams at all times so they can see who is actually at their desk. lol @ control freak companies who don't trust their employees to do work and have to have constant reassurance that their people aren't jerking off or w/e
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Mar 18, 2020 16:12
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I'm gonna go grab my office chair this afteroon. The one I jerk off in isn't comfortable enough for a whole day.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:18
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Most important wfh question: does anyone have a good way to fake a permanently active/available status in Outlook and Jabber? I know there are mouse wiggler programs, but I'd rather let the monitor go idle if that's a possibility
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Mar 18, 2020 16:39
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i like nice words
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But I'm a male erotic dancer. Working from home just wont pay the bills.
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Oscar Wild posted:But I'm a male erotic dancer. Working from home just wont pay the bills. find a rich man and work from his home.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:46
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Anne Whateley posted:Most important wfh question: does anyone have a good way to fake a permanently active/available status in Outlook and Jabber? desktop or laptop monitor? If desktop, turn it off, if laptop, turn the brightness all the way off.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:47
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I work from home everyday in my industry you kind of have to (I'm unemployed.)
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Mar 18, 2020 16:49
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Anne Whateley posted:Most important wfh question: does anyone have a good way to fake a permanently active/available status in Outlook and Jabber? Keyboard macros are how I cheat at Celtix, if that helps. I have collected many "productivity medals" from leaving the machine typing "gently caress you, spy" and then an RNG staggers thirteen delete strokes in a naturalistic fashion, over and over for hours. Probably only works if your job is just typing all day though, sorry.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:56
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Yeah, sounds like OP doesn't hate working from home - he hates working from a place with a garbage workstation setup. I totally get that. I cobbled together a workstation for home and have slowly been upgrading it over the years. For a time, it was actually superior to my setup at work. I figure as far as personal and work life bleeding into each other, I already have that a lot so this new reality isn't really any different for me. I am pretty good at mentally compartmentalizing stuff too, so when I lock my work computer for the evening, I'm really not distracted by the thought that I need to check it again. (Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.) Someday, I'd like to upgrade to a true work-from-home office, but that'll require moving first I think.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:04
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I like everyone working from home cause now it only takes me like 30 minutes to get to my office and there is always a ton of parking
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Mar 18, 2020 17:17
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remigious posted:It’s hard to stay home every day. We have to be logged into teams at all times so they can see who is actually at their desk. Also just frustrating not having enough work to do to stay busy. I only needed to be in the office from 9-4, but working from home I have to be online from 8-5 Real great company dynamic there, doesn't have enough work to give to people, but is also paranoid that people will just sit there at a computer for 9 hours doing nothing when given the option.
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I thought I was going to enjoy working from home, but yesterday my boss said we need to start keeping a daily log of what we are doing. We had an earthquake this morning so I’ve just been fretting. to be fair I wouldn’t be working hard anyways.
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Prism Mirror Lens posted:WFH would be cool if all the extroverts would just admit that talking sucks as a method of communication and giving status updates via text is a million times better. Instead they go insane and start requiring everyone to dial into every 5 minute chat because “it’s good to talk” the absolute bane of my working life. my job has improved so much since i climbed high enough on the totem pole to tell most people who want me to get on voice chat for trifling poo poo "no, we're going to talk about this over slack using words and there will be a written record"
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Mar 18, 2020 18:06
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Oh boo hoo I get to stay home instead of taking public transit into the plague zone 6 days a week
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Colonel Cancer posted:Oh boo hoo I get to stay home instead of taking public transit into the plague zone 6 days a week Plague zone is my home and also he worst Sonic area.
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Anne Whateley posted:Most important wfh question: does anyone have a good way to fake a permanently active/available status in Outlook and Jabber? Make a custom status also named Available and use that instead of the default.
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The main thing I gather from all the replies itt is that you all like working from home because it makes it super easy to skip work . Thus, proving my initial statement, working from home sucks.
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Mar 18, 2020 18:34
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My dick, balls and prostate are screaming for help. I can't do this much longer. I think there was blood today
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Mar 18, 2020 18:36
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Icochet posted:My dick, balls and prostate are screaming for help. I can't do this much longer. I think there was blood today No pain no gain Icochet! America is counting on you!
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Icochet posted:My dick, balls and prostate are screaming for help. I can't do this much longer. I think there was blood today Maybe only tug it 7 times a day?
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Guildenstern Mother posted:Maybe only tug it 7 times a day? How?? Workday is EIGHT HOURS
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pram posted:it actually owns op. gas and ban for good measure
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Mar 18, 2020 18:49
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You can get used/refurbed Aeron chairs on ebay.
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How am I supposed to jerk off with my wife here all day?
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shut up blegum posted:The main thing I gather from all the replies itt is that you all like working from home because it makes it super easy to skip work . Thus, proving my initial statement, working from home sucks. Yeah, but in the corona thread, goons are citing studies that working from home increases productivity 1437%.
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central dogma posted:Yeah, but in the corona thread, goons are citing studies that working from home increases productivity 1437%. I think you mean 42,069%.
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FogHelmut posted:How am I supposed to jerk off with my wife here all day? make a trade bro
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I've been working from home for years and it owns.
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Sex Skeleton posted:I think you mean 42,069%. Nice!
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remigious posted:It’s hard to stay home every day. We have to be logged into teams at all times so they can see who is actually at their desk. Also just frustrating not having enough work to do to stay busy. I only needed to be in the office from 9-4, but working from home I have to be online from 8-5 The only two worthwhile metrics for someone's effecacy in office work is 1. Is their poo poo done on time 2. Are they available when you need to ask them something 1 doesn't require any sort of fixed schedule and 2 can be done over chat/IM/slack 90% of the time. Hell I answer questions all the time via the slack app while out running errands. This "butts in seats" ethic is outdated as poo poo and pisses me off.
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FogHelmut posted:How am I supposed to jerk off with my wife here all day? https://twitter.com/JanetSKWatson/status/1239686913411481603?s=19 Fuckin hate it when the wife puts me on blast.
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sudonim posted:What is this poo poo. Your management structure seriously feels the need to waste energy on making sure you're at your desk? Yeah. And I just learned that many of my coworkers just have skype on their phone so they are “available” when they are out and about. A nice idea, but I’d rather not integrate my personal phone in any way with work. Besides this always online business, I actually like my job quite a bit and I’m still grateful that I escaped retail hell.
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I would way rather sit at a desk for 8 hours than have anyone from work ever contact me on off hours.
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Icochet posted:My dick, balls and prostate are screaming for help. I can't do this much longer. I think there was blood today Nice. Self lubricating.
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remigious posted:Yeah. And I just learned that many of my coworkers just have skype on their phone so they are “available” when they are out and about. A nice idea, but I’d rather not integrate my personal phone in any way with work. Besides this always online business, I actually like my job quite a bit and I’m still grateful that I escaped retail hell. Pretty irresponsible of them to be out and about when there’s a pandemic going on.
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