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You have small children running around the house, so you'd never get anything done there because you'd be constantly interrupted. I have childish coworkers run
by jpindar 11y ago
You have small children running around the house, so you'd never get anything done there because you'd be constantly interrupted.
I have childish coworkers running around the office, so I can barely get any work done there and I am constantly interrupted.
- sdegutis 11y agoI work from home, and we have 4 children (ages 3 to 12), and one on the way. My office is in my bedroom. But back when I worked in a "real" office, I had the exact same situation you just described. It was just as noisy and loud as it is here at home. In either place, I have to learn how to work with distractions in the background, and learn how to ignore them efficiently. So why not do that at home? Here, I have an "open door" policy, so that I can help my wife out with any homeschool tasks that might be better suited for me. It can be challenging sometimes, but it's extremely rewarding. And I'm just as productive here (if not more productive) than I ever was at a "real" office. But YMMV.
- rogerthis 11y agoFive kids is very old fashioned and ... Roman. It's good to be not alone here in HN. On the subject, eventually the house's temperature goes to the heights. But I'd never worked so much before and the parenting experience gives a great sense of achievement. It's like a family business with its own departments, and its own kind of clashes.
- swalsh 11y agoWork from home, son shoots you with nerf gun, work from office, brogrammer shoots you with nerf gun....
- GuiA 11y agoAt least you can send your son in timeout.
- BinaryIdiot 11y agoI've been in this exact situation. Fortunately I found another place to work in the same building that contained our office and I was super productive. I feel like the "no fun employee" but when you get shot 20 times a day from all the nerf Wars that break out I don't understand how anyone gets shit done. Ultimately they probably just don't (at least if it is as frequent as I ran into).
- harmegido 11y agoWait, those seriously happen? I thought examples of that were just satire. I guess there are some upsides to working in finance. That would never happen there lol.
- BinaryIdiot 11y agoI mean my 20 was probably an exaggeration but I can remember days where 10+ battles erupted around me. If it's 1 or maybe 2 times I don't mind and might even join in but on the days when it becomes excessive? I can't get anything done! Very frustrating.
- NickNameNick 11y agoIt used to happen in my office, but it was usually a friday evening thing, or in one of those awkward gaps after meetings, but before lunch, and everyone was distracted anyway.
- cableshaft 11y agoWhen I worked for a game development studio a couple guys brought nerf guns and shot people at work for awhile. It got too distracting so management put the kibosh on it after about a month, though.
- stronglikedan 11y agoI have no children running around my house, but I still lack the discipline to work from home effectively. That "separation of space" helps to keep me focused. That's just me personally, and I know plenty of people that are effective working form home, but I just procrastinate and distract myself. I am my own interruption.
- fredleblanc 11y agoYes, open office environments with a culture of "interruptions are fine" doesn't help either. I guess what a need is a library that's also an office? I don't know.