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> your need for an instant answer often derails my work flow. This! The office paradigm values everyone else's time over my time. It paints interruption as a
by g051051 6y ago
> your need for an instant answer often derails my work flow.
This! The office paradigm values everyone else's time over my time. It paints interruption as a virtue. My last employer (before COVID) cancelled all WFH with the statement "We all know a 15 minute face-to-face conversation is better than a 3 day email chain". What about the other 99% of my time? Any time saved by that 15 minutes interaction is dwarfed by the amount lost in other daily nonsense.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoI haven't see anyone mention, not only are you disrupting the person you have turned around to ask a question but likely 3-4 people in the immediate vicinity. Depending on your office layout and the loudness of your conversation maybe even more.
- g051051 6y agoUgh, yes. The other "innovation" was to redo the building as an open-plan office. The increase and noise and decrease in productivity was ridiculous.
- dzhiurgis 6y agoNow everyone wears $500 helicopter noise cancelling headphones and you have wait it out till they are done. I've got so used to them to get me to my zone I still use at home...
- g051051 6y agoIn our office, wearing headphones was viewed as not being a "team player", because it dissuaded people from interrupting you!
- dr-detroit 6y agoI dont think I could sleep okay tonight if I didn't think you were exaggerating about this my friend.