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In my anecdotal experience, seemingly not noticed, as people assume that you came in just a few minutes before. For a couple of reasons, I spent a period of ti
by MattGaiser 6y ago
In my anecdotal experience, seemingly not noticed, as people assume that you came in just a few minutes before.
For a couple of reasons, I spent a period of time going into work at 6AM. Most came at 8 or 9. Far more people commented when I stayed until 6PM one day.
A former co-worker of mine used to do this as well. I didn’t notice for weeks and only because I logged in very early one day.
- kar5pt 6y agoAt my old job I was routinely praised for being a hard worker because people kept seeing me stay to 7pm. I usually heard comments like, "don't work too hard" and "make sure you don't stay too late". What no one seemed to notice was I was coming in at 11. I never felt the need to correct anyone.
- yuppie_scum 6y agoIt’s also a great tip to work on your body language that says “I’m very busy with important things” even if you totally aren’t. For example, when you go to the break room or to sit on the toilet or to have a smoke break make sure you move very fast and purposefully from your desk so people think you’re just running back and forth to talk to people.
- jim-jim-jim 6y agoJapanese workers have mastered this. So many people running about the office without actually going any faster.
- reddog 6y agoAlso, don’t go anywhere empty handed. Always carry a clipboard or file folder with you to get donuts from the break room.
- yuppie_scum 6y agoSmartphone works great for this in our industry. Be staring at it furiously typing as tho on slack/reviewing PRs while transiting to the shitter
- BurningFrog 6y agoIf you want to be noticed, send out a few emails just as you get there.
- benhurmarcel 6y agoIn many clients you can program emails too, if you want to fake that. So it's not fully reliable either.