I paired at HMRC (the UK's IRS) for about four months. I quit when I was an anxious, depressed wreck who couldn't face going to work anymore. It was a completel

I paired at HMRC (the UK's IRS) for about four months. I quit when I was an anxious, depressed wreck who couldn't face going to work anymore. It was a completely soul destroying experience. The emotional labour involved in managing colleagues (especially those who are less experienced) all day every day is so intense I could barely function outside of work. Steering people towards solutions when they were hung up on irrelevant stuff, explaining things to people who were themselves exhausted in the same way I was, remaining engaged when my screen share was hijacked yet again by someone who "just" wanted to show me something. I have no idea how the author lasted so long. It took me less than 100 days of pairing (partly through a northern English winter) to quit. Added to the above, the 'standard' Zoom caveats apply, too: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200421-why-zoom-video-chats-are-so-exhausting https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200421-why-zoom-video...