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At my company this is for-sure true, broadly across teams. Management has explicitly taken advantage of this by booking a lot of recurring meetings that start
by steveBK123 5y ago
At my company this is for-sure true, broadly across teams.
Management has explicitly taken advantage of this by booking a lot of recurring meetings that start 8/8:15/8:30am in the morning when in the "before times" it was generally a 9am start. Management also feels comfortable sending Slack DMs at 6-7pm as well, knowing people aren't commuting so they can get an answer.
Regardless of setting boundaries, the noise just starts earlier and ends later.
That said it's a tough trade off for me because I do greatly prefer WFH and find I am handling a much higher workload stress only because I am at home.
I've told my manager multiple times over the last year that the level of meetings/work we are taking on is only sustainable because we are at home and everyones social lives evaporated for a year, to which he largely agrees.
What they expect when people return to office shall be interesting. Unless they are ready to accept the 20% reduction in task completion as we revert to in-office norms, I'll be moving on to a new firm after bonus time.
- deagle50 5y agoI've noticed this as well. My solution was to prominently book morning workout/wellness time.
- rpastuszak 5y ago> Regardless of setting boundaries, the noise just starts earlier and ends later. It's a bit annoying that some employers think that somehow they own the commute time you've reclaimed. I'm lucky enough to be able to switch off my phone as soon as my working hours finish, but even in my (fairly laid back) environment I had to remind my manager about those boundaries. What pisses me off a bit is that these things happen when they can be completely avoided, e.g. there is no fire to put out, the question could wait till the morning.