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One thing I have noticed when WFH is that random calls are more disruptive than someone calling to your desk. When someone calls to your desk you're already in
by Graffur 5y ago
One thing I have noticed when WFH is that random calls are more disruptive than someone calling to your desk. When someone calls to your desk you're already in that environment. When someone calls you when WFH they're entering your environment - if that makes sense.
I also notice that status update meetings seem to be more common.
- TheDudeMan 5y agoYou can choose to not answer (not always, but sometimes).
- teddyh 5y ago“Meyerhof was about to pass on down the list when the summons came. It wasn’t really a summons. No one could summon a Grand Master. It was only a message that Division Head Trask would like very much to see Grand Master Meyerhof if Grand Master Meyerhof could spare him the time. Meyerhof might, with impunity, have tossed the message to one side and continued with whatever he was doing. He was not subject to discipline. On the other hand, were he to do that, they would continue to bother him—oh, very respectfully, but they would continue to bother him.” — Jokester, Isaac Asimov, 1956 <https://archive.org/details/Infinity_v01n06_1956-12_LennyS-cape1736/page/n39/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Infinity_v01n06_1956-12_LennyS-c...>
- Graffur 5y agoTrue, and I do if its an unprompted call with no obvious reason.
- silicon2401 5y agoI disagree. I hate being at the office and at the mercy of whoever wants to walk by and talk to me. Even if I have an excuse for not talking, I'm still disrupted. At home, all interactions are filtered through my laptop, which is more predictable and manageable.