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Sorry to hear that, I've been in this situation in the early years of my career. It sucks, puts way too much unnecessary pressure... If you need to focus, just

Sorry to hear that, I've been in this situation in the early years of my career. It sucks, puts way too much unnecessary pressure... If you need to focus, just disable all notifications. Literally all of them. No one will die while you are focusing on the task at hand. And the project you are working on will definitely benefit from someone paying 100% attention to it. This may sound too extreme, but it'll feel natural after just one week.

legerdemain 5y ago
Tried doing that, immediately got feedback from team lead: "Scarlett mentioned that she tried to reach you about the metrics she's trying to collect, she ended up getting blocked for the whole day. Could you be more more responsive?"
- jacquesm 5y ago
  Or maybe Scarlett can work on more than one thing so that when she needs to make demands on other people's time that comes with a reasonable expectation of turnaround (such as 24 hours) or to communicate such needs timely rather than at the last moment.
  - legerdemain 5y ago
    Let me tell my boss how to manage the team and get back to you about how that goes.
    - kulikalov 5y ago
      find a new boss?
      - deleted 5y ago
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      - legerdemain 5y ago
        I work at FAANG and kind of like the comp? Other teams here are generally just as bad, from what I hear.
        kulikalov 5y ago
        Well, I guess if the comp compensates for the stress you are having, then there is no problem to solve here. IMHO, while the median comp might be higher in FAANG, one can get comparable or even higher compensation in many other companies given certain level of excellence in one's craft.
        legerdemain 5y ago
        No, the problem is all this activism for entrenching remote work. I'll be much happier when it dies down again. I'm quite happy that my employer is implementing pay reductions for people who move away and make themselves harder to collaborate with.
        jacquesm 5y ago
        I think the activism is because companies are already trying to push back hard against it, when actually it should be a matter of personal preference. For lab work I can see why wfh is not an option, but for software development and lots of other work that could be done from home the decision should in principle lie with the employee, whatever works best for them, assuming that they are able to function like that.
        NotSammyHagar 5y ago
        The question of allowing devs (and other office workers but lets focus on devs) to go remote if they want is the big work-life issue of today. A few people want to work in person, but I'd say easily 75% of the people I work with do not want to be forced to go back to the office. In practice I have yet to actually meet someone who wants to go back to the big o except for the vp of engr. Everyone else, from recruiters, new hires, experienced people wants to be remote. There must be some people who want it of course. One example, I'm a dev, and I talk to people we are trying to recruit from companies I worked at previously, they all ask me whether my company serious about going to in person, will that slowly fade away based on covid. I asked the recruiters and they said almost all the recruits ask that question too. I've always been in person at faang type companies and now about every month our vp of engineering schedules a new 'go back to the office' date, but it keeps going backward. Next date was going to be January something, but I'll put money on it going back monthly. One last whine, they keep saying they will do a survey of employee desires and concerns around this, but they keep delaying it for some reason.
    - jacquesm 5y ago
      Ok! ;) Nice saying from the metalworking world: 'increased feeds and speeds are no substitute for better planning'.
    - afandian 5y ago
      A half decent manager should be able to handle this feedback, surely
- pracer 5y ago
  That is true. But the problem here is not the remote work, is the company workflow. It will be the same problem in the office.
  - smackeyacky 5y ago
    I don't know about that. Some middle management has been using remote working to amplify their toxic behaviour because its easier to get away with when people are isolated.

legerdemain 5y ago

Tried doing that, immediately got feedback from team lead: "Scarlett mentioned that she tried to reach you about the metrics she's trying to collect, she ended up getting blocked for the whole day. Could you be more more responsive?"

jacquesm 5y ago
Or maybe Scarlett can work on more than one thing so that when she needs to make demands on other people's time that comes with a reasonable expectation of turnaround (such as 24 hours) or to communicate such needs timely rather than at the last moment.
- legerdemain 5y ago
  Let me tell my boss how to manage the team and get back to you about how that goes.
  - kulikalov 5y ago
    find a new boss?
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
    - legerdemain 5y ago
      I work at FAANG and kind of like the comp? Other teams here are generally just as bad, from what I hear.
      - kulikalov 5y ago
        Well, I guess if the comp compensates for the stress you are having, then there is no problem to solve here. IMHO, while the median comp might be higher in FAANG, one can get comparable or even higher compensation in many other companies given certain level of excellence in one's craft.
        legerdemain 5y ago
        No, the problem is all this activism for entrenching remote work. I'll be much happier when it dies down again. I'm quite happy that my employer is implementing pay reductions for people who move away and make themselves harder to collaborate with.
        jacquesm 5y ago
        I think the activism is because companies are already trying to push back hard against it, when actually it should be a matter of personal preference. For lab work I can see why wfh is not an option, but for software development and lots of other work that could be done from home the decision should in principle lie with the employee, whatever works best for them, assuming that they are able to function like that.
        NotSammyHagar 5y ago
        The question of allowing devs (and other office workers but lets focus on devs) to go remote if they want is the big work-life issue of today. A few people want to work in person, but I'd say easily 75% of the people I work with do not want to be forced to go back to the office. In practice I have yet to actually meet someone who wants to go back to the big o except for the vp of engr. Everyone else, from recruiters, new hires, experienced people wants to be remote. There must be some people who want it of course. One example, I'm a dev, and I talk to people we are trying to recruit from companies I worked at previously, they all ask me whether my company serious about going to in person, will that slowly fade away based on covid. I asked the recruiters and they said almost all the recruits ask that question too. I've always been in person at faang type companies and now about every month our vp of engineering schedules a new 'go back to the office' date, but it keeps going backward. Next date was going to be January something, but I'll put money on it going back monthly. One last whine, they keep saying they will do a survey of employee desires and concerns around this, but they keep delaying it for some reason.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    Ok! ;) Nice saying from the metalworking world: 'increased feeds and speeds are no substitute for better planning'.
  - afandian 5y ago
    A half decent manager should be able to handle this feedback, surely
pracer 5y ago
That is true. But the problem here is not the remote work, is the company workflow. It will be the same problem in the office.
- smackeyacky 5y ago
  I don't know about that. Some middle management has been using remote working to amplify their toxic behaviour because its easier to get away with when people are isolated.