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And for a short spell I don't have to feel strangely guilty over not checking up on work during my vacation. Sigh...

by daneel_w 3y ago

rad_gruchalski 3y ago
Do you have to, or FOMO?
- daneel_w 3y ago
  Something in-between. I'm the only engineer in my position. The fear is an unnoticed fire. A lot of things are monitored but a few things still require someone to take a quick glance at them at least once a day.
FartyMcFarter 3y ago
If I were you I'd try to add some friction to that process. Make it harder to access work stuff during vacation, it should help to decrease the bad habit.
- daneel_w 3y ago
  As someone else suggested, I've been thinking about uninstalling Slack during holidays. But in lieu of another employee to share my responsibilities with, any potential problem grows the longer it takes before I'm aware of it.
prmoustache 3y ago
Do you?
- daneel_w 3y ago
  A little bit, because I'm the only engineer in my position.
kentiko 3y ago
To avoid checking by habit, I simply uninstall the app entirely during my time off.
- mettamage 3y ago
  Also don't bring your work phone. If you do bring your work phone. Log yourself out of everything as well. More friction, less problems :)
- specproc 3y ago
  Or don't ever install it on your phone. It's bad enough in a browser tab, I'd go mad with it on my phone.
gonzo41 3y ago
Put your phone your pocket, your laptop in a bag. put your bag on and go swimming. Oh no, guess you've got to spend all holiday offline.
nixpulvis 3y ago
Funny, I always grew to like the damn app more when I was using it on vacation. Usually just to reread some old thread or make sure I didn’t miss something. Now I don’t use it at all however, and at least that part of my life is going nicely. There are to many damn chat apps, someone make a memey ffs.
- xarvatium 3y ago
  Already is a meme :) https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
  - nixpulvis 3y ago
    I miss IMAP being so fucking cool. CalDav is “good enough”-ish and still beats being locked to google. This actually might be worth a real rant sometime (again?), but I’m way off on a tangent here this morning.

And for a short spell I don't have to feel strangely guilty over not checking up on work during my vacation. Sigh...

rad_gruchalski 3y ago

Do you have to, or FOMO?

daneel_w 3y ago
Something in-between. I'm the only engineer in my position. The fear is an unnoticed fire. A lot of things are monitored but a few things still require someone to take a quick glance at them at least once a day.

FartyMcFarter 3y ago

If I were you I'd try to add some friction to that process. Make it harder to access work stuff during vacation, it should help to decrease the bad habit.

daneel_w 3y ago
As someone else suggested, I've been thinking about uninstalling Slack during holidays. But in lieu of another employee to share my responsibilities with, any potential problem grows the longer it takes before I'm aware of it.

prmoustache 3y ago

Do you?

daneel_w 3y ago
A little bit, because I'm the only engineer in my position.

kentiko 3y ago

To avoid checking by habit, I simply uninstall the app entirely during my time off.

mettamage 3y ago
Also don't bring your work phone. If you do bring your work phone. Log yourself out of everything as well. More friction, less problems :)
specproc 3y ago
Or don't ever install it on your phone. It's bad enough in a browser tab, I'd go mad with it on my phone.

gonzo41 3y ago

Put your phone your pocket, your laptop in a bag. put your bag on and go swimming. Oh no, guess you've got to spend all holiday offline.

nixpulvis 3y ago

Funny, I always grew to like the damn app more when I was using it on vacation. Usually just to reread some old thread or make sure I didn’t miss something. Now I don’t use it at all however, and at least that part of my life is going nicely. There are to many damn chat apps, someone make a memey ffs.

xarvatium 3y ago
Already is a meme :) https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- nixpulvis 3y ago
  I miss IMAP being so fucking cool. CalDav is “good enough”-ish and still beats being locked to google. This actually might be worth a real rant sometime (again?), but I’m way off on a tangent here this morning.