I'd ideally like a mix of something like 3 days a week in the office and 2 at home, which we might end up doing if we need to maintain social distancing in the office once we go back.
- Collaboration is just hard when you can't all be round a whiteboard - still haven't found a suitable solution for this
Totally bizarre having no idea whether the work I have done is sufficient and if others are experiencing the same issues as myself. Would appreciate the opportunity to share an office with others to get a feel for what's appropriate. Becomes a weird little solo echo chamber with only supervisor input once a week (whom I have never actually met in person!).
...I'm in hospitality and have been furloughed for most of the last year.
Turns out that in the modern world, plague is not an equal opportunity experience.
Quote from: andy popp on March 03, 2021, 05:21:41 am...I'm in hospitality and have been furloughed for most of the last year. My partner’s experience. I am too busy, she is too idle, now topped off with consultations for redundancy.
Working from home has the potential to create more divide in an already divided country.
What people dont like is travelling to and from the office and get this mixed up with not liking being in an office.
We've tried the daily/weekly catch-up thing that Will mentioned, but they don't really work for me - they feel too forced.
I think FDs post totally hits the nail on the head and would actually go further in saying that a majority of people would prefer to work in the office (assuming its one with a good environment) rather than home and both they and the business benefit from doing so. What people dont like is travelling to and from the office and get this mixed up with not liking being in an office.50% of my office based staff are now back in the office full time as they requested it and all are back in at least a couple of days a week. Even the die hard proponents of working at home have admitted its not what they thought it would be and now want to be back in at least 3 days a week. I have worked from home 1-2 days a week for 13 years only because i chose (or my wife did) to move 3 hours away from the office. If i lived within an hour i would go to the office every day.In my experience climbing attracts individuals, loners, non team people so you would expect to find a majority happy to work at home on this forum but i dont think this is the case in the majority. Offices and workplaces are a lot of peoples lives, its where they meet friends and partners, get away from the drudgery of looking after the kids, housework, DIY etc. My staff all socialise together outside of work and we have had two marriages between people that met in the office. Offices force people into interactions with others from different social groups, different ethnicity, different backgrounds, many of which they maybe wouldn't have mixed with if they just worked at home. Working from home has the potential to create more divide in an already divided country.I am not saying working at home inst right for some people but i dont think there will be as big a mass exodus that people think will happen, nor do i think there should be. I also think that businesses will down size office space and allow (make) people work from home as it saves them money. This isn't done with the employees well being in mind though, its for the shareholders.
Andy, I presume you teach in English? It blows my mind that the standard of English speaking is so good there that you can have modules taught in a foreign language in a non-languages faculty.
Yesterday I took a two hour lunch and went out bouldering, arriving home ten minutes before a meeting with the EA. Wicked.
ability to do deeper work without being distracted
A year of no-one being in the least bit happy to see me has felt rather isolating, and I fear I am starting to fray mentally.
Quote from: HarryBD on March 03, 2021, 10:01:37 amability to do deeper work without being distractedDaisy got me a pair of noise cancelling headphones for Christmas. I was initially a bit "meh" about them but have found them very useful for this when combined with a playlist from the Spotify "Focus" genre.
Thanks, I definitely find having music on helps me, as long as there aren't any lyrics.
Andy, I presume you teach in English? It blows my mind that the standard of English speaking is so good there that you can have modules taught in a foreign language in a non-languages faculty. Imagine somebody trying to teach physics in Danish at a British institution!
Teaching subjects in non native languages - immersion teaching- is not so uncommon ouutside the linguistically poor culture of the uk Will.
Quote from: moose on March 03, 2021, 09:31:28 amA year of no-one being in the least bit happy to see me has felt rather isolating, and I fear I am starting to fray mentally.I live in Bingley. Dunnyg lives close to you now. I think we're both out locally fairly regularly. Don't be shy about getting in touch to arrange some grit touching.
Of course. Airedale/Wharfedale crushers gotta stick together and all that.
It would be nice to get out with someone other than Will
Quote from: mrjonathanr on March 03, 2021, 01:57:26 pmTeaching subjects in non native languages - immersion teaching- is not so uncommon ouutside the linguistically poor culture of the uk Will.I presume when you say immersion teaching you mean in the context of teaching a foreign language? I'd assumed that most/all degree courses in a language would be taught in the language in question in the UK? Nevertheless I will withdraw my initial surprise given the context Andy has provided about the student body at his institution.
A builder working up a quote for me today was wondering whether we’ll all go back to the mad cap pace of life - or whether things would remain a bit slowed down post covid...
Quote from: tomtom on March 03, 2021, 06:34:55 pmA builder working up a quote for me today was wondering whether we’ll all go back to the mad cap pace of life - or whether things would remain a bit slowed down post covid...Personally I can't wait to get back to something a bit more mad cap!
In my experience climbing attracts individuals, loners, non team people so you would expect to find a majority happy to work at home on this forum but i dont think this is the case in the majority. Offices and workplaces are a lot of peoples lives, its where they meet friends and partners, get away from the drudgery of looking after the kids, housework, DIY etc.