atw: Re: Welcome aboard, Rob : sequed towards remote work...

  • From: "Lewington, Warren J (WT)" <warren.lewington.ext@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 21:02:57 -0400

Of course, I missed sending the response to your post yesterday Amanda.
I famously replied very loudly (even by my standards for those who know
me) to a smart a$#e software developer who was a pretty funny Irishman
who said that "day off" quip to me one morning with "I fly like an eagle
when I'm not surrounded by turkeys". These guys had just issued a
release that I hadn't known about, and it crashed, giving a couple of
people blue screens of death...
 
Turkeys indeed.   
 
Regards,

Warren 


 

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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amanda Cat
Sent: Wednesday, 9 June 2010 11:20 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Welcome aboard, Rob : sequed towards remote work...


> As far as I can see, the main cause of this is that managers have no
idea of how to measure productivity unless someone arrives in the office
at 9 and leaves at 5 or some appropriate later time.   It's a threat to
managerial control somehow, apparently.
 
I concur. I work in a very young industry (in terms of both its
existence and the age of its employees). I'm almost 40 - one of the
older ones - but whenever, on those rare occasions, I am allowed to
telecommute, the next day I am greeted with comments such as:
 
"How was your day off?" or "So, watch a lot of DVDs did we?"  "Enjoy
your "work" from home? Hheheeh."
 
Never mind the fact I cut out the 4.5 hours travel I usually endure (I
do not live anywhere NEAR my workplace) and worked 4 hours longer than
usual without the coffee breaks and the constant interruptions from IMs.
 
The mindset is archaic - and this is a YOUNG (and one assumes "savvy")
industry! 
 
It is very frustrating. 
 
Amanda

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