Working from home (Covid 19 edition) (1 Viewer)

[DaveXA]

I normally review building plans on a 50” TV and a 24” monitor. I am down to a 11” tablet for telework for 4 days per week. It’s incredibly frustrating.

Yeah, going from a dual monitor setup in the office to a 15 inch laptop at home is ugh. I'm gonna try and snatch one of my son's monitors from him, but that's not looking promising, lol.

 

[DaveXA]

but where is the porn?

I'm sure it's minimized somewhere.

 

[Dago]

I'm sure it's minimized somewhere.

He can join Bob in tugging his boat or whatever it is that Bob is doing

 

[DaveXA]

He can join Bob in tugging his boat or whatever it is that Bob is doing

I think he directs tugs, which is pretty impressive.

 

[Dago]

I think he directs tugs, which is pretty impressive.

I really don't think that is very impressive....just takes a little eye-hand coordination and a sense of direction

I mean if he can hit a bulls-eye from 15 feet out, then yeah I will be impressed. Grossed out and disgusted, but still impressed

 

[Rickboy]

but where is the porn?

This brings up a new and VERY important point.

During Zoom, WebEx, Skype, Teams, or other teleconferencing session. NEVER share your entire desktop screen. Make a habit of only sharing the app you want other to seen..

Yes, I have seen a guy show his entire screen. Let's just say this person's choice of fetish isn't very common. At least I don't think it's common. Maybe @BobE is into that kind of thing. It involved cows and lots of rubber bands. But I digress. Don't be that guy...

 

[Goatman Saint]

I’m a teacher so bear In mind I’m in meetings just to make people feel important. So....

it’s really cool the positive effect alcohol has on meetings. I highly recommend this. Also, the fact that I can wear a decent shirt and my shorts is another plus. Also, that I can have my AirPod in and they think I’m using it to pay attention to them when I’m actually listening to music ignoring them and texting off to the side.

 

[DaveXA]

This brings up a new and VERY important point.

During Zoom, WebEx, Skype, Teams, or other teleconferencing session. NEVER share your entire desktop screen. Make a habit of only sharing the app you want other to seen..

Yes, I have seen a guy show his entire screen. Let's just say this person's choice of fetish isn't very common. At least I don't think it's common. Maybe @BobE is into that kind of thing. It involved cows and lots of rubber bands. But I digress. Don't be that guy...

Lol, I don't have any real fetishes. But, I am in a chat with a lot of weird sheet in it, but that's on my phone. My work computer is clean as a whistle. Not even SR on there. I had to share a screen today during a conference call.

That, and on a government computer, everything is monitored. No expectation of privacy at all.

 

[Dago]

Lol, I don't have any real fetishes. But, I am in a chat with a lot of weird shirt in it, but that's on my phone. My work computer is clean as a whistle. Not even SR on there. I had to share a screen today during a conference call.

That, and on a government computer, everything is monitored. No expectation of privacy at all.

that in itself could be a fetish

 

[Eeyore]

Joe. If this doesn't exist in your area, you need to get it started.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I’m a teacher so bear In mind I’m in meetings just to make people feel important. So....

it’s really cool the positive effect alcohol has on meetings. I highly recommend this. Also, the fact that I can wear a decent shirt and my shorts is another plus. Also, that I can have my AirPod in and they think I’m using it to pay attention to them when I’m actually listening to music ignoring them and texting off to the side.

asking you specifically bc i think we teach students in similar economic conditions - any sense on how your kids are doing their work?
i think i'm at something like 30% return
i realized (and i'm sure the kids realized this sooner than i did) that schools are going to have a VERY hard time enforcing grades/expectations for school work
they can't really flunk kids who did not do work for actual 'difficult' homes situations or homelessness or technical issues or whatever
and if not, you can't really hold other kids to a different standard bc how do you prove any of it?

other people with kids at home - how's distance learning going?

 

[Beast]

I typically teleworked once maybe twice a week before all of this. I'd sit in the kitchen booth we have and have no issues getting work done. However, I knew that would change with the child at home doing online school. So last week I moved upstairs to the furthest back corner of the house where my mancave / game room is. I moved a desk in there, put it next to the window overlooking the fairway behind our house, bought a new chair and connected my 60" LED via HDMI to the laptop. I was going to miss my dual 27" monitors at work, but this has helped.

As far as the online school / distance learning goes, it's working for us for the most part. My son's school uses Google Classroom, so the kids get a stream or feed of assignments, generally all posted for the week on Monday morning, and he works through them day by day. No Zoom classes yet, but they're talking about doing that. He's easily distracted, but he's done pretty well getting things completed. He's better some days than others.

 

[St. Geezy]

I hate it thus far. It is a weird dynamic.

So typically when I am in the office, I am extremely busy, going 120 mph at all times, outside of the occasional quick one minute break to check SR or Twitter maybe once every few hours. When I am not at my desk, I am in meetings and such, or busy on a project, or training my staff on something, etc., and everyone in the building understands that, including my bosses, and I generally start work early, before-hours, and end work late, after-hours.

But now, when working from home, no one sees how extremely busy you are, how early you started, how late you ended, and if you don't answer your phone immediately or respond to an email immediately, it is automatically assumed that you're lounging around watching TV. It's like your availability-level has decreased because of the increased phone meetings and general increase in time devoted to communicating with your staff, but some people don't understand the impact of all of that.

I am literally in my home office all day, haven't turned on the TV once, maybe got out of my chair once all day long to make a sandwich, and have worked non-stop the entire day, but you're expected more so now more than ever to be immediately available for any and everything. Frustrating.

:::end rant:::

...to add to my previous post, something else I am learning I don't like about working from home is the end of the day.

Walking 15 feet from my home office to my living room couch to turn the TV on after a long day of work just doesn't quite hit the same as it does after a long day at the office and a 25-30 minute commute back home. It is just not as satisfying as you still feel like you're in the same place you've been at all day, and that place serves as a never-ending reminder of your job, almost to the point where you mentally feel like you should still be doing work.

 

[Beast]

...to add to my previous post, something else I am learning I don't like about working from home is the end of the day.

Walking 15 feet from my home office to my living room couch to turn the TV on after a long day of work just doesn't quite hit the same as it does after a long day at the office and a 25-30 minute commute back home. It is just not as satisfying as you still feel like you're in the same place you've been at all day, and that place serves as a never-ending reminder of your job, almost to the point where you mentally feel like you should still be doing work.

I thought this would bother me as well. I usually get grumpy/antsy after working from home for more than a day or so in a row. But I've gone 2+ weeks so far and not had an issue. I think in part, I made up my mind that this was how it had to be, and also, we've stayed busy each evening, doing something around the house or exercising. Usually I'm making my 45 minute commute home and then rushing my son to soccer practice 2 or 3 times a week.

 

[Sun Wukong]

asking you specifically bc i think we teach students in similar economic conditions - any sense on how your kids are doing their work?
i think i'm at something like 30% return
i realized (and i'm sure the kids realized this sooner than i did) that schools are going to have a VERY hard time enforcing grades/expectations for school work
they can't really flunk kids who did not do work for actual 'difficult' homes situations or homelessness or technical issues or whatever
and if not, you can't really hold other kids to a different standard bc how do you prove any of it?

other people with kids at home - how's distance learning going?

We aren't taking grades and have been told there's no legal basis to assess the work that is being done. Like, at all. Due to everything from curriculum compliance to student internet access issues, we've basically been told "Don't even think about putting any of this in the gradebook."