My boss right now is so appreciated of me coming in and working, that i got a raise!!!!!
shhhhhh do not tell anybody
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Next (last?) batch of face shield frames getting ready for drop off:
The organization coordinating this effort (and handling the assembly, sanitization, and distribution of the completed face shields) just brought online an injection molding facility which will allow them to crank out thousands of the headband pieces each day (in addition to the 5000+ 3D-printed versions which have already been donated to the local medical community). They're not (yet) able to mass-produce the bottom reinforcement pieces (on the right of this picture) so I'll be shifting my efforts to printing those. It looks like I should be able to print 12 of those every ~7 hours or so.
The organization coordinating this effort (and handling the assembly, sanitization, and distribution of the completed face shields) just brought online an injection molding facility which will allow them to crank out thousands of the headband pieces each day (in addition to the 5000+ 3D-printed versions which have already been donated to the local medical community). They're not (yet) able to mass-produce the bottom reinforcement pieces (on the right of this picture) so I'll be shifting my efforts to printing those. It looks like I should be able to print 12 of those every ~7 hours or so.
dude that is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
i really appreciate your hard work. i wish i can contribute in some way like that.
i really appreciate your hard work. i wish i can contribute in some way like that.
The constant pooping doesn't hurt.
It's just a geezer thing.
Day 143 of WFH......
meh
meh
I'm going to be working from home until at least September, probably doing so part time until the end of the year at least.
I never stopped going to the office for work, but it was closed to the public. That said, being set up for WFH just means my boss expects me to answer emails whenever I'm home or on vacation too. 
I went back to my regular schedule (one day/week from home) when Pennsylvania went "yellow". I was more productive when I was 100% from home.
That's just a boss thing. I've never had an employer (or a client) who wouldn't pick of the phone on a Saturday morning or weekday after hours with the preface of "I'm sorry to bother you at home, but ... " 147% of the time it something that could have waited until normal office hours.
That's just a boss thing. I've never had an employer (or a client) who wouldn't pick of the phone on a Saturday morning or weekday after hours with the preface of "I'm sorry to bother you at home, but ... " 147% of the time it something that could have waited until normal office hours.
It's not unusual in my field for people to work weekends (certainly when the experiment is running), but I feel no obligation to check email at the weekend unless I'm on shift, and as a point of principle as well as practicality my work email does not go to my phone (I never understand people who use a mobile device for a high-traffic account where you also get complex, technical mail - it's utterly the wrong tool for the job IMO).
A number of my colleagues know my personal email accounts or phone numbers, but none would use those without real need.
A number of my colleagues know my personal email accounts or phone numbers, but none would use those without real need.
I turn Teams to sleep after 6pm (no weekends) and have work email on phone set to manual all the time. Of course, I'm not essential, and WFH 100%, so to be honest, this has been easy, for everything except the mental aspect. Bit stir crazy here.
How can you tell? :vroam:
That's actually a good question, HAHA. Generally I go no where and no nothing, so I'll go weeks without even thinking about it (if I stay off FB). But reality creeps in, and I try to keep in perspective how bad others have it, both from workload, stress, unemployment, etc etc... Mostly that helps keep me grounded, lol
On a normal "at work" day, I get up at 5:30 a.m. to make the coffee and walk the dogs and stay out of the Mrs.' hair while she gets ready for work. Once I have access to the bathroom (usually around 7:00 a.m.) i then can shower and get dressed for work, pack a lunch and head out a little before 8:00 ... 50 minutes (average commute time) later, I'm at work, already stressed from driving with the graduates of the Dukes of Hazard driving school. By 5:00 I'm tired and unfocused and ready to get the heck outta Dodge. Another 50 minutes driving, another dog-walk and a dinner thrown together with all the thought of a burp, by the time Jeopardy comes on, i'm dozing off in my chair.
Conversely, on my home day (or during lockdown), I sleep until 6:30, recouping part of my commute time in the form of sleep. Dogs get walked, coffee gets made and I'm sitting at my desk by 7:30 ready to go, fresh, alert and relaxed. Our phone system is IP based, so my extension works anywhere I have an internet connection. There's very little i need to be physically present for.
I've had the discussion with the company owner many times, not just about me but others who can (and should) have a work-from-home schedule, but he isn't having any of it.
Conversely, on my home day (or during lockdown), I sleep until 6:30, recouping part of my commute time in the form of sleep. Dogs get walked, coffee gets made and I'm sitting at my desk by 7:30 ready to go, fresh, alert and relaxed. Our phone system is IP based, so my extension works anywhere I have an internet connection. There's very little i need to be physically present for.
I've had the discussion with the company owner many times, not just about me but others who can (and should) have a work-from-home schedule, but he isn't having any of it.
Ownership/Management/etc kills me with the arguments against WFH. Our main boss way up the food chain needed to be begged for a year before we did 1 day a week, then flipped when we talked about doing 2 days a week. Now? No one at all has been in for 145 days. The only arguement I can understand is the money they spend for the building/rent'utilities etc that is being wasted on an empty building...
I'm pretty chummy with the company owner. After all he's the only person in my life to ever fire me. 
He's taken me and the Mrs. to Hawaii, Jamaica, Cabo and a few other resorts on his (the company's) nickel. It's tough duty, but I'm a team player Anyway, his reason/excuse is that people will take advantage of him. The lockdown should have shown him that those working from home were just as productive (or more) as if we were occupying the building (which he owns anyway, so it's not a rent thing). I've already told him that anyone inclined to take advantage of his good nature -- of which he has plenty -- is already doing it. I could name names.
I think the real reason is he likes to be able to wander into someone's office, sit down and shoot the bull for 1/2 hour in the guise of work. He's also prone to call a last minute meeting at 4:45 that should only take 5 minutes that lasts until 7:00. Bosses, huh? or should I say ...
He's taken me and the Mrs. to Hawaii, Jamaica, Cabo and a few other resorts on his (the company's) nickel. It's tough duty, but I'm a team player Anyway, his reason/excuse is that people will take advantage of him. The lockdown should have shown him that those working from home were just as productive (or more) as if we were occupying the building (which he owns anyway, so it's not a rent thing). I've already told him that anyone inclined to take advantage of his good nature -- of which he has plenty -- is already doing it. I could name names.I think the real reason is he likes to be able to wander into someone's office, sit down and shoot the bull for 1/2 hour in the guise of work. He's also prone to call a last minute meeting at 4:45 that should only take 5 minutes that lasts until 7:00. Bosses, huh? or should I say ...
I'm pretty chummy with the company owner. After all he's the only person in my life to ever fire me.
I think the real reason is he likes to be able to wander into someone's office, sit down and shoot the bull for 1/2 hour in the guise of work. He's also prone to call a last minute meeting at 4:45 that should only take 5 minutes that lasts until 7:00. Bosses, huh? or should I say ...
paypal.me/nightangel79 hahahahaha
But I feel ya. He sounds cool (as far as bosses go), def not the same as our **** boss. The company owns our building as well, but they still complain about building costs, and technically we 'rent' it from the building management company (still our company, but they like to over complicate things). Yadda yadda....
There are things I miss about not being downtown, and there are times I *know* I'd get more done in office, but as long as I have a choice, I'm staying pout!
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I take my trademark very serious!!! lolololol
Turn your head when you say that, sir.
Not one day.
I'm still just going into the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for the most part. The facility where I work wants us to start being back in the office full-time on 4/12... but I work for the corporate entity above them, and my boss is 1000 miles away. So I think I'll continue with my hybrid schedule until someone who matters notices.