What time do you expect to see green dots each morning?
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Anonymous
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What time do you expect to see green dots in Outlook/Teams each morning during the work week?
At what point do you start to wonder about someone’s productivity? At what point do you get frustrated? |
Anonymous
| Productivity should be based on deliverables no? |
Anonymous
If you are in the business of manufacturing widgets, absolutely! But if your work is less tangible, and especially if your work is administrative/supporting others, then it’s a little different. You should be available during core hours (not “away”/offline…which we can see thanks to the colored dots). |
Anonymous
| I intentionally set it to appear away. I don’t want anyone monitoring me. That would make my anxiety high. |
Anonymous
| My dot is green but I’m on DCUM. |
Anonymous
| I turn my dot on before I head out for a dog walk at 8:00 and it's on all day. Nobody reaches out to me that early but it's a good look lol. |
Anonymous
| The green dot means nothing |
Anonymous
| I manage a team of 22. I never look at dots and don’t care. I expect people to be responsive, like responding to my emails within an hour or two. But if they check their emails at 8 and then log on properly at 10, that is fine with me. |
Anonymous
Wut. |
Anonymous
Terrible idea. |
Anonymous
Deliverables can be a ton of things. I write long-form strategic analysis. That’s a deliverable. It’s not just about “widgets.” |
Anonymous
Yes, Teams is quite wonky. I've had extensive conversations with someone in Teams where they're clearly working and their dot is yellow the whole time. |
Anonymous
Correction—I set it to “appear away”. Why is it a terrible idea? I have anxiety, I don’t want to constantly worry about my dot turning to yellow. |
Anonymous
| Ignore the dots. |
Anonymous
“Appear offline”. Not “appear away” |