How to pass time during slow periods while WFH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I expect my team to be either asking for additional work or completing their other tasks faster.

We have quotas at my job. Typically we have 4 cases at a time and have to get a certain amount of work done. One of my employees was falling behind and had the oldest cases in the group, so I stopped assigning him new work. I expected him to finish the older tasks quicker since he had no additional work. Nope. It meant he stopped working all together and he got put on a PIP.

The question was about what YOU do. Not what you expect the people you manage to do.

[Anonymous]

I earn $250k (realize this isn’t a lot on here) and have never worked more than 4 hours a day. Typically more like 2-3. In the office I used to spend a lot of time on budgeting and personal investments. I read a lot of articles. Sometimes I’d read a book discretely. I figure part of what they are paying for is for me to be readily available.

Now I go on walks, clean and organize things at home and prep for a nice dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I earn $250k (realize this isn’t a lot on here) and have never worked more than 4 hours a day. Typically more like 2-3. In the office I used to spend a lot of time on budgeting and personal investments. I read a lot of articles. Sometimes I’d read a book discretely. I figure part of what they are paying for is for me to be readily available.

Now I go on walks, clean and organize things at home and prep for a nice dinner.

Sounds like a financial regulator attorney.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I earn $250k (realize this isn’t a lot on here) and have never worked more than 4 hours a day. Typically more like 2-3. In the office I used to spend a lot of time on budgeting and personal investments. I read a lot of articles. Sometimes I’d read a book discretely. I figure part of what they are paying for is for me to be readily available.

Now I go on walks, clean and organize things at home and prep for a nice dinner.

Sounds like a financial regulator attorney.

You’ve got a weird chip on your shoulder

[Anonymous]

Laundry

[Anonymous]

Job 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I earn $250k (realize this isn’t a lot on here) and have never worked more than 4 hours a day. Typically more like 2-3. In the office I used to spend a lot of time on budgeting and personal investments. I read a lot of articles. Sometimes I’d read a book discretely. I figure part of what they are paying for is for me to be readily available.

Now I go on walks, clean and organize things at home and prep for a nice dinner.

Sounds like a financial regulator attorney.

You’ve got a weird chip on your shoulder

Sounds like you just confirmed it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I earn $250k (realize this isn’t a lot on here) and have never worked more than 4 hours a day. Typically more like 2-3. In the office I used to spend a lot of time on budgeting and personal investments. I read a lot of articles. Sometimes I’d read a book discretely. I figure part of what they are paying for is for me to be readily available.

Now I go on walks, clean and organize things at home and prep for a nice dinner.

Sounds like a financial regulator attorney.

You’ve got a weird chip on your shoulder

Sounds like you just confirmed it.

What do you mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ask if there is anyone that needs help? Let them know you have some bandwidth.

Don’t do this. Just appreciate that you’re not busy and do some chores or work on certifications.

Agree. This sounds like it will boost team morale, but it does the opposite. The folks who are swamped will just be pissed that you have down time and will start complaining to your manager. Keep your head down. If you manager is decent, they are keeping track of workload and will assign you to help if needed.

[Anonymous]

If it's slow I do chores around the house, run errands, take walks, go on DCUM/reddit, and sometimes take a nap if I'm really tired. I also pick up my kid from daycare early almost every day, which is the best benefit of WFH.

[Anonymous]

I keep track of my non-working time and give that portion of my salary to charity. I don’t deserve it if I’m not working for it.

[Anonymous]

I'm working on all the closets in the house.

[Anonymous]

Workout, walk your dogs (if you have them), volunteer, order groceries, drycleaning or other errands, clean, fold laundry, Netflix (recommend full swing), keeping up with the kardashians…apply to other jobs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Workout, walk your dogs (if you have them), volunteer, order groceries, drycleaning or other errands, clean, fold laundry, Netflix (recommend full swing), keeping up with the kardashians…apply to other jobs!

These are all things I do regardless of how busy I am at work

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Workout, walk your dogs (if you have them), volunteer, order groceries, drycleaning or other errands, clean, fold laundry, Netflix (recommend full swing), keeping up with the kardashians…apply to other jobs!

These are all things I do regardless of how busy I am at work

Oh and I drive my kids to school and make dinner on weeknights. I work full time in tech.