How to pass time during slow periods while WFH

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You should really give it back to your employer. They need it more, poor thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Catch up on my photobook projects. Added bonus that my mouse keeps moving so it looks like I am green on Teams.

I wish Teams would die.

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This sounds amazing- I end my WFH days with cortisol pumping feeling like I just finished a marathon of calls, decision-making, multitasking to complete writing tasks while on other calls, supporting staff and just exhausted after 8 hours of constant inputs/outputs.

I am having a hard time imagining down time while WFH

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

Don't do this. That'll alert them that your tasks aren't too cumbersome and can be easily distributed to and absorbed by others.

A situation almost like this is how a coworker was let go. She went on an extended leave to help her sick mother (her mom had cancer & surgery w/ complications) and the company brought in a temp. The temp kept asking for more to do and my coworker's boss realized that the position wasn't really needed. The position got eliminated, the work was distributed, and when the coworker came back she was given the option of joining the sales department or being let go. She was let go.

?? So just stay bored instead? Ask for more work so that you can get better experiences, and then use that to move to another job, OP. Get a detail into another unit if necessary.

You literally can't find anything to do with your time????

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Anonymous wrote:Sit patiently with hands folded at my desk waiting for work.

hhahahahahaha!!! Come on really what do you do?

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Anonymous wrote:My WFH job is not very high stress or keeps me busy every day. How do you handle WFH days when you essentially do not have much to do?

Did you have a lot of down time when you were in the office working?

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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.

What do you do?

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Anonymous wrote:Job 2.

How does this work? I'd love two incomes.

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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.

That come back makes no sense lol.

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Anonymous wrote:This sounds amazing- I end my WFH days with cortisol pumping feeling like I just finished a marathon of calls, decision-making, multitasking to complete writing tasks while on other calls, supporting staff and just exhausted after 8 hours of constant inputs/outputs.

I am having a hard time imagining down time while WFH

Same! I wonder how you get one of these jobs that has down time, I've always been jumping out of my...for every.single.job I've had.

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Anonymous wrote:This sounds amazing- I end my WFH days with cortisol pumping feeling like I just finished a marathon of calls, decision-making, multitasking to complete writing tasks while on other calls, supporting staff and just exhausted after 8 hours of constant inputs/outputs.

I am having a hard time imagining down time while WFH

This, except for it's never over, I just stop at some point to ride the bike and join family life. It's too much, but being bored and having no creativity or decision making power was much worse. Hate feeling purposeless and bored.

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I envy those who have a longer leash away from the computer. Between pings and meetings and time-sensitive work, I don't get to unplug as much as most here.

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Sex with spouse. If they aren’t home porn and a vibe.

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When we used to be in the office everyday, my next door neighbor was always reading novels. Not on the computer, actual hard copy novels. In most offices, no one cares as long as you get the work done.

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Anonymous wrote:When we used to be in the office everyday, my next door neighbor was always reading novels. Not on the computer, actual hard copy novels. In most offices, no one cares as long as you get the work done.

Years ago, I read all of Pride and Prejudice at the office by copying it into a word doc.