I don't work at work anymore

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Anonymous wrote:So why don't you tell your boss you don't need 40 hours and stay at home a few more hours a week with your children?

Are you paid by the hour?

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I wonder how all of you would feel if I came on here and posted that for 5.5 hours a day I left your kids to play alone and just did the minimum at work all day, collecting my pay, while surfing on the net all day.......

Pathetic!

You are probably the same people who begrudge your nanny a measly 5 minute personal phone call during her 12 hour work day.

My kids are in elementary school. I pick them up right after. Bite me.

..........and your point is?

But you still should be ashamed of yourself if you have any moral.
I don't have a nanny (or ever did) so I am not begruding any phone calls.

I am amashed why? I complete the entire amount of work I am required to complete at the end of each 40-hour week cycle and have passed every quality exam/review of my work for the last 16 years. There are some people in my position that take much longer to get the same amount I do done. My friend was one of them. I have always been a fast reader/analyzer. I do not feel guilty or immoral. I am not cheating anyone. In fact, I am one of the most celebrated workers in my office.

No. I am not paid by the hour. We do get an EOY bonus if we go over and beyond in production. I meet the highest production award every year.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how, apparently, moms only work 2-4 hours a day while at work all day when on the other hand their nanny can't take a 30-60 min break while the kids nap because she's being paid to work...lol

If you could write well, maybe I'd understand your point.

If you stop surfing the Internet 10 hours a day maybe your reading comprehension will improve. Have you heard of that study about the relation between the amount of time you spend online and the lacking attention spannto focus on reading small paragraphs?

again - WTF does this mean?

You're questioning MY ability to comprehend the written word?

You're a moron.

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Anonymous wrote:So why don't you tell your boss you don't need 40 hours and stay at home a few more hours a week with your children?

Are you paid by the hour?

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I wonder how all of you would feel if I came on here and posted that for 5.5 hours a day I left your kids to play alone and just did the minimum at work all day, collecting my pay, while surfing on the net all day.......

Pathetic!

You are probably the same people who begrudge your nanny a measly 5 minute personal phone call during her 12 hour work day.

My kids are in elementary school. I pick them up right after. Bite me.

..........and your point is?

But you still should be ashamed of yourself if you have any moral.
I don't have a nanny (or ever did) so I am not begruding any phone calls.

I am amashed why? I complete the entire amount of work I am required to complete at the end of each 40-hour week cycle and have passed every quality exam/review of my work for the last 16 years. There are some people in my position that take much longer to get the same amount I do done. My friend was one of them. I have always been a fast reader/analyzer. I do not feel guilty or immoral. I am not cheating anyone. In fact, I am one of the most celebrated workers in my office.

I'm not the PP, but I have to be at my desk to take calls and in my office if there needs to be an impromptu meeting. When I am at work (3 days a week), I have to be in the office the whole time. I work from home 2 days a week. When I work from home I'm always available via cell, even after I finish my work (which normally I do the day before in the office, anyway). I am usually running errands, doing chores or at the park with my son and can take calls while doing those things.

If I didn't have to be physically in my office (or at least the building) 3 days a week, I would be doing other stuff because the actual working portion only takes 30% of my day and the rest is dealing with people.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how, apparently, moms only work 2-4 hours a day while at work all day when on the other hand their nanny can't take a 30-60 min break while the kids nap because she's being paid to work...lol

If you could write well, maybe I'd understand your point.

If you stop surfing the Internet 10 hours a day maybe your reading comprehension will improve. Have you heard of that study about the relation between the amount of time you spend online and the lacking attention spannto focus on reading small paragraphs?

again - WTF does this mean?

You're questioning MY ability to comprehend the written word?

You're a moron.

Get off the Internet, lady. It's messing up with your brain.

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I can only hope all of those who slack off at work lose their jobs and those who really want to work are hired in your place. Try unemployment for a few years. How many of you work for the Federal Govt?

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I am amashed why? I complete the entire amount of work I am required to complete at the end of each 40-hour week cycle and have passed every quality exam/review of my work for the last 16 years. There are some people in my position that take much longer to get the same amount I do done. My friend was one of them. I have always been a fast reader/analyzer. I do not feel guilty or immoral. I am not cheating anyone. In fact, I am one of the most celebrated workers in my office.

This. I am the PP who posted about being a good fake employee. When I started at my job ten years ago I was so eager and never said "no" to any request to do more work. Over time the next few years I ended up taking on the work of other less efficient co-workers and worked more than 40 hours. I am paid a yearly salary no matter how much I work and there are no bonuses available at the end of the year. I have to be on-site 40 hours no matter when I really finish. I became resentful because I felt I was being punished because my boss I had realized I could do almost twice the work of a co-worker and assigned me more work than others who were getting paid exactly the same. When I came back from maternity leave 4 years ago my boss left and a new one was hired. I decided I would do the same amount as everyone else in my department. One co-worker goes around and has to ask several other people how to do certain tasks and it takes her such a long time to finish anything. When she comes by I make sure to tell her how busy I am because I am no longer willing to do her work. So I don't feel guilty. I get great reviews and am not worried about being let go.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why so many of the jobs that are going away during this recession are not coming back. Employers are finding our that they can do without a significant number of their employees. I think employers had a certain number of employees, and never adjusted when computerization made people more efficient. I have a relative who is a head hunter, and she says that most of their clients are just cutting "dead wood."

I think this is VERY true.

Or, this is why employers just hire independent contractors to do certain jobs. They don't need to provide benefits and just pay for whatever job needs to be done. It makes sense to me. Why in the world would an employer want to pay someone to surf the net for 5 hours a day? And, as a taxpayer, I certainly don't want to be paying for government workers doing so.

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Anonymous wrote:How is it helpful to bash people for behavior they are seeking help for? If you don't have anything useful to say...

I don't really think many of the PPs gave the OP advice on how to improve the situation or how to get motivated to work more. The thread reads more as a commiseration of working moms and an acceptance that it's 'normal'. Heck, we all get paid $75k a year to puts around at work and read People Magazine behind our legal file folders. 'Ain't no shame.'

Nope I get 150k to putz

Sorry, but I find it pathetic that so many PPs are so proud that they make a great salary to sit around and do nothing. Don't you feel even the slightest bit guilty? Or, do you just feel entitled to such a great salary? 150K to putz around at work? Crazy.

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NP here. I am also in a rut like this. I decided it is making me kind of depressed' so I am trying to change it. I give myself small blocks of time "off" like 30 minutes browsing on the Internet, 20 minutes to research a vacation spot, or 25 minutes for a walk to get coffee and tell myself that I need to be really working and concentrating for the rest of the day.
Like other PPs, I get pretty good reviews at work. Not off the charts like I did pre-kids, but still quite good.

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I wonder how all of you would feel if I came on here and posted that for 5.5 hours a day I left your kids to play alone and just did the minimum at work all day, collecting my pay, while surfing on the net all day.......

Pathetic!

You are probably the same people who begrudge your nanny a measly 5 minute personal phone call during her 12 hour work day.

My kids are in elementary school. I pick them up right after. Bite me.

..........and your point is?

But you still should be ashamed of yourself if you have any moral.
I don't have a nanny (or ever did) so I am not begruding any phone calls.

I am amashed why? I complete the entire amount of work I am required to complete at the end of each 40-hour week cycle and have passed every quality exam/review of my work for the last 16 years. There are some people in my position that take much longer to get the same amount I do done. My friend was one of them. I have always been a fast reader/analyzer. I do not feel guilty or immoral. I am not cheating anyone. In fact, I am one of the most celebrated workers in my office.

this is me too. Problem is I have to bill by the hour. So if I bill 5 hours, 3 of those hours may be brain "rest" time, but I honestly justify it because that is how my brain works. I focus insanely intensely for about 35 minutes, then need about 3 hours to decompress, then I do it over again.

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I have this problem too...and I think it's because I'm off adderall. Not to wish my little baby to grow up, but I'm definitely looking forward to the day I stop breastfeeding so I can start taking it again! My work will suffer until then, I'm sure.

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And in real life you say you're leaving your kids behind because of the mental stimulation ands personal satisfaction gives you. How sad! Kind of humiliating.

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I do admin work and am GREATLY bored at work. Within a 40 hour work week, I probably do about 10-15 hours of work....it might even be less depending on the week. There's just pretty much NOTHING to do most days. I support others, so my work depends on being given work. My office is "large" in the sense that they hire someone new for any new responsibility/task, etc, so there's very little opportunity to "do more" or "go outside the box". I hate feeling so unproductive at work....Waking up early, dragging my ass in to work, just to surf the internet all day? I could've just stayed home!! Most office jobs seem like they're more interested in having a body in a chair rather than focusing on if their employees are being challenged and given opportunities. My husband comes home telling of his busy day and I'm jealous!!! I really do wish I had more work to do. If we could swing it comfortably, I would quit in a heartbeat.

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I was just talking to DH about it and he laughed saying he knows exactly who you all are.

He said that usually lower level employees do this and they're not fooling anyone hiding their gossip magazines behind file folders. Your bosses know exactly who you are and you're not given challenging tasks because probably you would not be able to accomplish those assignments.

You guys reminded me of that stupid cheez-it commercial.... have you seen it?

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Anonymous wrote:I was just talking to DH about it and he laughed saying he knows exactly who you all are.

He said that usually lower level employees do this and they're not fooling anyone hiding their gossip magazines behind file folders. Your bosses know exactly who you are and you're not given challenging tasks because probably you would not be able to accomplish those assignments.

You guys reminded me of that stupid cheez-it commercial.... have you seen it?

Actually, in my case the execs are unorganized and aren't great at assigning work. They recognize that I'm smart and can take on more responsibility, yet they're incapable of taking the time to provide instruction.