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Is your company letting you work from home?

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  • #92
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    Tesla3 wrote: »
    Thankfully over 350,000 workers in Ireland have decided to join a union, they know that there is power in a union! They do not win every fight but they win enough. Hopefully you might gain enough courage someday to fight for yourself and colleagues. Come on you know you want to to!

    Nah, I prefer to be paid what I am worth and based on how hard I work rather than on how long I am there, if I don't like a workplace I leave and find a better one. I prefer to not be paid the same increment as the waster beside me who does f all.
    I fight my own fight and let my colleagues fight theirs, without paying some bearded one in the process....
    Have once worked in a unionised environment, did not join union, hated the place and the culture there and left.
    But anyway, you have a good weekend and good luck with the union recruitment, I wonder how the person you were suggesting do that got on?


  • #93
    Tesla3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭Tesla3


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Nah, I prefer to be paid what I am worth and based on how hard I work rather than on how long I am there, if I don't like a workplace I leave and find a better one. I prefer to not be paid the same increment as the waster beside me who does f all.
    I fight my own fight and let my colleagues fight theirs, without paying some bearded one in the process....
    Have once worked in a unionised environment, did not join union, hated the place and the culture there and left.
    But anyway, you have a good weekend and good luck with the union recruitment, I wonder how the person you were suggesting do that got on?

    Good luck to you as well, I hope your individualist working life delivers for you. For some of us others however a more collective approach works.


  • #94
    ExoPolitic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 368 ✭✭ExoPolitic


    DopeTech wrote: »
    We done a WFH test day last week. Management extended it until Friday. By Friday afternoon we were all told to work from home until the end of the month with any office visits to be passed by management first. From an IT perspective my company was prepared. Globally most of the workforce are now working from home all virtually without a hiccup. I can see us working from home for at least 6-8 weeks.

    I think you work for the same company I do lol. Got the same memos.


  • #95
    trumptheman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 51 ✭✭trumptheman


    Stheno wrote: »
    1. If you can, have a dedicated workspace.
    2. Get up shower have breakfast then "go" to work
    3. Structure your day and take regular breaks, I have a to do list
    4. Keep in touch with colleagues.
    5. Finish on time and "go" home

    Good advice, make sure to take your hour lunch as well.

    I have a 60 inch TV at foot of bed and usually work off this till about lunch time.

    I like the extra rest relaxing in bed to be honest as felt pretty much burned out the last year and its not affecting my work whatsoever. In fact I'm more productive but its funny doing meetings over Skype in bed.

    I was going to ask for a month off unpaid soon but seem to be coming back to my own self working from home. I was suffering from severe burnout.


  • #96
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    Tesla3 wrote: »
    Good luck to you as well, I hope your individualist working life delivers for you. For some of us others however a more collective approach works.

    It has delivered very well so far, through both good times and bad so I've no complaints! You should try it, maybe your collective approach is holding you and your army back.


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  • #97
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    It has delivered very well so far, through both good times and bad so I've no complaints! You should try it, maybe your collective approach is holding you and your army back.

    As long as you're alright, that's all that matters.


  • #98
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Still going in myself. Nobody else around and have an office to myself. Happy enough for the moment


  • #99
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    salonfire wrote: »
    There is software readily available to download onto your work computer that allows you log into it remotely.

    I would like to think it would not take weeks for IT to distribute this software.

    That software generally has a myriad of issues around security

    Its not that simple.


  • #100
    miezekatze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭miezekatze


    My employer has finally come around and is allowing people to work from home now. It's been a very frustrating and stressful process to get this far, they were so unreasonable at the start and were willing to put our health at risk for no reason. I think a lot of us will be looking for new jobs once things get back to normal.


  • #101
    bladespin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,433 ✭✭✭bladespin


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Have once worked in a unionised environment, did not join union, hated the place and the culture there and left.

    Have to agree, had a similar experience and hated it and left, fight your own battles, would never sign up again.

    Nothing against unions as such but definitely didn't fit me.
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