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Fear of sharing a loo with other people
Times writer Sathnam Sanghera was yesterday talking about the sheer fear his fellow home-working freelancers have about ever having to return to normal office life.
I do remember talking to myself to break the silence of working at home and putting the radio on at first, but now I just can't work with any noise at all so any return to an office would need to have lead walls.
Other fears mentioned by Sathnam's fellow 'feral home workers,' as he calls them, are:
Having to look interested by work
Poor views
Commuting
Office lighting
Background noise
Wearing a suit
Office politics
Competitve dressing
Having to make tea for others
Just the thought of a bums on seats mentality..ugh! shivers down my spine.
Has he missed any?
I do remember talking to myself to break the silence of working at home and putting the radio on at first, but now I just can't work with any noise at all so any return to an office would need to have lead walls.
Other fears mentioned by Sathnam's fellow 'feral home workers,' as he calls them, are:
Having to look interested by work
Poor views
Commuting
Office lighting
Background noise
Wearing a suit
Office politics
Competitve dressing
Having to make tea for others
Just the thought of a bums on seats mentality..ugh! shivers down my spine.
Has he missed any?
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glebe digital
Messages count : 105Likes count : 2Registration : 21 December 2006some additions:
Having to queue to buy lunch.
No smoking.
HR performance meetings.
Low-grade coffee.
Best,
StuCGI Specialist - Contact in PM
Rizzo
Messages count : 51Likes count : 0Registration : 5 November 2006nice ones :D
Plus.. spending at least a tenner in Tesco when buying slightly more than that lunchtime sarnie to cheer self up and justify the daily misery generally :)
Enduring shitty local radio station ALL DAY LONG that the design agency I worked for that advertised on.
Work In Progress meetings at previous agency, every Monday morning whether you were awake or not (you weren't by the end of it) to schedule every last frozen food packaging in Ukrainian job through studio. - Contact in PM
glebe digital
Messages count : 105Likes count : 2Registration : 21 December 2006good ones rizzo.
WIPs urgh.....I had forgotten those...pet hate of a Monday morn'!
Another: Not having to endure co-worker's 4hr house-mix mpgs all day....& I'm sure they'd say 'not having to endure bach all afternoon'...swing & roundabouts. :fightCGI Specialist - Contact in PM
Opus
Messages count : 87Likes count : 3Registration : 4 February 2008Some good ones so far. A few more suggestions:
Having to conform to someone else's rules
Having to book time off months in advance but knowing that someone else will still have beaten you to the bank holiday weeks
Having to negotiate your way out of working during important football matches(!)
Not being able to easily sort all those little jobs and phone calls that can only be done during office hours
Having to use the health-hazard microwave or fridge in the office kitchen
Having to get in early to fight for a parking space in the office car park
Having to work extra hours at the drop of a hat and for no reward because someone else is disorganised or has promised a client an unrealistic deadline (I'm sure we all do work extra hours, but if so it's usually either our fault or it's us who gets the rewards for doing so)
DaveOpus Creative Design Ltd - Contact in PM
Rizzo
Messages count : 51Likes count : 0Registration : 5 November 2006Just nodded to all of those in grim recollection :laugh2
Gawd it brings it all back..