I’ve read a couple of articles saying that companies that never had Work From Home policies will be trying them out now. And hopefully see they work and continue some (or all) of those after the crisis has passed (2024?).
I had a critical request that got ignored this morning because the recipient was literally driving all over the county in search of hand sanitizer for the company.
Is this thread languishing because a lot of people are working at home? Annoying coworkers aren’t quite so bad when you don’t have to be around them in person. 
Once again, one of my coworkers is trying to do my job. I guess people think my job is fun, and they want to do the fun things, but it’s kind of weird and I need a gentle way to tell them to stop. Unfortunately, I’m blunt and not very tactful, so I haven’t come up with a good way to tell them to quit doing that. And this time my coworker has taken it upon himself to do something that is the first phase of a project that our team had agreed we couldn’t do. So now it’s extra-messy, and I do not love this mess. 
My callers are rude morons, crucial systems love to act up, we have just about no sup availability when we need them, etc. Only thing that differs from normal at the call center I work in is vastly higher call volume.
I am considered and essential worker so yes, I’m still going to work every day. The virus has hit my business hard in many aspects and it remains to be seen if portions of said business will recover, if at all.
The petty coworker drama llama isn’t worth bitching about right now. People are terrified they’re going to eventually be laid off, and most of these people, including myself, are skirting the 60-65 age range. One lost a house during the 2008 downturn while two others lost longtime jobs. If they start sniping at each other or at somebody else, I take it with a grain of salt. It’s difficult sometimes but it beats getting myself into trouble for saying things I shouldn’t say aloud.
Please, let us be the judge of that…
I sent a document around for digital signatures yesterday, but accidentally sent it first to the person who should have been the second signature. This caused a minor kerfuffle that resulted in one signee referring to the other as a “Document Nazi”.
My co-worker is eating during a video meeting. :mad: Is it really that hard to mute it? He’s scraping a ceramic bowl with a metal spoon (points for not using plastic, I guess). It’s very loud.
I know a Virtual Coffee Hour of church peeps is small potatoes, but I’m really grateful for the woman who hosts it. She doesn’t hesitate to call people out: “Roberto, we can hear your spoon. Can you mute yourself? Thanks!”
And my favorite (to an 85 year old): “Audrey, we can only see the top of your head. Now, that *is *your best feature, but you might want us to see your face.”
I suppose that’s better (slightly) than those people who try to talk during an online meeting with their mouth still full of food. And then when others can’t understand their garbled speech, they say rude things like “wash out your ears” or “turn up your hearing aid”.
That last one could get the company an age-discrimination lawsuit, which has been pointed out to the manager. He & other managers are planning to send out a company-wide email stressing that work-from-home is still Work, and company rules should still be followed:
- dress code still applies.
- working hours still apply to employees.
- lunch is to be eaten during lunch hour, not while on video with other employees or customers!
- business-like decorum is still expected, even if you are working from inside your own bedroom.
Apparently, between them, the managers can cite a recent violation of every one of these expectations.
Can’t the mods give them a warning… oh, sorry. Was confusing your work with someplace more rational.
But seriously? Insulting coworkers in a meeting seen by many?
DRESS CODE? I mean, okay, if you’re expecting to be on camera when talking to a customer, but damned if I’d be getting into business clothes when I’m just schlepping around the house.
Luckily for me, I am never on camera with anyone.
Oh, it’s done in a ‘joking’ tone like it’s supposed to be humorous. So that if you object, you become the bad guy who’s ‘lacking a sense of humor’.
And management lets it slide. But what can you expect/ If they were competent, they’d still be a productive worker, instead of bumped up to management.
Dress code? Hey, that implies getting dressed at all to work from home. I’m now wondering what the percentage of people WFH is who are doing so starkers.
I found out yesterday that one of my coworkers not only dresses in actual clothes when working from home, she puts on a bit of makeup too. Our WFH setups do not include video conferencing.
One of my coworkers backed into her deck this morning; I’ve heard the complete story six times. Two of those times were shared via speaker phone, and included her impression of the sound her dog was making at the time.
I do that. It gets me in the work frame of mind.
My god, these people are exhausting.
When I WFH’d, I kept to the same grooming routine as @ work. Why not?
How can anyone not take advantage of this opportunity to wear comfy pants all the time? 
I don’t know if I can go back to wearing work-appropriate bras again. That’s going to be the worst thing about going back to real life when this is all over.
That was my thought too!! I still stick to somewhat of a routine – eat breakfast, shower, then put on clean pajamas. I mostly wear sports bras; unfortunately, I’ve found that constant wearing of sports bras gives me a rash, even with the use of lotion and powder, so I occasionally switch to real bras to give my skin a rest. (Braless isn’t an option for me.)
I also don’t blow dry my hair when working from home, which has resulted in all sorts of curls and waves making an appearance. If I brush it just right before it dries completely, it stays out of my eyes.