You could become a binI had a cushy job like that, could easily do a days work in a few hours and remain ahead of my colleagues. Then they put a load of tracking software on our devices so they could see what we were doing which put an end to it.
I hate the idea of being in the office just to be seen to be doing something. I much prefer being given my allocation of work and cracking on with it, if I can get through it quickly to the standard asked for then what's the problem.
The trick like you say is to meet targets but not go to far over the top. If you keep exceeding targets then they just give you more and more work. Plus your colleagues won't appreciate it, we never discussed it but I was pretty sure they were doing the same.
I left in the end anyway as the work was so dull.
Longer hours, shorter life
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Tbh that would have been more fulfilling. Get to be outdoors too
I found a much better job with a decent work life balance. The problem with easy jobs is that you stagnate.
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i think we always knew this, just need to get the balance right
a lot of employers would happily see you work so much you fall over, then replace you
a lot of employers would happily see you work so much you fall over, then replace you
You dont know what you are talking about mate.
If the goal is to get from A to B, I just do it smarter than my peirs.
Doing so, I create less **** ups, less work for everyone else, doing it fast, customer gets a good result.
Like someone else said above, I can finish in 4 what others take 8 to do, and dont create a wave of destruction behind me.
Sure I could do more, but why should I? Nothing would ever come of it, been there done it, you do more, they expect more, cycle continues. No thanks. I dont want to run the company, I dont want a promotion. Why should I work my ass off, all it achieve is some capitalist pig company director being able to get teh upgraded leather seats in this years top of the range sports car.
If I saved lives, like worked for the NHS paramedic or something along those lines, sure. But I dont I work for a capitalist private company, which is a business, no ones gives a **** about anyone else thats life.
Seems according to this thread I will live longer because of it also, thats an added bonus.
This is quite a relevant topic for me at the moment. Frankly I'm getting fedup with my working hours, ofetn a lot more and level of stress. It's now crept up to a minimum of 12 hours per day and often a lot more (only get paid for 7 and don't get paid overtime although to be fair the pay is still good). I am on call 24x7 constantly as an escalation point and often get brought into problems at the weekend. It's not just the hours but the constant pressure of urgent work, reports to quite senior management, the nature of the job being that literally any second something big could break and I have to divert onto it and then being accountable for the teams issues if something wasn't done quite right. I often have to cancel sick leave as I'm too busy and arrange any time off so that I still cover early morning calls if no-one else can cover it. It's extremely stressful and after many years of it I think it is starting to have an affect on my health. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I need to change jobs and maybe even the type of job I do. I recovered from cancer in 2011 and it wouldn't surprise me if stress was partly to blame (no evidence of course) but since then the job has become even more stressful.
I'm not looking for sympathy and I know it's down to me to resolve this "lifestyle". But I think it's quite relevant to the thread and stress shortening your life.
I'm not looking for sympathy and I know it's down to me to resolve this "lifestyle". But I think it's quite relevant to the thread and stress shortening your life.
Is the pay amazing or something? Why are you still there?
I'm the last one to talk about spelling - but I can't be the only one chuckling.
Very much this.I worked 60+ hours regularly on nightshifts for many years, took a few years off in my late 40's, and for the last 4 years have been working 3 days / 21 hours a week, mainly to keep fit, but the cash also covers my living expenses. I consider myself semi retired, which will any day now become fully retired.
F.I.R.E ftw.
The pay is good. I would struggle to get similar pay for a similar job elsewhere.
You say pay is good but have you worked out your actual hourly rate if you are doing 70plus hour weeks? Elsewhere you may have half the pay but half the hours. On call as well, sheesh.
Wonder if working hours from home is going to be better, I keep reading about how many are loving it etc, but the idea of rolling our of bed to be in front of my PC at home makes me physically sick not being able to separate the two.
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working from home falls into 2 categories:
people who's homes are large enough to have a dedicated office it's great
everyone else it sucks
Yes. That's what I'm thinking of doing - changing jobs which will be less pay but less work.
It's been a case of boiling the frog where more and more work and expectation is piled on. So you don't notice the extra work each week. But looking back I realise it's got out of control and something needs to change.
Not yet but I will be. I had a "That's it I've had enough!" moment last week
Not yet but I will be. I had a "That's it I've had enough!" moment last week
I don't blame you!!!!!!!
Easy when some people make take a full day to do a certain task and others can do it in half a day.
It's getting worse tbh. And the return to "normal" is causing massive anxiety amongst many of my colleagues. As I'm sure you are aware when working the office, not every second is a productive second. There is time to walk between meetings, grab a coffee, chat to people outside of your immediate team. Let's be fair and say productivity is 120% per person.
Working from home, you are in back to back calls, regain your commute time for further work, and have very little external stimuli to not be productive (office banter, water cooler chat). The average worker at my firm is now 160% productive. And expectations are held at 160% into our next target setting round. We are all receiving token extra payments and recognition for this, so it isn't unrewarded.
Going back to the office will still see us having the 160% productivity target.