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Being unproductive at work ?? (pg. 3)
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| Enraptured |
| quote: | Originally posted by Creamfields
LOL exaaaaactly. I wonder if I'm the only person in my office being like this. They do seem to be working. :eek: |
They are probably just better at LOOKING busy than you are... it's an art... never walk around empty-handed... etc...
I suffer from the same thing... Every so often, I just get to the point where I can't function at work. I find it good to take a couple of days off, just sit and do nothing, surf the net, whatever, the important thing is to do NOTHING. When you go back to work, you should be able to re-focus.
I think that workplaces need to be a little more realistic about expectations on employees, though. Nobody, I don't care who you are, can just sit in front of a screen from 9 to 5. EVERYBODY needs to get up and stretch and get away for a bit. Anyone who tells you that they do that, they're just good at looking busy.
Trust me.
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| DJ Ski |
| I just started work this monday, and I haven't done much any day yet. Then again, I work in a Union which means there is no motivation to do anything. |
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| High on PSI |
| i work for the government which means theres really no motivaton to do work HHAHAHA.... i used to see my old bosses playing online games all the time :) |
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| ShadoWolf |
| quote: | Originally posted by High on PSI
i work for the government which means theres really no motivaton to do work HHAHAHA.... i used to see my old bosses playing online games all the time :) |
hah I'm here at work waiting for some lazyass at the government to act on a file... it's probably you!!! :whip: :whip: :whip:
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| rubyriva |
definitely go through periods of nonproductivity...
some days it's just pitiful...
the more i have to do, the better i am. i love have a ton of things going at the same time. and once i get into the 'work' mode, there is no stopping me...
great article, nice read! thanks for sharing ilyia!!
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
I don't have to worry about logs...
I just connect to my computer at home and surf from there...
(when I have time that is...) ;)
log THAT :p |
can't do that over here :p almost everything is blocked by the mighty firewalls :p |
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| High on PSI |
| quote: | Originally posted by ShadoWolf
hah I'm here at work waiting for some lazyass at the government to act on a file... it's probably you!!! :whip: :whip: :whip:
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LOL
well, in 10min we can officially make it 3 straight days of no work whatsoever... nothing at all!!... im not exaggerating anything LOL
in a way, i do want work, just enough so the day doesnt go by so slow |
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| Resnick |
| quote: | Originally posted by Enraptured
They are probably just better at LOOKING busy than you are... it's an art... never walk around empty-handed... etc...
I suffer from the same thing... Every so often, I just get to the point where I can't function at work. I find it good to take a couple of days off, just sit and do nothing, surf the net, whatever, the important thing is to do NOTHING. When you go back to work, you should be able to re-focus.
I think that workplaces need to be a little more realistic about expectations on employees, though. Nobody, I don't care who you are, can just sit in front of a screen from 9 to 5. EVERYBODY needs to get up and stretch and get away for a bit. Anyone who tells you that they do that, they're just good at looking busy.
Trust me.
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well if u actuallyl enjoy ur work, then ya its definitely possible :D |
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| ShadoWolf |
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!
:nervous: :nervous: :nervous: :eek: :eek: :whip: :whip: :whip: :whip: |
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| rabbitjoker |
| Focus, focus! |
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| 404 Science |
| hehe, i dont have a computer at my job but i get the Wall Street Journal everyday and the Star and Macleans every so often, so I keep myself busy by reading. At least im not wasting my time, I could tell you if your stock is up or down any day of the week... |
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| DigiNut |
All I can say to everyone here is that you won't get far being lazy. For going way beyond my job description and blowing them away 2 years in a row, I pretty much have free run now - when I've got a project to do, they know they'll get more than they asked for, and I'll have nobody breathing down my neck or pushing me. I need a day off, or a 2 or 3 hour lunch, no questions asked. Technically I'm an outside contractor but I still get my own office with a window should I choose to work over there instead of working from home. I never would have gotten to that point by doing the absolute minimum and surfing TA all day.
Sure, people turn their brains off on Monday morning and Friday afternoon and goof off a bit, but that's expected, the bosses know that (hell, they participate). Chatting on MSN and TA though? Hell no, not when I have a month to finish a project that should technically take three. In the end, you'll get what's coming to you; prove that you're indispensable and you'll move up - waste company time and bandwidth and you'll get the pink slip on their next round of layoffs.
At LEAST do something productive if you're gonna waste time and read the news, or go to sites that are mildly educational.
But hey, maybe I'm wrong, after all what does a developer really know about business... we're all just drones, right? |
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