Tuesday Favorites...Something good from Covid years
- Thread starter CDGator
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- Jul 16, 2018
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- Jul 16, 2018
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I hate commuting. I hate having to be social at work. I hate having to sit in boring, useless meeting in an overcrowded, hot conference room with people who apparently bathe weekly. I hate people in general.
Now I get up ten min before work, grab a drink from the fridge, throw on some sweats, login, and leave the camera off. It's amazing.
Now I get up ten min before work, grab a drink from the fridge, throw on some sweats, login, and leave the camera off. It's amazing.
- Nov 17, 2017
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Being in IT, it always bothered me when an employer was slow to go to a work from home model. I would drive to work to sit at a computer all day to do my job. COVID pushed that along and as Bacl Alley said, I it pretty sweet working from home. I go out into the field to work about 10% of the time. There are a lot of advantages to working from home.
Nalt
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- Jul 23, 2020
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I worked from home for just under 4 months when covid started. I absolutely loathed it! I could see outside how nice the weather was and my mind started thinking about all the chores/things that I needed and wanted to accomplish. I was fortunate that in July of 2020 one of my co-workers who never worked from home left for another job so the boss brought me into the office, shuffled some duties and let me start working in the office full-time.
Disclosure: I sit in the basement of a government building so I only know what the weather is like if I go upstairs to the cafeteria or to go to an appointment someplace.
- Feb 28, 2021
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All my court hearings, mediations, and depositions moved to Zoom during Covid. Today, evidentiary hearings are usually back in the courtroom, but the majority of events are still via Zoom. Cuts way down on the time and cost of litigation. Love it.
Nalt
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- Jul 23, 2020
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What are you? Some lawyer or judge or something?
- Nov 17, 2017
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Interesting. I was always able to see outside from my office, so that wasn't a big deal for me being at home. When my mind wanders, I remind myself how lucky I feel to be able to work from home. It will allow the wife and I to be able to move this spring closer to the water, now that I am not tied to a physical location.
Nalt
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- Jul 23, 2020
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Probably >80% of what I do is classified for the DoD so I can not do that from home. I'm ok with that...
- Jul 24, 2020
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Seedy ended up working for an organization in 2022 based out of NY that never would have happened before Covid.
Previously all employees worked from the office but now they have people all across the country. It's amazing how it transformed the workforce in some industries. That Pandora's Box was opened and it will never go back.
However, during the shut-down in 2020 someone gave me sourdough starter and I'm still making sourdough bread every week. Now that's life changing!
Previously all employees worked from the office but now they have people all across the country. It's amazing how it transformed the workforce in some industries. That Pandora's Box was opened and it will never go back.
However, during the shut-down in 2020 someone gave me sourdough starter and I'm still making sourdough bread every week. Now that's life changing!
- Jun 12, 2014
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hmmm, that shouldn't stop you from working from home with a good VPN.
- Dec 31, 2018
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With restaurants often being take out only, and the extra time on my hands, I became a better cook and am now in the habit of making dinner two-three times a week. While I'm not sure that's a good thing, Mrs G. thinks it fabulous.
- Jul 16, 2018
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You're perpetually drunk aren't you? Good lord, close the damn windows. Problem solved!
- Nov 17, 2017
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No VPN access ?
- Jun 12, 2014
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I work for a DoD contractor and they wouldn't let us work from home on the regular. Even though I was to carry my laptop everywhere and I was on call 24/7/365. In 2020 we beefed up our security IT security model due to the situation, and they realized they could reduce office space (ie cost) if they had IT and some other financial employees could be work from home. Both my parents had health issues, so I was allowed to move closer to home to help with the family farm and my folk's health. Also allowed the Mrs and daughter to have a more laid back existence and they started to homeschool after a horrible experience with a school up here.
Nalt
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- Jul 23, 2020
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Absolutely NOT! Because of the nature of the work we do, there is no way that our Government FSO would ever sign off on that.
But for some weird reason, they are pushing to move some of our stuff to the "cloud" though...
- Jul 15, 2014
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You just need this... I'm guessing you're the guy who left his laptop unattended. Rookie move for sure.Absolutely NOT! Because of the nature of the work we do, there is no way that our Government FSO would ever sign off on that.
But for some weird reason, they are pushing to move some of our stuff to the "cloud" though...
- Jul 24, 2020
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- Feb 15, 2016
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50 Brussel Sprout recipes that are "really good." The common denominator is the sprouts are charred on the outside.
- Aug 23, 2017
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COVID brought out a lot of authoritarians and sheeple. They are now identified and can be properly accorded the disrespect they deserve. For that, I am thankful!
