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by version_five
1817 days ago
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I'm happy to see this is not just me with this perspective. Especially with WFH, I routinely work out, do groceries, go for a walk, or just read during work time (I'm self employed but the pattern has not changed at all since I left my salaried job). I make up for it by working at other times that work for me, and if e.g. I'm reading a book, I'll keep Slack on the phone so I can be available for a discussion. Most of my team at my last job was similar, usually with some set of disconnected times, e.g. for family stuff. Some would sleep in and work late, some would have supper early and put kids to bed, then work some more... I like this approach so much better than being stuck somewhere for 8 hours forced to try to be productive. |
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For example, I am an extreme segmentor (two laptops and two phones, both of which are either off or put away in silent mode when I'm not working; zero work-related stuff on any personal devices).
At the same, my working patterns are very flexible. I just look at my diary first thing in the morning to figure which meetings I need to attend, and plan the rest of the day however I see fit. Going to the gym, for a run, sitting outside to read, running errands or getting a massage in the middle of the day are all completely normal.
I encourage my reports to take a similarly flexible approach to working, regardless of where they are on the segmentor-integrator spectrum (most of them are integrators).