On bringing my work home with me...
Sep. 25th, 2019 01:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robotech_masterWell, this is exciting. Just got word from my manager that I've been given the go ahead to move my call center job to work-from-home as of mid October. This means that I'll set my computer up on a desk at home and take my phone calls there, instead of having to commute 5 miles in and back home again. No more braving the arctic blast, in the winter time, no more losing an hour or more to the bus commute. And I can save a little cash by letting my monthly bus pass lapse and just buying single trips or day passes as I need them.
No more making do with tablet and phone on my breaks and lunches. I can just move over to my real computer and use that. And I will have more ways to cook food for lunch than my magic lunchbox. I could cook a pizza for lunch if I wanted! I'll probably still use the lunchbox for convenience, though. And I'll finally be able to check my work email and make schedule adjustments from home, when I'm off work.
Of course, I'm going to need to clean up my attic, which has kind of filled up with trash. I made a start on that last night, and will be doing more tonight and this weekend. And also, I'll need to get a desk, and possibly other office furnishings as well, so a trip to the distant Ikea is in order. I've arranged with my sister-in-law Karen to go up there with her on Sunday. Meanwhile, I'll be poring through an Ikea catalog and peering at their website, marking down things to investigate when I hit the showroom.
Of course, it's not entirely good news. My one hour lunchbreak and work's proximity to downtown meant I had a good chunk of time for getting errands run in the middle of the weekday if I needed to. I won't have that anymore—or, rather, I will, but it will be limited to the resources available in Irvington to visit on my lunchbreak. There won't be as many nice restaurants to eat lunch at, either—though I will at least be able to eat at the new Chicago hot dog place that's always closed by the time I get home. Have only been able to go on weekends up to this point. Anyway, I imagine I'll survive.
But one thing I don't expect to do is slack off. After all, with my work being through phone and computer, it will be monitored to a fare-thee-well. They'll be able to tell if I'm not doing what I should be, so I'm going to be spending the workday tethered to the computer and phone by my headset, the same as I do all day at work now. The difference is, I'll be able to do it in familiar environs.
I can't wait.
No more making do with tablet and phone on my breaks and lunches. I can just move over to my real computer and use that. And I will have more ways to cook food for lunch than my magic lunchbox. I could cook a pizza for lunch if I wanted! I'll probably still use the lunchbox for convenience, though. And I'll finally be able to check my work email and make schedule adjustments from home, when I'm off work.
Of course, I'm going to need to clean up my attic, which has kind of filled up with trash. I made a start on that last night, and will be doing more tonight and this weekend. And also, I'll need to get a desk, and possibly other office furnishings as well, so a trip to the distant Ikea is in order. I've arranged with my sister-in-law Karen to go up there with her on Sunday. Meanwhile, I'll be poring through an Ikea catalog and peering at their website, marking down things to investigate when I hit the showroom.
Of course, it's not entirely good news. My one hour lunchbreak and work's proximity to downtown meant I had a good chunk of time for getting errands run in the middle of the weekday if I needed to. I won't have that anymore—or, rather, I will, but it will be limited to the resources available in Irvington to visit on my lunchbreak. There won't be as many nice restaurants to eat lunch at, either—though I will at least be able to eat at the new Chicago hot dog place that's always closed by the time I get home. Have only been able to go on weekends up to this point. Anyway, I imagine I'll survive.
But one thing I don't expect to do is slack off. After all, with my work being through phone and computer, it will be monitored to a fare-thee-well. They'll be able to tell if I'm not doing what I should be, so I'm going to be spending the workday tethered to the computer and phone by my headset, the same as I do all day at work now. The difference is, I'll be able to do it in familiar environs.
I can't wait.
