I work for the government. Now it is federal, but previously it was for my city. When i was working for the city we had to use an app called Neos (XP) or Spark (Windows 7/10), but it was just a...
I work for the government. Now it is federal, but previously it was for my city. When i was working for the city we had to use an app called Neos (XP) or Spark (Windows 7/10), but it was just a jabber client, so i used Pidgin.
I never ever chose Available. It was always Away. People would bother me anyway there or by phone, it makes no difference, but by being Away i could ignore them for some time.
Oh man, this is Slack to a tee! It doesn't even matter how you set your status as nobody looks at it anyway. And even if they do, it's easy to think, "This is a quick question I can answer in a...
For years we used an internal instant messaging system that broadcasted everyone’s real-time status. It seemed cool, it seemed useful. It seemed like something that would be good to know. But it turned out to be TMI: Too Much Information.
Because, really, what does “available” and “away” really mean? Official definitions don’t matter, because here’s what they actually mean: “Available to be bothered” and “I’m running away and hiding because I can’t get any fucking work done around here.”
Oh man, this is Slack to a tee! It doesn't even matter how you set your status as nobody looks at it anyway. And even if they do, it's easy to think, "This is a quick question I can answer in a second, so it won't be too disruptive if I help out my colleague," only to find out that there's nothing quick about it and the other person won't shut up now, either.
Please tell that to my advisor. In the past few months I've had to sit through several awkward rants by my professor about how morally depraved I am for refusing to be on-call all the time (I'm a...
If they don’t, it’s not because they’re ignoring you — it’s because they’re busy. Respect that! Assume people are focused on their own work.
Please tell that to my advisor. In the past few months I've had to sit through several awkward rants by my professor about how morally depraved I am for refusing to be on-call all the time (I'm a PhD candidate, not a first responder, christ!). I'm not exaggerating either. Korea struggles with this big time. =\
I work for the government. Now it is federal, but previously it was for my city. When i was working for the city we had to use an app called Neos (XP) or Spark (Windows 7/10), but it was just a jabber client, so i used Pidgin.
I never ever chose Available. It was always Away. People would bother me anyway there or by phone, it makes no difference, but by being Away i could ignore them for some time.
Oh man, this is Slack to a tee! It doesn't even matter how you set your status as nobody looks at it anyway. And even if they do, it's easy to think, "This is a quick question I can answer in a second, so it won't be too disruptive if I help out my colleague," only to find out that there's nothing quick about it and the other person won't shut up now, either.
Please tell that to my advisor. In the past few months I've had to sit through several awkward rants by my professor about how morally depraved I am for refusing to be on-call all the time (I'm a PhD candidate, not a first responder, christ!). I'm not exaggerating either. Korea struggles with this big time. =\