Solenciennes
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I got the job hehe
Your boss when you’re on a Zoom and they spot your medicinal Espresso Martini in the background.
I'm laughing but I also am not quite sure what a medicinal Espresso Martini is! It sounds lovely. War flashbacks to the time I ran out of mixers so I drank orange vodka and coffee all night until sunrise and proceeded to enter the twilight zone when I couldn't sleep.
Has anyone got any advice on how to find a decent work from home job?
I just recently moved home and my family live in the middle of nowhere basically, so most jobs would require travel by car and I would rather try and find something from home right now and save on petrol.
Problem is on Indeed etc, even if I search for remote jobs, its usually remote in (insert city here) and I'm struggling to find jobs that I could apply for as it seems I need to be in the same city. Does anyone know of a way I can search for remote jobs that can be done from any city, without having to be in the same city of the company please? I'm in the UK so I've been using indeed mostly, and I've looked a little on Linkedin Too.
Apple were advertising entirely remote jobs a while back. Not sure if that’s still the case but it’s worth checking out.
One good thing that came from the Covid pandemic was that it reset traditional ways of working from one fixed location. I don’t get why more employers don’t encourage remote working if it suits the employee.
If it’s advertised as remote, I expect you’ll probably still be fine to apply and do the job from anywhere. My company advertises for London and Bristol all the time, but we’ve got colleagues from all around the country. Worth contacting the recruiter and asking.Problem is on Indeed etc, even if I search for remote jobs, its usually remote in (insert city here) and I'm struggling to find jobs that I could apply for as it seems I need to be in the same city. Does anyone know of a way I can search for remote jobs that can be done from any city, without having to be in the same city of the company please? I'm in the UK so I've been using indeed mostly, and I've looked a little on Linkedin Too.
This is similar to us. I'm in the civil service and we only advertise for Leeds and London because that's where our office bases are. You've just got to be prepared for occasional travel (how occasional depends on the post).If it’s advertised as remote, I expect you’ll probably still be fine to apply and do the job from anywhere. My company advertises for London and Bristol all the time, but we’ve got colleagues from all around the country. Worth contacting the recruiter and asking.
It’s so quiet in the office most of the time that I can get almost as distracted as I do at home. Hate both.Has anyone else developed a weird hatred of working from home?
I get nothing done and actually become sort of resentful that work has managed to encroach on my home/personal life.
I've compromised with myself by trying to get into the office 3-4 times a week but it feels like a halfway solution.
Basically I have no self-control nn
I hate working from home, and I also hate that it’s so easy to do.Has anyone else developed a weird hatred of working from home?
I get nothing done and actually become sort of resentful that work has managed to encroach on my home/personal life.
I've compromised with myself by trying to get into the office 3-4 times a week but it feels like a halfway solution.
Basically I have no self-control nn
I literally... COVID basically opened the floodgates to the worst aspects of being me.Has anyone else developed a weird hatred of working from home?
I get nothing done and actually become sort of resentful that work has managed to encroach on my home/personal life.
I've compromised with myself by trying to get into the office 3-4 times a week but it feels like a halfway solution.
Basically I have no self-control nn
At my work people who have a desk assessment and get a specific set up are able to use the same desk. That’s the best way of dealing with that I think.Am I the only one who finds hot-desking so anxiety inducing?
My work previously had a set up where everyone had their own desks but obviously with the pandemic the whole company moved to hot-desking. I find myself getting in early every day just to get a desk that I know works for me (including set up and chair). I find it so poor for my mental health (I get anxious walking into work thinking about it) but also what about people with health conditions who require a specific set up? That doesn't really seem to be taken into account.
It's also quite an unfair system as the managers expect to have their same desks each day but everyone else is left to battle it out. Some days we don't have enough desks for everyone in the team, which is ridiculous. All of this has been fed back to higher management and no action taken at the moment.
Apologies, rant over. Wondering if anyone else feels the same?