• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It don’t matter how organized I am, my boss sees I’m done by noon on a friday he’ll give me more service calls, shop time or some other job to do.

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      10 months ago

      That’s where you’re going wrong, you still need to pretend you’re doing work

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        10 months ago

        That only works until the last call I did calls to pay their bill and now the office knows I’m done my work. I usually just suck it up and take more work, I’d hoestly rather that than twiddle my thumbs for a few hours.

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          Oh, I see. My work only knows I’m done by when I move my tickets to complete on Jira, so I just leave them as in progress until my due date. I work from home, so I just watch TV or play video games while sitting near my work laptop to respond to emails or chat messages in the meantime.

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          10 months ago

          Twiddle your thumbs? You need some hobbies my dude. There is more to life than constantly working.

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            10 months ago

            I mean moreso twiddle my thumbs while on the clock. If im at work I’d rather be working than just killing time.

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      That’s not the type of job they are referring to.

      They’re referring to jobs where you have overarching goals and deliverables but aren’t logging actions to the event, or to the hour.

      I’ve had jobs like yours and steady, dependable, maintainable pace is the way to get through the week. Don’t over promise, don’t look available for random new tasks.

      At my current gig I have tasks issued at the 2 week level, and aside from very rare requests for assistance or discussion, I’m left to my to-do list, and my predetermined commitments. If I consistently meet my commitments, and show up for scheduled meetings, no one gives a shit when I actually work. It’s great but requires the right environment.