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And now heavy rain!

am50em wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:12 am

And now heavy rain!

I just looked outside, I timed it well to get home by 10:25am.

g-boaf wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:42 am

I got about 2 hours riding done this morning (I'm on leave). It threatened to rain but only a couple of drops.

Retrobyte wrote: I'm WFH today so might try for a long ride around lunch time

I wouldn't get away with that, we have people who spend time watching the online status of everyone all day and are quick to jump on those who aren't "active".

It's not a matter of getting away with anything. I punch in when I start working and punch out when I take the break. After the ride I'll punch back in again. We work a 35 hour week with flexi time, so all that matters is we work for 35 hours for the week. While riding I'll be showing as offline so they know I won't be working.

Retrobyte wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:30 pm

g-boaf wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:42 am

I got about 2 hours riding done this morning (I'm on leave). It threatened to rain but only a couple of drops.

Retrobyte wrote: I'm WFH today so might try for a long ride around lunch time

I wouldn't get away with that, we have people who spend time watching the online status of everyone all day and are quick to jump on those who aren't "active".

It's not a matter of getting away with anything. I punch in when I start working and punch out when I take the break. After the ride I'll punch back in again. We work a 35 hour week with flexi time, so all that matters is we work for 35 hours for the week. While riding I'll be showing as offline so they know I won't be working.

Count yourself lucky, it definitely wouldn't be allowed where I am, even though there is talk of "flexible". And it would be used by the return-to-office people to champion the return to office so they can spend all day watching over everyone. Already some folks are mandated to by full time back in the office, the rest is at least 3 days permanently in the office, and probably going back to full time in the end.

g-boaf wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:47 pm

Count yourself lucky, it definitely wouldn't be allowed where I am, even though there is talk of "flexible". And it would be used by the return-to-office people to champion the return to office so they can spend all day watching over everyone. Already some folks are mandated to by full time back in the office, the rest is at least 3 days permanently in the office, and probably going back to full time in the end.

Not so much luck - it was a conscious choice after more than 40 years of busting my 🫏 in the corporate world. For work/life balance reasons at my age a 35 hour public sector job is a very pleasant change given the nice working conditions and benefits, and the location means I can easily ride to work as well. We are allowed to WFH two days per week. Long service leave after 5 years is also something to look forward to. Even though the remuneration is a little bit less than the private sector, money's not everything. I certainly don't miss working seven days a week and answering the phone in the middle of the night!