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Clown Show
Nov. 7th, 2019 07:25 pmSo the first week of returning to the office for the Day Job has been the complete shambles we all expected it to be. So far:
--My assigned cubicle is nowhere near my team due to overcrowding so I'm all by myself, in a hallway that gets constant foot traffic. It's just like working from home only I don't have my home PC next to me playing music. Oh, and I'm sitting right next to a wall that has a constant hum from the HVAC system. One of my teammates who was assigned the cubicle next to me refuses to sit there because it's even louder there.
--My cubicle was completely empty and not set up on Monday. I finally got my monitors later in the day but no laptop dock. And the first dock they did give me was faulty.
--We were told to bring in the bank-assigned phones we'd been using at home, only to find out they weren't set up. After much delay the tech team emailed me inquiring about a ticket that had been opened, asking what was wrong with the phone. And then proceeded to be told by the person who opened the ticket that I needed to email the info to the tech team. Suffice it to say, I kind of went off on them (in the nicest way possible, of course) until the in-building tech boffin stopped by and actually fixed the damn thing.
--Apparently management had ordered us nice chairs ahead of time...and as expected, they were yoinked by other people in the building before we even came back. So now they're ordering more.
--I've been told that I can work from home one day a week but I REALLY need to keep an eye on my VPN usage to the point that perhaps I should turn it off for lunch and breaks, because I'll get yelled at for going over the usage limit.
--No one, and I mean NO ONE, on my team is happy. We are all absolutely miserable that they've pulled this shit. One manager (the one on the other coast who's not affected by this idea at all) is doing the 'we're here for teamwork!' cheer and we are all sick of hearing it. Another manager is putting on a brave face and trying to keep people calm. And a third manager is NOT happy at all but can't really do anything about it. The atmosphere is not exactly tense because we all get along really well, but we're definitely not a happy group.
--I don't exactly hate the commute, as all the crappy traffic is going the opposite way both morning and evening. I do enjoy driving, even despite the idiocy of the occasional other driver. What I do hate is that I'll be spending roughly about $100 a week on the commute: $7 toll every night (x5 = $35) and I've filled half the tank twice this week at around $25 (x2 = $50). I'm not complaining that I have to pay this per se; it's that I have to pay this when there is really no fucking reason for me to do it.
And it's only been the first week.
So yeah. No one's happy there. Everyone thinks this is a really fucking stupid idea that some old coot in Upper Management came up with. The immediate upper management "feels our pain" and "hopes it gets better" and "looks forward to seeing everyone in the office when we come for our visit next year" and blah de blah de blah blah. I would not be the least bit surprised if more people end up jumping ship.
It's a fucking clown show, I tell you.
--My assigned cubicle is nowhere near my team due to overcrowding so I'm all by myself, in a hallway that gets constant foot traffic. It's just like working from home only I don't have my home PC next to me playing music. Oh, and I'm sitting right next to a wall that has a constant hum from the HVAC system. One of my teammates who was assigned the cubicle next to me refuses to sit there because it's even louder there.
--My cubicle was completely empty and not set up on Monday. I finally got my monitors later in the day but no laptop dock. And the first dock they did give me was faulty.
--We were told to bring in the bank-assigned phones we'd been using at home, only to find out they weren't set up. After much delay the tech team emailed me inquiring about a ticket that had been opened, asking what was wrong with the phone. And then proceeded to be told by the person who opened the ticket that I needed to email the info to the tech team. Suffice it to say, I kind of went off on them (in the nicest way possible, of course) until the in-building tech boffin stopped by and actually fixed the damn thing.
--Apparently management had ordered us nice chairs ahead of time...and as expected, they were yoinked by other people in the building before we even came back. So now they're ordering more.
--I've been told that I can work from home one day a week but I REALLY need to keep an eye on my VPN usage to the point that perhaps I should turn it off for lunch and breaks, because I'll get yelled at for going over the usage limit.
--No one, and I mean NO ONE, on my team is happy. We are all absolutely miserable that they've pulled this shit. One manager (the one on the other coast who's not affected by this idea at all) is doing the 'we're here for teamwork!' cheer and we are all sick of hearing it. Another manager is putting on a brave face and trying to keep people calm. And a third manager is NOT happy at all but can't really do anything about it. The atmosphere is not exactly tense because we all get along really well, but we're definitely not a happy group.
--I don't exactly hate the commute, as all the crappy traffic is going the opposite way both morning and evening. I do enjoy driving, even despite the idiocy of the occasional other driver. What I do hate is that I'll be spending roughly about $100 a week on the commute: $7 toll every night (x5 = $35) and I've filled half the tank twice this week at around $25 (x2 = $50). I'm not complaining that I have to pay this per se; it's that I have to pay this when there is really no fucking reason for me to do it.
And it's only been the first week.
So yeah. No one's happy there. Everyone thinks this is a really fucking stupid idea that some old coot in Upper Management came up with. The immediate upper management "feels our pain" and "hopes it gets better" and "looks forward to seeing everyone in the office when we come for our visit next year" and blah de blah de blah blah. I would not be the least bit surprised if more people end up jumping ship.
It's a fucking clown show, I tell you.
