At the hospital today. Let me tell you, if you're in the hospital on Christmas, you've either got serious socio-economic problems, or are sick as shit. Most years, it's a little slower than usual, but not this year
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#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
So why couldn’t they delay the lunch by a week so everyone could spend Christmas with their families and then launch it?
What's stopping anyone from staying with their family one or two weeks after Christmas? What's up with this fixation people have with arbitrary dates for celebration?
It's a Schelling point.
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#153At the hospital today. Let me tell you, if you're in the hospital on Christmas, you've either got serious socio-economic problems, or are sick as shit. Most years, it's a little slower than usual, but not this year
Sometimes just terrible timing. My son decided to climb on a chair and fall head first on a ceramic floor last year lol. Didn't expect to spend a handful of hours at the ER on Christmas night in the middle of a pandemic, but there I was.
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#154I'm not working today but what this brings to mind is a recently hired coworker who apparently is.
My small team has had a nice culture of keeping our work chat mostly confined to our normal working hours, except when some issue comes up that needs attention. This new coworker has lately been shattering that. This person not only posts in the evenings, weekends, and sometimes into the graveyard shift, but does so in a cloying, overeager, performative kind of way.
"while that job was running I took the opportunity to go learn this new skill!"
"I finished this step of the process. Now I'm gonna go do the next one!"
...and updates on what they're doing and their reachability, at all hours.
"I'm going to have dinner because I haven't eaten anything today, but I will have my work computer and work phone with me so feel free to ping me".
Even today, on Christmas morning, there was more from this person in slack, posted after midnight on Christmas Eve.
I do my best to push it out of my mind, but I can't deny this adds a layer of stress for me. I don't want work conversations to stretch into nonworking hours. I don't want this to become part of the culture in my team or company. I don't want to see this kind of behavior become the expectation. I hope nobody ever asks anyone else to be more like this.
Re: 25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work
#155I'm not working today but what this brings to mind is a recently hired coworker who apparently is. My small team has had a nice culture of keeping our work chat mostly confined to our normal working hours, except when some issue comes up that needs attention. This new coworker has lately been shattering that. This person not only posts in the evenings, weekends, and sometimes into the graveyard shift, but does so in…
What is stopping you from having a level headed, heart to heart conversation with your new colleague about your growing concern? Part of any job is to pass on the culture to new comers. I'm sure they'll understand.
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#156Re: 25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work
#157I'm not working today but what this brings to mind is a recently hired coworker who apparently is. My small team has had a nice culture of keeping our work chat mostly confined to our normal working hours, except when some issue comes up that needs attention. This new coworker has lately been shattering that. This person not only posts in the evenings, weekends, and sometimes into the graveyard shift, but does so in…
What is stopping you from having a level headed, heart to heart conversation with your new colleague about your growing concern? Part of any job is to pass on the culture to new comers. I'm sure they'll understand.
I don't think I'm in a position to. I'm not management, and I'm not one of the rock star engineers. Those are the people who would have the sway to either encourage or discourage this sort of thing.
Re: 25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work
#158I'm not working today but what this brings to mind is a recently hired coworker who apparently is. My small team has had a nice culture of keeping our work chat mostly confined to our normal working hours, except when some issue comes up that needs attention. This new coworker has lately been shattering that. This person not only posts in the evenings, weekends, and sometimes into the graveyard shift, but does so in…
What is stopping you from having a level headed, heart to heart conversation with your new colleague about your growing concern? Part of any job is to pass on the culture to new comers. I'm sure they'll understand.
> I'm sure they'll understand.
Frankly, I'm not.
I think this conversation is actually the responsibility of the GP's boss, not the GP. If the GP is really confident in the existing culture, then in my opinion they should approach their boss with their concerns.
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#159I'm not working today but what this brings to mind is a recently hired coworker who apparently is. My small team has had a nice culture of keeping our work chat mostly confined to our normal working hours, except when some issue comes up that needs attention. This new coworker has lately been shattering that. This person not only posts in the evenings, weekends, and sometimes into the graveyard shift, but does so in…
What is stopping you from having a level headed, heart to heart conversation with your new colleague about your growing concern? Part of any job is to pass on the culture to new comers. I'm sure they'll understand.
Some us _like_ working. If mu team doesn’t want to check-in thats fine but I dont mind getting shit done at 4am or on weekends. Heck I am on a three week vacation right now and I have been working on a prototype I plan to show off when I get back in the New Year.
My team is under no obligation to keep up with me, but Im not going to lower my performance for them.
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What is stopping you from having a level headed, heart to heart conversation with your new colleague about your growing concern? Part of any job is to pass on the culture to new comers. I'm sure they'll understand.
I don't think I'm in a position to. I'm not management, and I'm not one of the rock star engineers. Those are the people who would have the sway to either encourage or discourage this sort of thing.
I'd bring it up with your boss, but don't push the issue. Management sets culture. If your boss takes no action, that's that; maybe brush up your resume.