Subj : Re: Stage 4 COVID
To   : Dumas Walker
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Dec 21 2024 09:28 am

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

 DW> I found that "in the office" was more likely to do so than working
 DW> remote. The gossips and drama lovers, who could no longer just drop by
 DW> someone else's cube, either found some other ways to fill their
 DW> goof-off time or just never decided to loop me into their foolishness
 DW> (thank goodness!).

I was a sysadmin who did double duty at my last gig, completely open
office. Half the company was engineering peers who'd slack me with
requests. The other half was marketing, admin, biz dev, finance and PR -
they'd come by to ask a question or make a request - which ended up
being more productive, since what they needed might not be what they
requested, or they were going about things in a way that I could improve
by suggesting alternatives.

"Give them more than they asked for" is a great mantra for support
organizations.


 
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