The Picard ManeuverIt's just more convenient
BoneheadWhen I worked for Bell, they had just ended their WFH policy. I was required to be in the office every day. The rest of my team was still under the policy according to their contract, including my boss who was a 10 minute walk from the office, so they all worked from home. And most of my meetings involved teams in 3 different cities, not to mention the fact that it was Bell, so all meetings were over the phone with a screen sharing app. There were some other people that worked in the office, but they worked with different teams so I didn't interact with them beyond saying "hi" in the break room as I was getting coffee. But it was apparently very important that I be in the office.
Some days I really appreciate the fact that I left IT.
setVeryLoud(true);Fuck Bell
fadingembersWhat did you leave it for?
Got laid off from Bell and couldn't find another IT job before EI ran out, so I applied to be a mail carrier. Been doing that ever since. I did apply to a few IT jobs after I started doing mail, but it wasn't long that I realized I could make more where I was and I really didn't miss It all that much. It's a little frustrating when I hit bugs in the software we use, because I could write the bug report in full detail but I have no access to submit it. But then I get done at 1pm on a Friday and I remember why I left that world.
Thank you for sharing! I’m glad you’re much happier in your current position. I feel that about knowing you could fix things if you had the access
Got laid off from Bell and couldn’t find another IT job before EI ran out, so I applied to be a mail carrier.
Ha ha I got laid off from Cisco right before COVID, randomly bought a used school bus to convert into a motorhome, and now I’m a school bus driver for my local school district. I work five hours a day with a big break between my morning and afternoon runs so I can ride my bike, have lunch and a nap before going back to work. Haven’t written a line of code in five years now and it makes me genuinely happy whenever I think about all the IT bullshit I don’t have to deal with any more.
Now if I could just realize my plan to have all middle-schoolers sent to Antarctica for three years, things would be perfect.
Could also be laying off people without doing “layoffs”. Not everybody is going to return to the office, problem solved.