Hmm.
It has seemed to me lately that people are rather subdued and absent at work. I’ve noticed some significant inactivity, to the extent that it is noticeable.
I don’t know. I can’t be sure because we all work from home.
I’ve only been to the office twice all year.
But it just seems the emails are fewer. The postings to SharePoint fewer. The task trackers are not filled out as much.
I’m wondering if people are getting Covid—or something else.
I just attribute that to the annual end of the year “sickofthiss***itis.” But I’ve been noticing it also. I had to ping my team last Monday because I had zero emails on Monday morning. I thought my internet was down.
Oh, and another reason could be the possibility of being out of a job come December. I still have not heard back on my exemption and if I’m not approved, I’m unemployed as of December 8. So the last thing I’m doing right now is starting any new projects.
Sounds like cases of what an old co-worker (ex Red Air Force) referred to as Socialist Flu: "They pretend to pay me and I pretend to work".
Only difference now is "They pretend they'll ALLOW me to stay here and......."
(Not much incentive to produce, eh?)
Well, all the “not knowing” and worry about what’s going to happen next has affected my office. We all accomplish half what we did before...and feel exhausted doing it. The constant vigilance of distancing, making sure your mask is placed correctly, trying to breathe and talk through a mask, pressure to be vaxxed, and concern/mistrust when anyone sneezes, is almost paralyzing.
Especially if you are convinced this is ridiculous.
I get an email EVERY DAY to remind me to submit proof of my WEEKLY testing. Everything is overshadowed by the virus.
7 months to freedom!
Look around.
- Who directs the means of production?
- Who “owns” the means of production?
- What...specifically...are “the means of production”?
Have we \critically\ read Marx?
I think it's going to get worse. I have young men on my team and they're leaving and calling in sick all the damn time. I don't know if they're pussies, or really getting sick more. What I can measure is Sprint Velocity. It's in the crapper the last 6 Sprints (two week Sprints). I'm having trouble (as a Scrum Master) figuring out why velocity is waning so bad with a veteran team. I feel it reflects poorly on me.