Oh boy, we now have creepy monitoring software on our work laptops....

"It's for diagnostic use only! Honest!"

Also, "hi" to whoever tracked me typing this!

Trying to get my brain back into "application analysis and design" mode, for the next big module of my current project. Good thing I'm #WFH and I'm alone. Bad thing when I realize I have a ton of new questions for my users, so I'll have to... talk to people. ugh.

Good piece. Abandoning work-from-home would affect women's flexibility, but also that of men who want to be better fathers.

#wfh

https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/i-was-an-absent-father-until-wfh-changed-everything-20250325-p5lmg7.html

Many bosses across Wall Street and beyond have been doubling down on their return-to-office mandates for employees — but not all CFOs, or even CEOs, are drinking the RTO Kool-Aid.

https://www.cfodive.com/news/rto-plans-cfos-pandemic-remote-work-zoom/743804/ #Workplace #Work #RTO #WFH #RemoteWork #CFO

Tuesday 06:33
Technically a day off work on #PTO as I have a certain fun procedure tomorrow afternoon and start prep later today.
No solid food, no creamer, etc, so I shall be drinking Ginger Peach Black Tea this morning.

I was up in the middle of the night running #FoodBank end of month reports, with the most important part sending my CEO an email of information.
Once I sent that email I practically crashed out into bed.
Today will be a mixture of eating what I can, working on other reports & emails, lots of naps, and most importantly keeping out of Arianna's way as she works from home. #WFH

A friend of mine is visiting at lunchtime with a few items that he made for me.
I will post details afterwards.

So, as you can see I really don't have much to report today.
I hope that your day is as peaceful. If you do get stressed please feel free to reach out for a private chat. I am home all day.
Peter //O\

This is the guy who is apparently anti-WFH. Except when it works for himself, of course. #wfh #auspol https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-dutton-would-dodge-the-lodge-for-kirribilli-can-t-blame-him-but-is-this-wfh-or-wtf-20250331-p5lnup.html

I used a #qtpy #esp32 from @adafruit to make a small #iot stoplight. I also wrote a tiny app and deployed it on my #homelab. So now when I'm in meetings, or deeply focused on work, I can avoid disruptions #wfh

kind of excited to finish a project end-to-end instead of bailing at the first friction point

If someone can do this better, I'd love to see it
#RTO #WFH #BudgetCrisis

Any other #StateOfMinnesota worker bees on here? And if so, are you as pissed about the recent news as I am? Because I'm LIVID.

#WFH #Telework #RTO

Here's a beer to commiserate over.

The manager was like "as we discussed..."

Listen, just because you mentioned it in passing while you were grabbing a piece of office cake and coffee doesn't mean we had a discussion about it Linda.

I hate people.

The way that I am this close to buying this van and converting it into a tiny home on wheels. #wfh #vanlife

Today's Tuesday afternoon adjoining neighbor DJ special is, I believe, live cuts of Selena Gomez.

Which is an improvement over Reggaeton-Noise using a washing machine, grass trimmer, and a broken horn.
#WFH

is taking his lunchtime mental health walk. #WFH

The president who is against #wfh, had a bunch of his "top" cabinet members

appearing remotely for a classified discussion,

that wouldn't have leaked if they'd worked in person, using already established protocols.

#gopHypocrisy #gopInsecurity #gopLaziness #USpolitics ##TrumpCrimeFamily

Solid reasons to support WFH options.

"Hybrid working has enabled higher workforce participation among historically under-represented groups. Women’s workforce participation has risen, and more women are working full-time, partly due to the flexibility working from home offers in balancing work and family responsibilities.

"Workforce participation has also risen among older Australians, people with disabilities, and carers because working from home can reduce barriers to employment. Hybrid working may have also contributed to the gender pay gap shrinking slightly because women can now work in better-paying roles that previously required full-time office attendance.

"And while sceptics argue that working from home reduces productivity, the evidence suggests hybrid working models do not weigh on productivity (although full-time remote work can reduce productivity."

#work #WFH https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/working-from-home-is-part-of-the-new-normal-bosses-need-to-lay-off-20250324-p5llx9.html

Seeking MongoDB Database Reliability Engineer and DBA

We're staffing up for our very large MongoDB environment in our datacenters and need to
fill two senior positions in the US

https://jobs.lever.co/rackspace/6de3949f-aca1-43bc-bfce-5fc3bb7ec5ee

https://jobs.lever.co/rackspace/efb69a23-1e8c-4012-812f-4e50ab702fe9

Also openings for junior US support positions ( https://floss.social/@FLOX_advocate/114145678954603033 ), India openings coming soon

#getFediHired #FediHire #FLOSSjobs #MongoDB #DBA #DBRE #WFH ( #WfHybrid in some locations ) #USjobs #Elastic

The Register - 2 in 5 techies quit over inflexible workplace policies - https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/2_in_5_techies_quit/

RTO mandates are a load of horse crap - if technology allows remote working then why rail against it?

Unless you're an inadequate bullying control freak type.

We are five years on from the first Covid lockdown. I wasn't furloughed. I spent most of my working time doing stuff to set up and help colleagues to work from home.

It made a huge positive difference.

And all the time I was working from home while doing this.

I get so much more done WFH.

I'm out taking my lunch time stroll. I can't sit at a computer alone in my house forever. #WFH

Long before I was pulling back from buying things as much as possible, I was trying to eat lunch at home as much as possible. It's a significant benefit to work from home. I made some mandarin orange chicken and white sticky rice today. Every time you don't spend $12 on lunch at the local Chinese place, that's $12 you can put towards other bills.

I marked a work potluck pancake breakfast as "tentative" because I'm not sure it will be warm enough outside on April 10th, and I won't go if I need to drive a car.