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[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

As soon as I got a taste of working from home back in 2020, I knew I was never going back to the office. I bought a nice chair and built a good computer, and now I just hang out every day while working when I feel like it. I've come up with enough shortcuts and workarounds that I can do my job over twice as fast as my coworkers, though I'll never tell my boss that. I do have OT sometimes, but I get paid well for it, and still rarely have to put in a full 8 hours of actual work in a day, even when getting an extra several hours of time and a half. People look down on hourly pay, but it's way better than salary for times like those.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You two have hit the jackpot apparently.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 4 points 2 days ago

I got lucky for sure. A lot of my friends in the office tried to keep working from home after covid and got let go. I just happened to time it perfectly where I asked a little later, after the higher ups got worried they were letting too much of the younger talent go by being so rigid with the in-office mandate.

I thought for sure they'd let me go when they found a replacement willing to be in the office, but it's been years and none of the new hires in my department have picked it up nearly well enough to take over my responsibilities. I think it's settled down enough by now that I'm pretty safe with my work from home exception.

[–] Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Lol are you me?