To all those that will be starting to work from home for the first time

Some advice for you, from someone that has worked from home for 11 years, on and off

Take breaks every hour from your computer. Have some food. It’s very easy to forget when you’re working alone, at home

Naps are great. They are most efficient during meetings.

Trousers are optional. Don’t forget to stay sat down though when you’re on a video call. If you can angle it right, computer fans can create a fantastic breeze...

Make sure you have a set finishing time and remove your work equipment out at that time (unless you’ll get paid for flexi-hours, of course) - it’s far too easy to go back to something in the evening if you leave it all set up. I’m very guilty of this myself, but then I don’t start the next day until later. If you have set hours, you won’t get the luxury!

And remember. They can see everything you do. Don’t try and get out of working, they will know.

 

Thanks for this.

 

My advice from last week still stands. Get the w**k out of the way early!

 

If you’re anything like me, get ready to lose your house due to no wages coming in. Brilliant.

 

On that note, avoid saying anything to a colleague via a messaging system that you wouldn't get away with saying out loud in the workplace. Your opinion of that stuck up git from Accounting may well be valid, but it's not worth losing your job over.

 

Given the number of people that could be involved in not having income coming in and who have a
mortgage, you would hope that common sense might prevail and that the appropriate lenders might
be receptive to allowing the relevant homeowner to pay off any arrears by way of an agreed set amount
over a number of months.

I would think it essential that anyone who might experience financial difficulties were they to get the
virus, make contact with the lender and establish any options available, so that both parties can
come to an understanding before the situation gets out of hand.

 

I've been working from home for years, in my garage workshop.
Main thing ... always make sure you are in the garage/work room at least pretending to work when the wife comes home, otherwise she will think you have been doing **** all during the day.
Which may or may not be true.
Always say to her "boy I'm knackered" or "phew, what a day" or "is it really that time already".
You'll all learn the little ways.
Oh, and don't forget to clear your browsing history.

 

Measures announced by Chancellor today on Mortgages re- won't have to pay anything
for three months.


https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/17/thre...britons-difficulty-amid-coronavirus-12413573/

 

some mortgages had an option for a mortgage break. Fortunately for me ours was finished a few years ago. But we had an option of a mortgage break for up to 12 months.

 

A lot of people have been trying to shout down criticism of the Tory government's lamentable and lackadaisical handling of the coronavirus crisis by spewing "don't politicise the crisis" faux outrage at anyone who dares to question or critique how their beloved Tory lords and masters have fared so far.

The glaring problem with this "don't politicise" faux outrage tactic is that the Tories stand brazenly guilty of politicising the issue themselves by structuring their £330 billion rescue package in order to protect capital, rather than people.

Just look at who the measures are designed to help the most.

It's all aimed at helping those with capital and assets isn't it? With literally naff all for Britain's 5 million private renters, or for the millions of low income workers who are one lost paycheck away from financial disaster.

I'm obviously not saying there should be no support for vital sectors of the economy, business owners, or homeowners - there obviously should be. Nobody wants core industries to collapse, small businesses to fold, or for ordinary people to lose their homes.

But by outright ignoring the plight of the millions without capital or assets, the Tories have made it crystal clear that they've structured their rescue plan to prop up capital as their absolute priority, without even an afterthought for the plight of ordinary people who are not capital and/or asset rich.

Other countries across Europe have announced measures to help private renters and low-income workers (rent holidays, utility bill cancellations, and decent levels of layoff pay) so in deciding not to offer measures like this, and to target their rescue package exclusively at capital and asset holders, the Tories have made a deliberate and quite ridiculously brazen decision to politicise the crisis.

The Tories are the ones playing politics with the issue by deliberately prioritising capital over people, but this won't stop their army of Tory bootlickers using this "don't politicise the crisis" faux outrage tactic to try to shut down any semblance of critique or analysis of how the Tories are demonstrably politicising the crisis themselves!

 

I saw this earlier but thanks anyway