Changing up my schedule at work

[winneythepooh7]

I was in the field and working from home this morning, and came into the office late today, around 4PM. It's so nice!!! There's like one other person here. I usually am an early-bird and come in around 8AM, but this is nice. I might start changing up my schedule like this a lot more often. Especially with winter coming, where I would just be sitting home watching TV at night. Does anyone else do this from time to time?

[pisces2473]

I can stay as long as I want to, because I have a key to the place. There are a bunch of us here right now, actually. It IS nice to do work since it's so quiet. Most of the time, I really have to be in by 9, b/c of the phones, but I can stay til whenever.

[winneythepooh7]

I have an assistant who is here doing receptionist/secretarial type work from 9-2 or 9-3 every day. I can also forward my phone calls to my cell. Anyone important has my cell # anyways, as do all the clients, so really, I could mosey in here whenever. I also have a key because the building is locked up around 6PM every night.

[AshleyJordan]

I also have keys so can come in whenever, but with my long commute have a hard time getting to the office before 9:15. . . I have worked from home before, and usually prefer not to (even though I have a home office set up from my consultant days, I like keeping my worlds separate.)

[weary]

oh god, if i could, i'd only come IN to the office once a week. seriously. wouldn't really work where i am now. but it's something i always ask about (telecommuting/flextime options) when i interview or am approached now. the days of loving to go to my office are long gone...

[winneythepooh7]

I also have keys so can come in whenever, but with my long commute have a hard time getting to the office before 9:15. . . I have worked from home before, and usually prefer not to (even though I have a home office set up from my consultant days, I like keeping my worlds separate.)

I enjoy working from home every once in awhile to get a break, but I also think I do well with the "structure" of an office to come in to. Plus, I have to be here quite often because of the "PR" thing. It doesn't look good for the Supervisor to never be in the office!!

[AshleyJordan]

No, not unless you're the President, and then you're always out representing the place and you can do pretty much whatever you want. I think I'm also a bit of a control freak. . . I was out yesterday (on a personal day) and still called to make sure things were running smoothly.

[Kitty]

I prefer to come early and leave early...but that's just me.

Actually, if I had it my way I'd come in late and leave early :D

[Skyblade]

I always feel like people think I'm a slacker because I come in early and leave early. Nobody sees me come in at 7am, so they don't realize that I've been here longer than them.

[Kitty]

I always feel like people think I'm a slacker because I come in early and leave early. Nobody sees me come in at 7am, so they don't realize that I've been here longer than them.

I used to take advantage of that and *say* I was coming in at 7. No one gets here until like 8:15. So, I'd come in at like 7:55 and everyone would see me working away and I'd be like, "yeah..been here since 7!" then I'd leave at 4. It was genius.

[labrat2111]

For now my new job is 7 or so until about 4 PM. However once I'm done with my training in 4-6 months I'll be moved to an 11:30 to 8 PM schedule. I think I'll really like that because half of my day will be a normal workday and the other half will be more sedate because everyone else in my department will go home. Plus I'll only have 2 shift leaders and a reduced production staff to watch over. Also I get light traffic because I'm coming in at lunchtime and leaving at 8. Plus I'll still get home early enough to have some quality time with my g/f:)

[mishl982]

I prefer to come early and leave early...but that's just me.

Actually, if I had it my way I'd come in late and leave early :D
Heheh me too!

Actually soon my work is implementing a 9/80 schedule, where you work like 8 9-hour days and 1 8-hour day to get every other Friday off. I like leaving work by 4 or 430 so I am going to have a train myself to get to work earlier. I'd rather come in earlier and continue leaving early rather than come in at my normal time and leave later.

Skyblade, I have people give me dirty looks (ok, so they do it jokingly) when they see me leaving work at 4 or so. They don't realize I come in early because they come into work all late!