u/dagonet-

Anyone have a bingo card for this thing? “Restoring public trust” would have to be the free space in the center.

Anyone else’s supervisors seem to be struggling with the telework days given as an option to us for World Cup game days?

My direct supervisor was like “well sure, if you REALLY think the extra traffic will be a problem you can take it…” and we just got an email from our division director saying if planned laboratory work requires it, “we respectfully ask employees to report on-site as needed.” Which I understand on a logical level…

To be honest I really doubt the games will have such a huge impact that we “need” to telework but at the same time, after the year we’ve had… I really don’t care lol we got thrown a rare bone and I’m gonna take it. So yes I’ll absolutely work from home Monday.

Edit to add: As a laboratory person I enjoy working in the lab, and that’s the job! Obviously can’t do that from home… but I also find myself getting defensive when a rare work from home opportunity comes up (which is perfect for uninterrupted data analysis, working on SOPs, papers, etc) and leadership is immediately acting a little unhappy about it. We’ve been balancing the needs of lab work vs telework for years now, it’s nothing new for us.