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Analyst at work. Collared me on Friday, just as I was about to leave. He had all afternoon to talk to me, but called me over five minutes before I was due to leave to catch a train into the city for an evening concern.
And then today he complained about the fact that I noted that I had to leave by a certain time and suggested that if he had anything to say, he say it before then. He said that he'd been working long hours and had given a bunch of time to this, and that I should be 'flexible'.
I don't work late nights because I come in early, around 7:30-8am, and I stay until 5pm - and by 5pm, my brain is FRIED. Office hours are generally 8:30am-5:30pm and most of the analysts don't turn up until 9am, if not later. My colleague, who stays until around 5:45pm each day, notes that most of them clock off at 5:30 without fail.
And if I can stay behind – and the situation requires it, I do stay to fix the problem. Two weeks ago, I didn't get out of the office until 6pm, when most other people in the office were gone. Tonight, though, I have a musical concert in the city at 6:30 for which I'm meeting my mother.
There seems to be this perception that people who want to start early and leave early are slackers. But, oddly, I don't want to be at work at 6pm at night, thank you very much. I'd much rather start at 7am and have my hours and my work done by 4pm and then go out into the still-daylight and do things that may not involve earning money but which are considerably more fun.
When I started this job, I couldn't persuade my supervisor to let me start at 7am and finish at 4pm. He wanted me to stay until 5:30pm every night, no matter what time I started. In the end, I just started leaving at 5pm and didn't ask permission. And nobody's said anything about it until now.
If it's not desperately urgent (and this is a deal-breaker for go-live, but it's not urgent: ie. we aren't live yet and we're not going to lose millions of dollars if I don't fix this before midnight) then it can wait until tomorrow, when my brain is clear and not sore from bashing it against the brick wall of No Solution.
And then today he complained about the fact that I noted that I had to leave by a certain time and suggested that if he had anything to say, he say it before then. He said that he'd been working long hours and had given a bunch of time to this, and that I should be 'flexible'.
I don't work late nights because I come in early, around 7:30-8am, and I stay until 5pm - and by 5pm, my brain is FRIED. Office hours are generally 8:30am-5:30pm and most of the analysts don't turn up until 9am, if not later. My colleague, who stays until around 5:45pm each day, notes that most of them clock off at 5:30 without fail.
And if I can stay behind – and the situation requires it, I do stay to fix the problem. Two weeks ago, I didn't get out of the office until 6pm, when most other people in the office were gone. Tonight, though, I have a musical concert in the city at 6:30 for which I'm meeting my mother.
There seems to be this perception that people who want to start early and leave early are slackers. But, oddly, I don't want to be at work at 6pm at night, thank you very much. I'd much rather start at 7am and have my hours and my work done by 4pm and then go out into the still-daylight and do things that may not involve earning money but which are considerably more fun.
When I started this job, I couldn't persuade my supervisor to let me start at 7am and finish at 4pm. He wanted me to stay until 5:30pm every night, no matter what time I started. In the end, I just started leaving at 5pm and didn't ask permission. And nobody's said anything about it until now.
If it's not desperately urgent (and this is a deal-breaker for go-live, but it's not urgent: ie. we aren't live yet and we're not going to lose millions of dollars if I don't fix this before midnight) then it can wait until tomorrow, when my brain is clear and not sore from bashing it against the brick wall of No Solution.
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