Reply to: What time do you get to work?

[hyperD]

M25 Jn 9 clockwise, M25 Jn26 anti-clockwise... a lorry and a red Nova...

Every day.

I did it for years...never again. And never again the tube... yuuuuuchhh...

[VectraMan]

before laughing at the traffic reports on LBC seem to fly by

There's something really satisfying about listening to traffic reports whilst you're working at home.

[hyperD]

I normally start at 07:15 in the morning.

However, there can be "panties on the landing" which can delay my journey to the office, or "the wrong type of Smirnoff Ice bottles" which require a mandatory stop to the lavatory.

In the end a trip to the kitchen for a full slap up "coffee with frothy milk" and a "slice of bacon with ketchup between homemade bread in the toaster" for about 10p before laughing at the traffic reports on LBC seem to fly by as I'm working by 07:15...

[VectraMan]

Agreed, the traffic between the bedroom, bathroom and office can be murder before 9.

When I work at home I try to start by 8am. Then I can finish by 4pm and have some of the day left to do something constructive*.

I try to get on site by 9.30-10, though that's mostly dictated by avoiding the worst of the traffic.

*Often this inolves reading the paper in the pub for an hour.

[tim123]

touchy tetchy

Yep, I have a friend who used to quote this starting time bollucks at me.

You are obviously not in a customer focussed job, so either you are a public sector worker or you are back office connon fodder

I work for consumer manufacturing companies. That is, I write software that goes into an electronic box that peeps buy in shops. There is, of course, a parallel team developing the electronics in the box. Normal timescale is 9-15 months from, start of implementation to boxes in the shop (so all the market assessment stuff comes before that).

My customer is the SI (system integration) department (which may actually be me - and yes I know that's not ideal). As long as my bit arrives at the same time as everybody elses (and conforms to all the changes in the spec that have been agreed in meetings and circulated in documents) and I fix bugs that are discovered in a timely fashion, then the hours that I do in my 'normal' work to achieve this are totally irrelevent to anybody else. Obviously, I have to attend said meetings but they don't dictate my normal start time.

Obviously, building security has some input into the hours that I work, but most places cope with staff working say: 7:00-20:00 (historically the factory would have been on the same site, but that has all changed now).

I really do find it surprising that managers think that they can get the best out of staff doing a 'creative' task (and yes it is creative) by insisting that they work hours that don't suit them.

tim

[r0bly0ns]

Anywhere between 8 (if I cant sleep) and 10 (if I had a hard night ) but the average is between 9 and 9.30. I prefer to miss the traffic and not be stressed out with sitting in a traffic queue by the time I get to work.

Agreed, the traffic between the bedroom, bathroom and office can be murder before 9.

[scooterscot]

5 or 10 minutes after I get out of bed usually...

[DodgyAgent]

I don't wear a suit for anyone - not even to interviews.... Even at my current gig which is defined as smart-casual, I have quietly introduced black jeans and trainers

You are Gordon Brown? (notice that when it came to ingratiating himself to the Saudi head of state, he damned well wore a bow tie and evening suit then.?

[DodgyAgent]

It's attitudes like this that make me really angry.

My job in software development doesn't require me to interface, on a day to day basis, directly with anybody. Within reason, what ****ing difference does it make what start and finish times I choose?

Why am I a bad employee because I choose to work 9:30 to 6:00 and a good employee if I choose to work 8:00 to 4:30?

tim

touchy tetchy

You are obviously not in a customer focussed job, so either you are a public sector worker or you are back office connon fodder

[Dark Black]

Tie?

Don't be silly

[tim123]

I travelled into London a little later this morning, usually I get into to my office at 8.00 am, and by 9.00 have managed to abuse every commie loving contractor on CUK. The people who travel in my sort of time I look upon as being the smart "go getters" of London, me of course included .

Anyway this morning at Clapham jct at 8.30/9.00 the trains and stations are still busy and I wondered what type of people travel in at this time. If they are workers the dress is clearly different. By this time "shiny suits" have given way to an assortment of trousers, trainers /brown shoes/sandals and jackets. There is also a plethora of rucksacks (cant they afford to buy a sandwich from pret?).

So who are they? Going by the dress code and rucksacks could they be IT contractors? or are they "get in when you can" public sector workers?

I was tempted to start asking some of them.

It's attitudes like this that make me really angry.

My job in software development doesn't require me to interface, on a day to day basis, directly with anybody. Within reason, what ****ing difference does it make what start and finish times I choose?

Why am I a bad employee because I choose to work 9:30 to 6:00 and a good employee if I choose to work 8:00 to 4:30?

tim

[tay]

8am

I don't wear a suit for anyone - not even to interviews....

Tie?

[SueEllen]

Anytime between 8am-9.30am. Normally consists of rolling out of bed, rolling into the office, logging on to the client's network then getting dressed etc. before settling down to work.

When not working at home I'm normally on site between 8 and 8.30 as I prefer to get in early and leave early to miss the traffic or the school kids.

[Dark Black]

Anywhere between 8 (if I cant sleep) and 10 (if I had a hard night ) but the average is between 9 and 9.30. I prefer to miss the traffic and not be stressed out with sitting in a traffic queue by the time I get to work.

I don't wear a suit for anyone - not even to interviews.... Even at my current gig which is defined as smart-casual, I have quietly introduced black jeans and trainers

[DodgyAgent]

I put this on the wrong forum, poll to follow