Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!julian!uwovax!52032_2326 From: 52032_2326@uwovax.uwo.ca (Mark Hartwell (or mah@rri9000.uwo.ca)) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Is it hot in here or is it me? Message-ID: <554@uwovax.uwo.ca> Date: 9 Aug 88 00:08:36 GMT References: <12849@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <3015@ttidca.TTI.COM> <361@uwslh.UUCP> Lines: 36 Organisation: Hartwell Systems, London, Ontario, Canada In article , mrd@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Mike DeCorte) writes: > > I am the exact opposite. ... > My boss sometimes wonders where I am because ... ... > That is why I show up at work about 2pm and leave at 4pm. I come in > to see if anybody need something from me, or I need to ask questions > etc. Most of my work (and all of my productive work) is done late at > night or elsewhere. You have just failed the art of office politics...too bad! In my previous job I used the same philosophy: one really can accomplish more and work about 1 1/2 to 2 times more efficiently after hours and without interruptions. So why waste company time be being inefficient? Backups and system fixes were (of course) done after hours, so as not to inconvenience the end-user. When needed I was always available, and problems ALWAYS got resolved; my motto- the end-user comes first! In fact, I had things so well organized, and fires quelched before the smoke left soot stains all over the President's office, that I got laid off... Why have a Systems Engineer when things run smoothly? Why have someone on the payroll if they are not there when the boss is? Now before I get **flamed** alive, I deep down believe in what you are saying, BUT management can hang you because of it. Make sure they know WHAT you are doing and HOW you are saving them down-time, as well as how EFFICIENTLY you are working. It sounds like office politics but why not? Further comments anyone?