I'm thinking about joining our grossly overpriced onsite fitness center and hop on a treadmill sometimes during the day. You have to badge in/out of course in our surveillance state. Anyone know if the system would subtract this time from the 8 hour requirement?
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FYI, I'm hearing that "Skan" activity monitoring is being installed on some Win11 machines. Check your system tray.
My workouts are mental cleansing times. I couldn't work out anywhere near the office. That's one of those zones in my life that they cannot have.
You can't generate shareholder value from the gym, get back to work!!
@g6 the a--hats that didn’t work when they were remote, don’t work in the office either
My gym has a lounge where people hang out and work from there. I go there and connect before working out then also when i leave and go back to the building
You have laptop activity even if it is remote for a little bit and then badge back in. Hanging out in the gym lounge replying to emails gives me a much needed break from the non assigned seating setup
How do we know if our department is in scope for computer activity tracking?
We used to get “highly encouraged” to work remotely and be flexible in our hours worked. I actually preferred working in the office until forced to work from home. Now it seems we are severely restricted even more than we were 20 years ago.
It's funny how office dinosaurs make these claims, and yet every single business need was completed during the 'everyone WFH era'. So what exactly do we get out of the billions of dollars we waste on buildings every year? Same work gets done, but for more money. That's it. Well, that and scandals, HR cases out the wazoo etc.
You could also pick up the kids, get groceries, run misc errands, watch TV, etc just like when you were "working" from home. Nobody will ever see through that charade will they?
@dy I get the feeling the downvotes simply don’t know the humpty dance is your chance to do the hump lol
I personally think it is a great idea. Yes we are supposed to be collaborating not nose down in a computer screen. Also, it is not a bad idea to have an iwatch. It will alert you if you are getting exams messages or just on your iphone so you won’t miss anything important and you are available and can be back at your screen in a couple minutes. I think it is a healthy positive thing to do.
Yes you can do this. You need to be mindful of leaving your computer activity on idle for too long, if you're in a group that's doing activity monitoring. And being slow to respond to teams messages can be a problem for some roles. But it doesn't count against your badge monitoring.
I go to the on-site gym sometimes instead of going to lunch.
I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom
@bc she says she doesnt know, ya creep
Before going to the gym, find your ba--s and talk to your manager.
I was engaged in in-person collaboration, boss.
in office hours is first badge (or connection to the network) and last badge (or connection to the network). unlimited in/out. If your screen activity is being tracked though... that's a different story
Funny. I thought about the same however i am pretty sure there is no deduction. It could come into play for screen time tracking. The gym would be no different then if you went to cafeteria in another building for coffee or a snack, or tech connect