Here I sit, one month into a three month contract getting paid to do nothing. PM is too busy to give me any work and I have given up asking. Anyone got any ideas to make time go faster? Anyone else working for large corporations surrounded by hundreds of busy people thinking there must be more to life than this?
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Originally posted by singhr View PostHere I sit, one month into a three month contract getting paid to do nothing. PM is too busy to give me any work and I have given up asking. Anyone got any ideas to make time go faster? Anyone else working for large corporations surrounded by hundreds of busy people thinking there must be more to life than this?
HTHYou can lead a fool to wisdom but you can't make him think. -
Originally posted by singhr View PostHere I sit, one month into a three month contract getting paid to do nothing. PM is too busy to give me any work and I have given up asking. Anyone got any ideas to make time go faster? Anyone else working for large corporations surrounded by hundreds of busy people thinking there must be more to life than this?
You will need to reach 10 posts though before you can post there.Comment
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I have not much to do at the moment but I work from home.
Works generally comes in waves for me. The sea is quiet at the moment.
I've been going to the gym at lunchtime, reading and doing a bit of this and that.Comment
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Originally posted by singhr View PostHere I sit, one month into a three month contract getting paid to do nothing. PM is too busy to give me any work and I have given up asking. Anyone got any ideas to make time go faster? Anyone else working for large corporations surrounded by hundreds of busy people thinking there must be more to life than this?
You are not alone. If you need any reassurance you should read David Bolchover's 'The Living Dead: Switched Off, Zoned Out - The Shocking Truth About Office Life'
There are millions like you, and some of them pass their time posting on CUK.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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In this contract I have taught myself:
NHibernate
MVC
WCF
IOC
I usually use online books / pdf so that it looks like I am doing something on the computer rather than sitting there reading a book.
Got to be the best thing in the world, being paid to learn new stuff.
ClientCo is happy with this, as they consider me an insurance policy at the moment. To be called upon when there is a problem.Originally posted by cailin maithHang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar??Comment
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Originally posted by singhr View PostHere I sit, one month into a three month contract getting paid to do nothing. PM is too busy to give me any work and I have given up asking. Anyone got any ideas to make time go faster? Anyone else working for large corporations surrounded by hundreds of busy people thinking there must be more to life than this?Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostYou are Peter Mandelson and I claim my free £200K in expenses.You can lead a fool to wisdom but you can't make him think.Comment
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OMG it's a syndrome:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreout
Boreout strategies include:
Stretch your work strategy: This involves drawing out tasks so they take much longer than necessary. For example, if an employee's sole assignment during a work week is a report that takes three work days, the employee will "stretch" this three days of work over the entire work week. Stretching strategies vary from employee to employee. Some employees may do the entire report in the first three days, and then spend the remaining days surfing the Internet, planning their holiday, browsing online shopping websites, sending personal e-mails, and so on (all the while ensuring that their workstation is filled with the evidence of "hard work", by having work documents ready to be switched-to on the screen). Alternatively, some employees may "stretch" the work over the entire work week by breaking up the process with a number of pauses to send personal e-mails, go outside for a cigarette, get a coffee, chat with friends in other parts of the company, or even go to the washroom for a 10 minute nap.Comment
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