[user104658]

Originally Posted by Z

I like the company I work for, I've worked there since 2016 and started my 3rd role in the company at the start of this year, so averaging 3 years per role which I think says a lot about it being a place to stick around in. The pension arrangement isn't great but they upped their contributions after I'd reached 5 years of service, it'll happen again when I get to 10...

It's all desk based stuff though so it can be boring when you aren't kept busy, I find it goes from full on deadline pressure to thumb twiddling quite rapidly. I don't complain though, as long as nobody snitches on me for looking at my phone when it's quiet... haha.

That's why you negotiate for a hybrid office and spend the quiet days "working" from home . People will argue that you won't progress because you're not working to the bone every day but it's simply not true, any half decent organisation is going to judge you on the quality of your work not flat "work hours spent". You can't apply the mindset of manual labour to a modern office-based role.

[Z]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

That's why you negotiate for a hybrid office and spend the quiet days "working" from home . People will argue that you won't progress because you're not working to the bone every day but it's simply not true, any half decent organisation is going to judge you on the quality of your work not flat "work hours spent". You can't apply the mindset of manual labour to a modern office-based role.

Oh I've been hybrid working for years, they've asked us to do 50/50 office/home split but in reality it's more like I go in one day a week - the team I'm in is spread across the country and the work we do isn't really collaborative on a regular basis, so it's easier to just travel to the same office if we need to than go into the local office for the sake of ticking a box. Totally agree though, there are days where I really don't do anything useful but then there are other days that I'm working flat out for 10 hours, at home, using the time I'd be commuting to get more stuff done. It works for me, I'm paranoid it'll get taken away!