I know Lemmy is gonna say “stop being addicted to your phone” but like I’m asking this question with more of a like “fuck corporate” attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats… Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like… is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
I don’t care, if I want to look at my phone, I look at it. I get shit done, so nobody gives me grief.
I browse in restroom before returning to the cockpit.
me literally shitposting to Lemmy with one hand while my other hand scrubs a toilet
Huh? Discretely? WYM?
This is the reason why you never touch another person’s phone.
He never pooped without my phone… I don’t let people touch my phone.
Look at your phone while sitting in the stall.
We don’t have micromanagers in leadership positions so I whip that bad boy out and stare at it like everyone else in the office.
Yeeee when I have to go in, I just have it in front of me with stuff playing all day and my earbuds in, and whenever I get a message or I’m curious about something I don’t wanna look up on my work machine, I just pick it up and… use it like a phone. I know I’m lucky to be able to do that, but I can’t deny it’s awesome.
Sir, we are talking about phones here, not…
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I look over to my cat to make sure he’s sleeping.
It’s not the easiest way but it works for me…
Make yourself irreplaceable. That’s what I did.
Retail store manager. Personal devices and headphones are a fireable offense. I allow my team cellphones as long as they get their job done. I have a single headphone with podcasts playing every moment I’m not on a conference call.
When my boss brought it up I just stared at him blankly and said “when I took over this store it was failing. Now it’s third in the district and rising” then stared blankly at him again.
He eventually stopped mentioning it.
Make yourself irreplaceable. That’s what I did.
I’m working on that now. When I started, they made me one of five admins on their scheduling software. The other four have since left the organization, and I’m not going out of my way to teach the users any more than they absolutely need. 😂
and I’m not going out of my way to teach the users any more than they absolutely need
Interestingly, I did go out of my way to explain to others how made my code and what though processes went into some of the design decisions I made. I even wrote it all down into 3+
.mdfiles and served them on the local network for everyone to read.Guess what?
I’m still called when big changes need to be made, or when some behaviour needs to be explained.
And I get paid by the hour, instead of having to do 45hr/week in the office.
step into a closet or empty room
frequent bathroom breaks
hide it inside a notebook
switch the e-reader to dark mode and place the phone over another piece of similar-looking technology that you have a plausible reason to look at
Nondiscreetly.
When boss asks why am I looking at the phone (or browsing around on the internet), I point out they hired me as consultant, so my duty is to look around and be informed of things so I’m not caught up emptyhanded when asked a question.
“but you are browsing pornhub?”
“are you questioning my methodology?”
“carry on”
"are you questioning my methodology?”
[watches along] “only your taste”
“carry on”
“but you are browsing pornhub?”
and you’re fucking your employees.
problems?
I don’t even try to hide it anymore. My manager and I send each other memes during the work day.
You start taking more bathroom breaks.
Don’t do that if you’re over 30. Great way to get hemorrhoids
Had those long before I hit 30.
He doesn’t actually need to sit down.
I just say I was in my authenticator app doing MFA.
Aw my work email push notifications were not working. Had to fix that
I’m on a zoom call right now with camera on typing this comment on my phone lol
Have a job in online communications, works for me.
#1 mobile data only. No wifi.
#2 have some sort of cover to look busy / stressed. Have an act ready so people don’t question what you do with your time. Keep an unfinished task on hand that you can pick up at a seconds notice.
#3 Hide in plain sight. If someone approaches your work area make it look like you were splitting your attention between the task and the phone, than without looking put your phone down/away and work on the task.
#1 mobile data only. No wifi.
It blows my mind that anyone would connect a personal device to their employer’s Wifi.
Keep an unfinished task on hand that you can pick up at a seconds notice.
Wait. Are you telling me that it’s not normal to constantly have 5 unfinished tasks at any given time?
Wait. Are you telling me that it’s not normal to constantly have 5 unfinished tasks at any given time?
Ah! Looks like you made the mistake of “getting things done” which has now caused you to have extra work for the same amount of pay…
You’re going to have to cut your losses and find a new job to fix that one.
