Yeah, I know it is quiet on the weekend. It is quiet in the evenings as well. I used to do this all of the time.
Only one problem with this - eventually this behavior is expected, and essentially you become a slave rather than an employee.
The worst that I remember was a time when I was so exhausted by the weekend, that my Saturdays consisted of lying down to take a nap in the mid-afternoon, and not waking up until about 10pm. At that point, there was nothing to do but just go to bed. Maybe by Sunday afternoon, I was starting to feel somewhat human again, but by then it was time to chuck myself back into the chipper on Monday.
These days I REFUSE to work evenings and weekends any more. Having a life outside of the office is important to me now.
I now have the Friday afternoon rule. If a "crisis" comes up after 3PM on Friday, it couldn't be so important that it cannot wait until Monday.
If I were placed back in a situation where regular work on evenings and weekends were required, I would plan on looking for a new job. Even leaving the industry, if that is what it takes. There is no way I am going back into that hellhole.
The folks at the office view me as a dinosaur because I refuse to install an IM client. Usually I prefer email, because I can read them when I am at a good breaking point. Then again, if I am really busy for weeks or months at a time, it can be weeks or months before I reach a good breaking point, at which point the email queries are effectively lost, so in these cases email is effectively ignored.
There was a point a few years back where there were so many interruptions that I felt that there was no point in starting a new project.
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Yeah, I know it is quiet on the weekend. It is quiet in the evenings as well. I used to do this all of the time.
Only one problem with this - eventually this behavior is expected, and essentially you become a slave rather than an employee.
The worst that I remember was a time when I was so exhausted by the weekend, that my Saturdays consisted of lying down to take a nap in the mid-afternoon, and not waking up until about 10pm. At that point, there was nothing to do but just go to bed. Maybe by Sunday afternoon, I was starting to feel somewhat human again, but by then it was time to chuck myself back into the chipper on Monday.
These days I REFUSE to work evenings and weekends any more. Having a life outside of the office is important to me now.
I now have the Friday afternoon rule. If a "crisis" comes up after 3PM on Friday, it couldn't be so important that it cannot wait until Monday.
If I were placed back in a situation where regular work on evenings and weekends were required, I would plan on looking for a new job. Even leaving the industry, if that is what it takes. There is no way I am going back into that hellhole.
The folks at the office view me as a dinosaur because I refuse to install an IM client. Usually I prefer email, because I can read them when I am at a good breaking point. Then again, if I am really busy for weeks or months at a time, it can be weeks or months before I reach a good breaking point, at which point the email queries are effectively lost, so in these cases email is effectively ignored.
There was a point a few years back where there were so many interruptions that I felt that there was no point in starting a new project.