longest period doing nothing at work?
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- cannonball19780
^ see this makes some sense.... although looking at real estate online is still more entertaining to me.
- LOL! I troll trulia all day looking for expensive house in other cities I'd like to live.fooler
- vaxorcist0
whenever I had a quiet spell at an agency it meant shit was about to hit fan.... calm before the storm
- pinkfloyd0
I spend all my time on the QBN.
- vaxorcist0
quiet spell often means account execs aren't generating new work, and/or client staff changes are happening... suits need to hit the road and cold call...
If you're a creatively driven agency, cool creatives would do some great pro-bono work to win awards and get into a new sort of work/clients/etc...
waiting is poison
- fadein110
Theres some really excellent advice in this thread - well done guys. This is why I absolutely love you guys and this website and why I have kepy coming back since about 1999 (well it was defo before the towers fell anyway)... Keep it up guys - you make this site what it is today. Thanks you.
- Amicus0
wow... have you done anything for the studio in that time like a folio, brochure poster, or calendar website mockup?
I know it's the down period, but aren't you worried about keeping your job?
- yeah, aren't you worried that there's a REASON you haven't been given a task in a month?monospaced
- duhsign0
Studio downtime is a good time to get mixed up in some crazy office drama and tell your superiors how you really feel via late night emails.
Don't miss out on the opportunity!
- monospaced0
I feel somewhat guilty when I don't have something to do for even a day.
- Agreed. Me too.
Get bored doing nothing too.Hombre_Lobo - I do at a small agency but in house I say F it!fooler
- when im bored, i try to learn an different industries creative work. like web or 3D.edd-e
- Agreed. Me too.
- bigtrick0
isn't it during periods like these that studios put you to work redoing the company website, or company promotional materials, or summat? seems like a waste if they keep you idling.
- monospaced0
Be proactive and find something to do. Ask coworkers if they need help. Propose something. Don't just sit there and be worthless.
- autoflavour0
if i ever had spare time at work, i would usually work on my own stuff..
- or better yet work on freelance work.. nothing like getting paid twiceautoflavour
- scarabin0
i would come up with a project useful to the company, then get mad bonus points for being proactive
but i guess you could sit around and wank online all day, too
- +1,000,000monospaced
- over delivering is often necessary to impress... well played scarabin...ideaist
- duhsign0
in all serious, make POV about an initiative or idea you passionate about
brainstorm new business ideas, pitch them to you crew
learn a new technology
build a spaceage cubicle from waste paper and spray mount
- hektor9110
I've been in that situation before and let me tell you that by days end I have really bad headache, I really enjoy busy days!
- moldero0
"research"
- mikotondria30
Yikes, yeh - learn rails, java, obj-c - go through all Greyscale Gorrilla's c4d tutorials and set your machine on a rendering spree. Create a typeface, make some retro posters, explore after effects, learn processing.js, write your own jQuery plugin, create a free WP template.
Anything.
- Fax_Benson0
Impressive. I once dragged a 3 week job out over a whole summer. You've had a month to work out how you're going to keep that up for another month. No excuses.
- cannonball19780
Yeah I'm doing all that.. I'm just sort of not really caring about all that.
- formed0
Really? Besides being worried about your job I'd think it would be a wonderful time to try to impress, do things that will really help the firm, not just a client.
Get engaged with the dialogue surrounding the future of the firm. It'll give you insight into where things are going (your job) and offer opportunities to offer help for things moving forward.
- Eh, I just dont care. It's like get me some billable work or fire me already.cannonball1978
- find yourself some freelance work.Amicus