Coronavirus
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Weirdness abounds in all directions were I live. Stockholm has the highest rate of infection in Sweden with pockets of really high numbers in various suburbs yet everyone knocks about like the problem is over there, just beyond the haze. Social distancing is a pressure no-one wants to handle.
When the government first announced measures to combat the plague - working from home, public transport restrictions etc. the populace went feral like a gang of polite and well-groomed beasts - stripping the supermarkets of everything from toilet paper to bottled water. Heavy madness to the tune of a Spotify playlist.
My office has taken up the government's business safety package - instead of imploding and banging the employees into a fucking bin, everyone is on reduced working hours - I technically work 60% which is paid by the company and the remaining 40% is paid by the govt. But in that 40% I can't do any billable work as per the strict terms of the package. So instead it is classed as development / education time. '...hey face' you all scream like Scott Walker on a Lambrini bender, '...that sounds great! You can fuck about and write garbage like this!'. You could say that and you'd be right.
But. The animals in charge still expect work to be done and completed, so I effectively have 40% less time to push my particular line of gaudy and spasticated visuals. This amazing situation is further complicated by me having to wrangle my somewhat lazy and underskilled assistant who is working from home (I cannot work from home, the lure of primitive distractions are simply too great).
Summer is here and people give nary a slim fuck about distancing or preventative measures (even though I travel to work, I am very careful about seating and always wash and burn the top layer of skin from my hands).
This is the long haul, the death marathon, now.
- so it's up to you if you WFH or not? Or do you have to prove you're a 'special case'?Fax_Benson
- Wow. I would be reminding everyone about the 60% thing every single time a deadline is mentioned.nb
- All project schedules should have been adjusted to accommodate an office at 60%. If you map out taking 5 days down to 3 per week, it starts to get real!nb
- If a client says "we can't move the deadline" the response is, "Ok, but it will be 60% of the usual quality."nb
- It's the law, push the blame on the govt. Go into design crit like "good afternoon everyone, when giving feedback, pls remember we put in 60% effort." lolol!nb