I worked at a place once that wanted us to record "what we did" for metrics.
Except that "reading manuals" and "monitoring backups and statistics"
weren't in their metrics. And the fact that I could be doing 3 things at
once (running a long query for a report, loading data on a different server,
tuning a programmer's SQL) didn't fit into their nice neat little boxes.
So we all lied a lot. And this was "sitting at our desks"
The problem with insisting on "face time" (as my CTO calls it) is that for a
DBA, much of the work we do should really be done off-hours. I don't know of
too many sites that allow you to bring down the production database in the
middle of the working day to do a database upgrade.
>From: "Nuno Souto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: OT: Working from home
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 04:00:26 -0800
>
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> >
> > After all, how do they manage accountability when you are in the
>office? By
> > the number of hours you sit at your desk or by the work that gets
>done, to
> > deadline and correctly?
>
>In Australia, unfortunately it's the first option. Most managers
>wouldn't
>have a clue what amount of work we do unless they see us sitting at a
>desk for hours on end... We still have a long way to go in this
>country
>when it comes to getting smart management.
>
> >
> > Company benefits: I work more hours (since I'm not commuting). More
>work
>
>That alone should make a HUGE difference. Nowadays, I find myself
>sitting inside a car or train nearly 3.5 hours per day. Time that is
>unproductive to anyone. That's more than a third of a normal working
>day
>that is wasted, *EVERY SINGLE DAY*, by the vast majority of commuting
>workers.
>Yet does it ever get addressed by companies or politicians? No way,
>too
>hard basket. And the solution is so simple.
>
>Cheers
>Nuno Souto
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den
>
>
>
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