Anna thank you so much for handling all of this. You do a great job and I am very appreciative of that...
> On Jan 25, 2017, at 3:53 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > You make substantive points, Tim. Thank you. > > "An employee should not experience their time off as a period where his > [her/they] work load is just temporarily buffered until his [her/they] > return, but where colleagues will step in and take care of business." > > I take this point seriously and don't wish you to think otherwise. In > theory, I absolutely agree. In practice, sometimes we all face constraints. > There are roughly 300 of us (order of magnitude). Every now and then, there > are not enough of us to go around on everything on a timeline that meets > the legitimate need that you present here. We'll continue to work on this. > But, to clarify, no one ever said it was a "useful practice" nor did anyone > suggest that it was generalized across the org. > > What I was wondering about in my previous email and now reiterating in this > one too, are people willing to grant their request: a bit of time and allow > for one person to return to work? > > Does that seem like a way to move forward? > > Warmly, > /a > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Tim Landscheidt <t...@tim-landscheidt.de> > wrote: > >> Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> […] >> >>> I also hear that the pause on the interactive work is temporary. I’ve >> heard >>> them request time. I am comfortable granting that request, but no one is >>> required to agree with me. They’ve also said that the person with the >> most >>> information is on vacation. As someone who has seen employees go through >>> considerable stress in the last years, the entire executive team is >> working >>> to establish some cultural standards around supporting vacations. We want >>> people here to feel comfortable taking proper vacations and sometimes >> that >>> can even need to happen in a crisis. People often plan their vacations >> well >>> in advance and may not know that something tricky will come up. Just so >> you >>> understand one bias I bring to this conversation. >> >>> […] >> >> I concur with DJ in his initial mail that this is not a use- >> ful practice, and I doubt very much that it relieves employ- >> ees' stress. It conveys the organizational expectation that >> employees are SPOFs without any backup. An employee should >> not experience their time off as a period where his work >> load is just temporarily buffered until his return, but >> where colleagues will step in and take care of business. >> Especially such a major decision like "pausing" a team >> should not depend on the inner thoughts of one employee, but >> be backed and explainable by others. >> >> Tim >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > > > -- > "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it." - Margaret > Fuller > > Anna Stillwell > Director of Culture > Wikimedia Foundation > 415.806.1536 > *www.wikimediafoundation.org <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
