How do you discreetly look at your phone during work?
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
Work on your skills, so you can land a better position/job where you aren't micromanaged to that degree.
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It’s not the easiest way but it works for me…
Make yourself irreplaceable. That’s what I did.
Retail store manager. Personal devices and headphones are a fireable offense. I allow my team cellphones as long as they get their job done. I have a single headphone with podcasts playing every moment I’m not on a conference call.
When my boss brought it up I just stared at him blankly and said “when I took over this store it was failing. Now it’s third in the district and rising” then stared blankly at him again.
He eventually stopped mentioning it.
Make yourself irreplaceable. That’s what I did.
I'm working on that now. When I started, they made me one of five admins on their scheduling software. The other four have since left the organization, and I'm not going out of my way to teach the users any more than they absolutely need.
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#1 mobile data only. No wifi.
#2 have some sort of cover to look busy / stressed. Have an act ready so people don't question what you do with your time. Keep an unfinished task on hand that you can pick up at a seconds notice.
#3 Hide in plain sight. If someone approaches your work area make it look like you were splitting your attention between the task and the phone, than without looking put your phone down/away and work on the task.
#1 mobile data only. No wifi.
It blows my mind that anyone would connect a personal device to their employer's Wifi.
Keep an unfinished task on hand that you can pick up at a seconds notice.
Wait. Are you telling me that it's not normal to constantly have 5 unfinished tasks at any given time?
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Its #LandOfTheFree where if you glance at your phone for 1 nanosecond, you can get fired.
Its basically the same every job excluding the office jobs / WFH that most Lemmy users seem to have.
Damn, that's gotta suck.
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We don't have micromanagers in leadership positions so I whip that bad boy out and stare at it like everyone else in the office.
Sir, we are talking about phones here, not...
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Nondiscreetly.
When boss asks why am I looking at the phone (or browsing around on the internet), I point out they hired me as consultant, so my duty is to look around and be informed of things so I'm not caught up emptyhanded when asked a question.
"but you are browsing pornhub?"
"are you questioning my methodology?"
"carry on"
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Sir, we are talking about phones here, not...
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
Have a job in online communications, works for me.
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
Look at your phone while sitting in the stall.
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
step into a closet or empty room
frequent bathroom breaks
hide it inside a notebook
switch the e-reader to dark mode and place the phone over another piece of similar-looking technology that you have a plausible reason to look at
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"but you are browsing pornhub?"
"are you questioning my methodology?"
"carry on"
“but you are browsing pornhub?”
and you're fucking your employees.
problems?
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
wrote last edited by [email protected]me literally shitposting to Lemmy with one hand while my other hand scrubs a toilet
Huh? Discretely? WYM?
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me literally shitposting to Lemmy with one hand while my other hand scrubs a toilet
Huh? Discretely? WYM?
This is the reason why you never touch another person's phone.
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
I look over to my cat to make sure he's sleeping.
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Don't do that if you're over 30. Great way to get hemorrhoids
Had those long before I hit 30.
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#1 mobile data only. No wifi.
It blows my mind that anyone would connect a personal device to their employer's Wifi.
Keep an unfinished task on hand that you can pick up at a seconds notice.
Wait. Are you telling me that it's not normal to constantly have 5 unfinished tasks at any given time?
Wait. Are you telling me that it's not normal to constantly have 5 unfinished tasks at any given time?
Ah! Looks like you made the mistake of "getting things done" which has now caused you to have extra work for the same amount of pay...
You're going to have to cut your losses and find a new job to fix that one.
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
wrote last edited by [email protected]I browse in the restroom before returning to the cockpit.
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
discreetly? before being 100% work from home, i used to stream my tv with plex with my tablet on my desk. I'd usually just put one earbud in and leave the other ear to hear people if they needed me.
In highschool however (back in the late 90s) i used to listen to music from my walkman by fishing the corded earbuds from my pants pocket and in thru my sleeve. I'd hold the earbuds in my hand and the oversized hoodie sleeve would conceal everything perfectly. I'd rest my head in my hand with the earbuds and I'd look like any other student getting their work done.
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
wrote last edited by [email protected]I don't care, if I want to look at my phone, I look at it. I get shit done, so nobody gives me grief. This might not work everywhere, but I wouldn't work at a place that nitpicked over stuff like that.
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I know Lemmy is gonna say "stop being addicted to your phone" but like I'm asking this question with more of a like "fuck corporate" attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats... Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like... is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
I have three phones to keep them guessing.
