Forget socializing... it's all "hey, can you join a meeting?" that has absolutely fuck all to do with you. Slack invites? Ignore. Outlook calendar items? Delete. Much harder to dodge in person.
I feel like it's worse virtually.
Saying "Sorry, can't walk and chat with you, have to catch up on shit" in person vs
Hearing "saw you were free at 430pm, so I threw a zoom on there. Oh? Well you should block out you're picking up your kid" remote
This. And those 5 minute walk and chats, although annoying at times (also they could be fun and productive at times), were less painful than the endless meeting invites I get now. Because a 5 minute walk and chat folks know you are busy. If they see you at your desk plugging away they no you're busy. But for some reason people now think they are entitled to unscheduled time on your calendar.
Forget socializing... it's all "hey, can you join a meeting?" that has absolutely fuck all to do with you. Slack invites? Ignore. Outlook calendar items? Delete. Much harder to dodge in person.
I feel like it's worse virtually.
Saying "Sorry, can't walk and chat with you, have to catch up on shit" in person vs
Hearing "saw you were free at 430pm, so I threw a zoom on there. Oh? Well you should block out you're picking up your kid" remote
This. And those 5 minute walk and chats, although annoying at times (also they could be fun and productive at times), were less painful than the endless meeting invites I get now. Because a 5 minute walk and chat folks know you are busy. If they see you at your desk plugging away they no you're busy. But for some reason people now think they are entitled to unscheduled time on your calendar.