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?)

  • SunSunFuego@lemmy.ml
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    12 days ago

    i work a lot with my phone, so nothing i do seems “suspicious”

    we also got the attitude of “if the work gets done it doesn’t matter how you spend the rest of the day” but i think my workplace is special in that regard

  • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    14 days ago

    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.

  • Aeao@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    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.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      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. 😂

      • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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        14 days ago

        and I’m not going out of my way to teach the users any more than they absolutely need

        Interestingly, I did go out of my way to explain to others how made my code and what though processes went into some of the design decisions I made. I even wrote it all down into 3+ .md files and served them on the local network for everyone to read.

        Guess what?
        I’m still called when big changes need to be made, or when some behaviour needs to be explained.
        And I get paid by the hour, instead of having to do 45hr/week in the office.

        • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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          14 days ago

          The calls are good. You want those.

          I get calls from different depts, and I quickly fix their issues, and as opposed to someone who only interacted with their own dept, I’ve got people all over the organization thinking “Yeah, I know rhynoplaz, he’s really friendly and helpful!”

          • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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            13 days ago

            The calls are good. You want those.

            Of course I do. That’s what gets me paid, nowadays.
            The only difference being that I did put the effort to make others understand my work (and more than how much I needed to).
            It’s just that they still find it much more convenient to call me, get me to do the work and then copy it all into their project (which would then require changes), rather making the whole algorithm themselves.

  • Damarus@feddit.org
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    14 days ago

    I can pretty much do whatever I want as long as my work is good, which it is. My way of working is in short but very productive bursts with a lot of downtime in between. At some point I realized there is nothing I need to hide, it’s just how I operate, and that’s okay.

  • wirelesswire@lemmy.zip
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    14 days ago

    Work on your skills, so you can land a better position/job where you aren’t micromanaged to that degree.

  • Lasherz@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    I don’t get micromanaged any more, but when I worked retail I had to help customers that walked up and so I would use my phone always in the same spot where I can see the camera feed of all the exits in my periphery. I don’t know if a customer ever saw my phone.

  • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I just take my phone out and look at it. Most establishments won’t give a shit as long as you are still able to be productive. Being said, if its to the point where you are being called out for it, high chance it is impacting work performance. That or you have a really shit manager. I’ve gone through like 6 managers and none of them have ever cared if we occasionally looked at our phone as long as it wasn’t impacting the work environment. The only time they ever address it is when some idiot abuses it or lets it impact work performance. Then they do a workwide broadcast saying “hey remember headphones and phones during work are not allowed” but they then only punish the ones actually failing to get the job done/are actually a problem.

    You could probably start taking more bathroom breaks but, that defo won’t gain you any brownie points if anyone else on the team is reliant on you and if noticed you’ll end up higher on the chopping block next time they are looking to hire someone else on. If its a manager issue, then I guess just ride it out, those types of managers generally don’t last too long anyway. That or look elsewhere.