Snow Day!
We had a bad snowstorm this afternoon. It started snowing around 10 and by noon, the snow was heavy and the visibility was low.
Around 11AM, my manager told me that me and my team were excused to leave whenever we felt it was necessary (though I was supposed to log in and work from if at all possible). He left shortly after passing along that information.
I decided that I would stick it out for a while. I had some meetings that I did not want to cancel and I have a car that handles the snow very well. Unfortunately, I forgot about how difficult it is to be in the office on a "snow day" when that majority of my peers have already gone home. Productivity is completely shot. By 2PM, about 80% of the office had already left, e-mails were sent from the division president telling all CT employees to go home, and no one who was left was very focused (including myself).
I decided around 2PM that I needed to go home. I had no more meetings on the calendar, and I thought I'd be more productive working 2-3 more hours in the comfort of my own place.
I chose poorly. Traffic all over the state of CT was horrid from about 1-5PM. I thought it might take me an hour to get home (normal driving time in rush hour is 25-30 minutes). It took me an hour to get to an interstate, and I ultimately tried a different route that took me to downtown Hartford because my normal driving route was full of parked cars. I left work at 2PM. I got home at 4:15.(!?!?!?!?!) I still worked for a little over an hour, but I still had the lingering effects of road rage and couldn't work too long.
I should have just worked from home all day. If only I didn't feel guilty about having staff without laptops and my obligation to be there with them on days like today. In my last role when my entire team was in Philadelphia, I would have stayed home today and not had to deal with the road rage that is a 135 minute drive to go 15 miles. Seriously, I almost could have walked/run home from work and made it back quicker.
Good thing I have a Subaru with all-wheel drive or I might still be stuck on the highway now!
Around 11AM, my manager told me that me and my team were excused to leave whenever we felt it was necessary (though I was supposed to log in and work from if at all possible). He left shortly after passing along that information.
I decided that I would stick it out for a while. I had some meetings that I did not want to cancel and I have a car that handles the snow very well. Unfortunately, I forgot about how difficult it is to be in the office on a "snow day" when that majority of my peers have already gone home. Productivity is completely shot. By 2PM, about 80% of the office had already left, e-mails were sent from the division president telling all CT employees to go home, and no one who was left was very focused (including myself).
I decided around 2PM that I needed to go home. I had no more meetings on the calendar, and I thought I'd be more productive working 2-3 more hours in the comfort of my own place.
I chose poorly. Traffic all over the state of CT was horrid from about 1-5PM. I thought it might take me an hour to get home (normal driving time in rush hour is 25-30 minutes). It took me an hour to get to an interstate, and I ultimately tried a different route that took me to downtown Hartford because my normal driving route was full of parked cars. I left work at 2PM. I got home at 4:15.(!?!?!?!?!) I still worked for a little over an hour, but I still had the lingering effects of road rage and couldn't work too long.
I should have just worked from home all day. If only I didn't feel guilty about having staff without laptops and my obligation to be there with them on days like today. In my last role when my entire team was in Philadelphia, I would have stayed home today and not had to deal with the road rage that is a 135 minute drive to go 15 miles. Seriously, I almost could have walked/run home from work and made it back quicker.
Good thing I have a Subaru with all-wheel drive or I might still be stuck on the highway now!
posted by GaryGinew at 9:38 PM
1 Comments:
Walked, maybe.
Run? No way.
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