ARGHHH! Who put this HIVE here?!

[Aeson]

I would try and go to sleep if I were you. Being tired is not going to help when you have to go to work.

If you have to cut back on time spent online at work, then maybe you could find a book series you like to read. So you could read at work instead of being online. I like having you here, but I do not want you to lose your job.

We don't have any work to do tonight. I have a choice to either use my paid time off or go in and do nothing. The plan was to go in early and hang out watching movies. I don't know if that's a good idea or not now.

I do read a bit when I get bored with the internet.lol

 

[The_Warlock]

I don't know what you do at this job Aeson, but if you are frequently waiting for data to arrive, or for other staff to pass on finished product so that you can do your job - and you keep a browser window open to check news and other info sites during those waiting times:

Say So.

Make it clear that you were likely unaware of how long the browser was open while you were waiting for billable work, and once you had work to focus on.

Make it clear that with this information you will also make an effort, when prevented from being able to do productive work due to data delays, to contact your supervisor in search of additional tasks/time prioritization/direction regarding this issue.

Thank your supervisor for bringing this to your attention.


And most importantly, whether they give more tasks, or get data to your more expediently, CUT BACK on the internet at work.

If you are in a large enough company that they have an internet use policy, and monitoring programs, every site you visit has been logged, as has every keystroke of every blog or forum post, every IM message, and every sent email.

Don't make them want to start doing an in-depth search.

That's my advice.

 

[Ginnel]

I don't know what you do at this job Aeson, but if you are frequently waiting for data to arrive, or for other staff to pass on finished product so that you can do your job - and you keep a browser window open to check news and other info sites during those waiting times:

Say So.

Make it clear that you were likely unaware of how long the browser was open while you were waiting for billable work, and once you had work to focus on.

Make it clear that with this information you will also make an effort, when prevented from being able to do productive work due to data delays, to contact your supervisor in search of additional tasks/time prioritization/direction regarding this issue.

Thank your supervisor for bringing this to your attention.


And most importantly, whether they give more tasks, or get data to your more expediently, CUT BACK on the internet at work.

If you are in a large enough company that they have an internet use policy, and monitoring programs, every site you visit has been logged, as has every keystroke of every blog or foum post, every IM message, and every sent email.

Don't make them want to start doing an in-depth search.

That's my advice.

Dam good advice, its what I was going after, but Mr Warlock seems to be quite the eloquent advisor.

 

[Relique du Madde]

The only bugger I find about M&M is the character creation

True true... which is why you need to really come up with a good plan when making M&M characters that includes a wish list of powers that you want. At times, it almost is like programming.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

True true... which is why you need to really come up with a good plan when making M&M characters that includes a wish list of powers that you want. At times, it almost is like programming.

Relique is mai waifu.

 

[The_Warlock]

Dam good advice, its what I was going after, but Mr Warlock seems to be quite the eloquent advisor.

Thank you kindly.

It doesn't hurt, perhaps, that while I work in a small, familial, hierarchically flat company - I know how to use manager speak, and I'm the IT Manager - which is to say, I know exactly how badly I can bone people who aren't as competent or wary with computer systems as myself.

Which the programmer learned to his detriment one day when he accused me of pulling a prank on him. Alas, work is tough when Windows won't boot.

 

[Aeson]

Thanks for the advice.
This is what I'm working with as a response so far.


Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I was unaware of my actual time spent online. I believe much of it has to do with leaving the browser open when I am not actually using it. As Night Operators we sometimes have times when we are waiting for jobs or reports to complete, I will use this time to catch up on the news and other information. Some of my time online is spent preparing to take the A+ exam and looking for classes I can use to further my career here.

I will make every effort to monitor my own usage from this point forward. I do not want to do anything to jeopardize my employment.

There are times at night when I have free time. I spoke with Mark in Associate Support some time back about finding things to do to help them out. I will speak to him again with your approval about adding more responsibility.

 

[Ginnel]

Which the programmer learned to his detriment one day when he accused me of pulling a prank on him. Alas, work is tough when Windows won't boot.

Nice

Well time to see what all this fuss about deadwood is oh and also make my group of japanese school children fight somemore demons claiming their power for their own

 

[Relique du Madde]

I know how to use manager speak, and I'm the IT Manager

Sadly, my managerial speak sounds like the guy from Office Space.

Relique is mai waifu.

I am your wha?

 

[The_Warlock]

Thanks for the advice.
This is what I'm working with as a response so far.


Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I was unaware of my actual time spent online. I believe much of it has to do with leaving the browser open when I am not actually using it. As Night Operators we sometimes have times when we are waiting for jobs or reports to complete, I will use this time to catch up on the news and other information. Some of my time online is spent preparing to take the A+ exam and looking for classes I can use to further my career here.

I will make every effort to monitor my own usage from this point forward. I do not want to do anything to jeopardize my employment.

There are times at night when I have free time. I spoke with Mark in Associate Support some time back about finding things to do to help them out. I will speak to him again with your approval about adding more responsibility.

Not bad, however, you should clean up the final paragraph - don't mention you have free time.

Ask your supervisor if there are tasks which are available which you could take on to fill the gaps between reports. If you have skills which could help Associate Support, mention that you have them and if assisting that department would be something your supervisor thinks is appropriate.

Don't mention Mark at this time.

If you are going to use a sentence which asks for your supervisors approval (which I wouldn't do in this email), make sure that "With your approval, " is the first part of the sentence, not in the middle or end.