Do you sometimes feel like you just can’t do it and secretly take a day off while WFH?

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Pretty frequently. I feel like this is the real value to WFH—down time can be real down time, not sit and wait for work time.

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I used to leave the office using the emergency stairs and drive off the parking lot like I was stealing my own car so no one saw me leaving at 3 PM

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I love how it has to be a secret even though we supposedly have “unlimited vacation time”

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Yes.

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Yes

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I’m feeling like this now

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Yessir

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Occasionally, if there is no immediate deadline, I will find ways to bill a day to office time or downtime.

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