暖冬cool夏
这里一年四季温暖如春，没有酷暑没有严寒......
在家上班到今天已经整整半年了，一直没有一个比较完整的记录，对比起别人的日记，周记，月记，我这个，就算是半年一记吧！
今年吃到的唯一一颗后院的百香果。留个影。
As we were approaching the seventh month of working from home, I got an email from the company, seeking our advice of continuing working remotely, and what the company can do to help out those in need. I later heard that our office leases are expiring and that the executives plan to size down the office space. I believe this will be hailed as a good decision, a welcome move most employees favor. A recent HR survey on August 21 shows that out of 69% respondents, 92% employees enjoy working from home. As surprised as the result may sound, it speaks volume of our preferences.
While we see no end of this pandemic, people and companies are voluntarily and involuntarily changing their way of doing businesses. What would have previously seemed a bit bizarre of remote working is now becoming a norm, as more employees settle into routines. More importantly, the business owners are accepting it. In my company, it is a big leap from first suspiciously following suit, to now proactively endorsing it. On September 9, HR issued a Telework Program Policy, telling us that each eligible employee will be reimbursed monthly with $25 cell phone expense, and $25 equipment connectivity fee, retroactively to March 2020. Then on September 12, a surprise gift of a Snackbox was delivered to our doorsteps. Small the gift is, I remember the day with warmth and joy swelling in my heart.
Though the workplace is only ten- minute- drive from home, working remotely still makes differences. I don’t have to dress up in the mornings. I can nap 20-30 minutes at home on a comfy bed. I cook three meals every day, tending to his weak stomach. I don’t have to worry about my little watchful boss lurking behind me. I can do my readings in the down time, and once in a while going downstairs or backyard for a stroll or a breath. But whenever an urgent request comes, I overtime at night, never missing any work or deadline. It is true that telecommuting may has blurred the start and end of working hour, but we have at our hands the freedom of tackling the fixed workload at our preferred pace without much interference.
I don’t know what our reactions will be once the lockdown is lifted, and we are asked to go back to the office. Some of my co-workers live in a suburban area, hours’ drive away. In order to avoid the traffic, they get up five or six in the mornings. I remember one of them once told me that how hard it was to get up in the dark and drive in the cold in winter. In my team, I have a coworker who has three kids. Two elder ones are in the elementary school, and the youngest one, less than one year old, is in daycare. Each month, the daycare and after school expenses alone exceed $2000. Will people like them wish that the clock will never be turned back?
暖冬周末快乐！
我也喜欢在家上班，不过工作需要现在每周会去公司两次左右。你们公司寄的零食礼盒很有人情味！
祝好！
说说我的得意的减重经验吧：几个月前这里的理发馆终于重新开门，我一举告别若干磅。 :-)
我们每天上班也是要turn on Skype,所以你在不在线上都可以看见，当然你可以坐在电脑前不干活。我的小老板也是很喜欢micromanagement,好像钱是从她口袋了掏出来的。但是我们的owner人特别好。在家上班要是忙一点不合算了。但是也是没有办法。有些时候能推就推，不要逼自己，就是一份工作。周末了，忙了一星期了，好好休息吧。周末快乐!
希望早日正常回归：））
暖冬有一点我有类似的体会，你说读了6本书，如果不写读书笔记就会忘，我类似，出门旅游，如果不及时记录下来，时间一长也全忘了：））
暖冬办事细致又有条理，要向你学习，实在话：））
暖冬周末快乐！
应该说，回头看，不应该阻止女儿去，但是当时的情况大家都害怕的，人背后不长眼啊。让你女儿回来吧，加州冬天不冷，阳光这么好，窝着纽约当然回来好啊，而且人生能有几次这样的机会。希望你们全家早日团聚。谢谢迪儿留言，周末快乐!
人生的好多决定，只能回头看的时候，才可能看到对错。
“有时候在想，我们这些员工在老板眼里是不是就像是会下蛋的鸡啊。原本关在cube里，以为圈养更便于管理的，有一天发现，散养也挺好，不仅费用降低了，不用灯光，不用空调，鸡蛋每天照样下，鸡们还感觉更自由更开心。所以，何乐而不为呢:))”
冬妹妹的这段总结很精辟。我们公司的租房合约明年九月到期，公司也在征求大家在家工作的感受。我们部门的同事都提议，以后不需要Cubic了，可以扩大实验室，每人有足够的实验室空间对大家更实用。
我最近在鼓动女儿回来一趟，不知能否实现，不过儿子疫情后一直在家，对我来说是难得的奢侈。
Also I would like to apologize for my being one-sided or stubborn (too) in my last comment. People ARE different, and as far as we are doing what we enjoy and what we think are good for us, physically or mentally, there is really no point of asking others to align with us. You are such a disciplined, diligent and resilient person that you have all my respect and admiration. Thank you for the good usage of "breathe down the neck". I just came across a good sentence too, to share with you here. " Yet the disaster may have an upside." Thank you for your visit, and have a great weekend!
百香果你一定是在饮料里喝到过。果子从青变成这样。
是的，进门容易出门难，不过人是有弹性的，要生存就要学会变通。希望你今天的结果一切都好。祝周末好！
I too enjoyed working remote although I do miss face-to-face with people.
> As surprised as the result may sound
"surprising" is better here.
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我也习惯了在家，省下路上的时间，都在文城里玩耍了。
暖冬家真是百果园，还有百香果！
省了化妆，省了每天换一套衣服，省了油钱，省。省。省。
反倒学会了孤独，并享受着孤独。
要是电脑上的扫毒程序能扫扫新冠病毒就好了。
这些零食是公司送的，一盒子里面的美国食物，那天正巧给女儿寄火龙果，就顺便把其中的2/3转寄给她了。这是我不是太爱吃，还是瓜子好吃:)我们在家上班可没有那么自由，离开电脑都可以track的:) 忘了写这段了。谢谢菲儿，周末快乐!
遛狗的邻居是写得挺有趣的，狗的脾气跟主人差不多呀，哈哈～
在家上班挺好，自由，灵活，只要把事情干完就行。中午还可以一起走步。：）
有些本来就在家上班的人，就没啥变化吧，哈哈哈。。。
暖冬也爱吃零食啊，我也是，但更多的中国零食。最近在想法戒。
我在北京吃过百香果，用它泡水喝。
你们公司很人性化。