tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post7649354203695076257..comments2024-02-07T03:12:59.031-05:00Comments on Blogenspiel: Something that struck me todayAnother Damned Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-20651966166683326702009-11-22T20:30:34.709-05:002009-11-22T20:30:34.709-05:00I think this is a campus culture issue, and may be...I think this is a campus culture issue, and may be related to the size and function of campuses. I am someone who is usually in my office because I have a hard time working at home. That is seen as foolhardy. Successful faculty here are supposed to "protect their time," which means being available during their office hours and classes and attending required meetings but being unavailable the rest of the time. If you are on research leave or it is the summer, the assumption is that you are absolutely not reachable unless you are teaching or have a 12 month appointment. Email has changed this somewhat, in that I suspect now most people answer their messages once or twice a day, but it would be seen as unreasonable here to expect to know where anyone was except when they are someplace they are scheduled to be. I think this is the standard more than the exception at large research universities.<br /><br />(a/k/a VC Editor)flacius1551https://www.blogger.com/profile/09957435129893987041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-50249956471521588862009-11-19T10:54:34.373-05:002009-11-19T10:54:34.373-05:00Interesting--I think you're right. Most of my...Interesting--I think you're right. Most of my colleagues are easily track-downable by e-mail. (No one vanishes incommunicado, that is.) We have very different work lives than most people--much longer leashes than most enjoy, so to speak.<br /><br />As I get older, I'm starting to understand where you're coming from on being texted/phoned to know that someone got home safely. It's a privilege that people with partners or families have--that people are expecing them home--and they don't always consider what it's like not to live with other humans. (As opposed to nonhuman companions, who are wonderful but thumbless and can't dial a telephone.)<br /><br />Historiann.comHistoriannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615954696251174822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-44324741235192509692009-11-19T05:16:44.430-05:002009-11-19T05:16:44.430-05:00This is an instructive post, because I think I'...This is an instructive post, because I think I'm one of those people who would probably really irritate you if I worked with you. Personally, I like being off the radar, so to speak. I do freelance work part-time, and I do make myself available on a reasonable basis (during business hours, I usually answer emails and texts/cell messages within a couple of hours), but I really don't like to have to tell people where I'm going. My partner has had to pester me to get me to tell him where and when I'm going running, and when I expect to be back, if I'm going by myself. I don't even like doing this very much (although I do, now, if I'm running on trails). I don't know why this is. I just feel an intense sense of being hemmed in as soon as I have to account for my movements to anyone else (this is probably why I chose to become self-employed in the first place).<br />Having said that, I would have been very annoyed at the student that left the building open without telling you. That is just not safe.Bavardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.com