I’ve been given the privilege of working from home for the past few months, and it’s been an amazing experience.
However, there’s one issue that I’m having: I’m constantly going missing from work. I’ll log in to my computer, get started on a task, and then mysteriously disappear for hours at a time to take a nap.
Take naps frequently and pushing his workload to his junior
I’d get distracted by some random thing, and then I’d lose track of time and always submit my work up late. But after a few weeks of this, I decided to push my workload to my junior instead of doing it by myself.
After a while, I started to feel guilty about this, and I tried to change my habit of taking a nap instead of doing my work.
However, it still kept happening, and I’d find myself taking a nap in the middle of the day instead of working.
Afraid that manager might find out
My manager was starting to get suspicious because my work had some rookie mistakes which I should not be committing at my level, and I was worried that he might find out.
I was worried that if he did, he’d take away my privilege of working from home.
So I started to be more careful, but it wasn’t enough.
Found out what I was doing
One day, I logged in to my computer and found that my manager had left a message for me.
He said that he knew I was taking naps during work hours and throwing my work to my junior, and that he was going to take away my privilege of working from home if I still continued to do the same thing.
I’m still working from home now, but it’s not the same. I feel like I’m constantly looking over my shoulder, waiting for my manager to catch me taking a nap.
I know I can’t keep this up forever, and I’m worried that I’ll eventually get fired.