CEO says many of his remote workers didn't open their laptops for a month

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8. I can't imagine that being ignored for a month.

Hubby and I are in IT and have been working at home since Mar 13 2020. We're engaged and active with our coworkers and bosses at any time during the day (from 8-5pm).

We're expected to run MS Teams and Zoom all day when working, be available for impromptu meetings where we have our cameras on, and be logged in through VPN to access our workspace. If we don't have interactions with our keyboard or mouse after a certain length of time (8 min by my experiments), we go on idle status which is visible to system admins. That 8 min window should be enough time to grab a cup of coffee, run to the bathroom, etc. If someone is taking their dog out, taking an exercise break, or taking a late lunch - any time that falls outside of the swing lunch break of 12 and 2:00 - we message the team to let them know.

It seems to be working for our group. Our old offices have turned into "hotelling" space so if we want to go back into the office, we have to book a time. That may change with a new director coming on board, but chances are we'll stay with some hybrid model.