Timeline for How can I persuade colleagues to turn their computers off when leaving the office?
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| Feb 5, 2022 at 22:41 | comment | added | gnasher729 | And Lio, 5 minutes wasted in the morning and evening is ten minutes a day, that is more than 2% of my total working time, so it costs more than 2% of my total cost to the company, which is roughly salary times two. That's a few thousand pound per year. So OP is politely requested to fade away... | |
| Feb 4, 2022 at 6:28 | comment | added | gnasher729 | Lio, where I work a “perfectly acceptable” job would be unacceptable. And time is the scarcest resource in my life. If my boss insisted on wasting my time, I’d insist on staying not a second longer than I’m paid for. | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 7:46 | comment | added | Lio Elbammalf | @gnasher729 It isn't personal - I'm sure you do a perfectly acceptable job - but someone concerned for the environment isn't interested in saving pennies or your time, they're interested in reducing the carbon footprint of the company. Whether putting computers to sleep is a viable way to do this or not is the debate that should be had, not a rant about how important you think your time is. | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 19:19 | comment | added | gnasher729 | @LioElbammalf I'm not replacable. I would be missed. I don't annoy people to save pennies. "The environment isnt"... The power that my computer uses overnight isn't missed. | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 15:13 | comment | added | Old Nick | +1 The power use has to be insignificant compared to lost time and I can see how making an issue of this could annoy your colleagues. This does not deserve to be down-voted environmental concerns notwithstanding. | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 9:10 | comment | added | Lio Elbammalf | As threatening, I'm sure, being considered a 'busybody' by you is I believe the OP is more concerned for the environment, not your time. You are replaceable, the environment isn't. | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 8:37 | history | answered | gnasher729 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |