Hey everyone,
Ever seen those people who are mainly just looking to mostly enjoy their weekends when they’re having a couple of days off?
At the same time, they are just pretty much regular, normal people who are either studying or working-class citizens. Then as Monday comes in, they go back in and do work. There are good days and bad days, but everybody tries to make them good. In a team effort, it’s pretty good in order to get things done in a timely manner.
How about weekends? What are the circumstances, advantages, and/or special cases, and why should or shouldn’t you work during weekends?
The advantages of working during weekends is that they can be compensated for your paid time off if there are any deductions and if the company you work for provides them! Also, working individually means less distractions for a single person. For a family person it is a little bit different, but nonetheless they can make it work. Anyhow, where am I getting at here?
Simple! The work gets done faster while a person does not need to deduct his or her PTO hours. This especially can go well if the individual in question wants to compensate for certain days off because of some event.
The disadvantages are that a person can do only so much in which some things need a team effort where it is almost impossible for an individual to do the work. Unless it is the person’s own individual project, then saying something is impossible will almost always be an excuse. The person might also grow tired of the project because there’s more stress to the person’s own body. Therefore, doing this all the time is not very healthy. Plus if the person is coding, then the project might become worse off as it grows since it won’t be cared for or maintained too greatly.
So how should we come with a compromise?
As any programmer will work with logic, it should also be applied to life principles. In this case, it means to always plan ahead and think about what you want as an individual. A perfect example: why I chose to work this weekend is so that I will be able to compensate for 2 days of vacation time during the Thanksgiving weekend, which means that I am doing what I understand could be done in a timely manner work-related, and also what cannot be done. At the same time, these events can be recorded as I get back in the office to discuss them along with a team member, and that as anything comes up then I know that it will be resolved. Also because the project is due by the beginning of December, the weekends helps to get the project out sooner than usual.
Having said that, what is the verdict?
1 – Work where you think it makes the most sense.
2 – Know your limits.
3 – Stay healthy and well to be at the best productive level.
4 – Communicate beforehand with your boss if you decide to work during the weekend just like any other work day.
Until next time,
Brian.