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Cat-work in the Age of Telework
2020.10.21
This article reflects information as of 2020. For the latest details, please contact us.
Written by: Tomohiro Koizumi, Representative Director, tentus inc.
COVID has driven the spread of telework across the world dramatically, and at our company too all staff have been on telework since February.
Only I am usually in the office, since there's mail to process and so on, but I make a point of commuting by bicycle and otherwise using public transport as little as possible.
But working alone in the office is actually pretty lonely.
In the sense of working alone, of course it's the same for those connecting from home, but being alone in a space like a company office, you can't quite fill the space — you want something soothing, you know.
So I started "cat-work."
It just means coming from home together with the cat when I bicycle to the office on a sunny day.
Just coming to the office with the cat in the morning makes the comfort during work hours completely different. (I'm in the middle of a beard-growing challenge, so please forgive the owner's scruffy appearance.)
Well, comfort — or rather —
I get
absolutely
no work
done
So, since I get absolutely no work done, these days I don't really bring her to the office much anymore.
It's incredibly soothing, but if that's the case, better to finish work quickly, head home early, and play with the cat then.
Cat shredder
Gap cat
Jiggly cat
Cat intently watching a wild-bird video
Explorer cat
Box cat
Punching-bag cat
Video-call-blocking cat
Video-call-blocking-with-total-determination cat
In other words, the productivity of cat-work is super low.
I tried all sorts of trial and error during COVID, but cat-work was a clear failure.
But I have absolutely no regrets!
Ahh, it's soothing.