Team or alone working?

[454697819]

I have always considered myself a Team player and I guess that is still very much true, however more and more recently I have realised i work better when I am left to my own devices, I have quite a technical job involving design detailing etc and must get disturbed easilly, we have an open plan office so it can get quite noisy albiet there is just 4 of us in this section...

anyway.. reaslised it today as I'm on me todd! :D and getting loads of work done.

(except for the odd minute of posting on here)

What do you like.. ppl around you or peace and quiet?

[Owenski]

Same as you, I can work fine; in an office, having a chat on the phone, listening to ipod etc but the odd morning when I'll come in early I'll get more done in that first hour than I will in any of the following ones thats for sure.

[fizzwheel]

To be left the hell alone to get on with the work I've been given. I am a terrible terrible team worker.

I cant stand team meetings, team building exercises or any of that stuff. I hate it.

Give me an empty office, my MP3 Player and a set of headphones and make it so I never have to speak to anybody then I'm a happy worker.

[mattSV]

"Working" from home today and loving it :D

[timwilky]

I don't do teams. My boss knows and understands. It causes problems for me in a large organisation. So they tend to leave me in a dark corner for when things go wrong and then get me out to sort it.

[Swin]

Most of the time I have to work in a team - being Team Leader means that I'd not have a job otherwise!

But when it's time to do staff reports and other Line Managery carp, I find it much easier and quicker to borrow my bosses office and work in there, no phone calls, no interruptions - I get the job done in hours instead of days!

[husky03]

Loner and thats the way i like it-unfortunately i need to have a neighbour in my job.

[Alpinestarhero]

I'm happy working alone, I can plan things the way I want and go about the work in my own way. I dont mind having people around to talk to when I'm in the lab, but when I'm writing I require solidarity, tea and biscuts.

Quite often though, when someone has a problem with their chemical synthesis, we group together and brainstorm idea's. This I suppose is working in a team, and I enjoy it.

[Lissa]

I work in a factory with others, but work alone doing my own thing. I prefer it that way. I can go all day hardly having to speak to any of the numpties I work with! :D

[Richie]

I prefer riding by myself than in a large group of people....
as for work, I'm in the Army and have no choice on the matter.

[phi-dan]

Working on my own is the preferred option for speed/quality of work etc, however I then get lonely, so it's nice have a few people around. If it's a big job, then having other people involved who all understand the goals and MY way of doing it can be good too

[maviczap]

Most of the time I have to work in a team - being Team Leader means that I'd not have a job otherwise!

But when it's time to do staff reports and other Line Managery carp, I find it much easier and quicker to borrow my bosses office and work in there, no phone calls, no interruptions - I get the job done in hours instead of days!

Yep its the same for me

[Biker Biggles]

I work with one other person mostly,although we are technically part of a team.The rest of the team is a meaningless management invention, as that is the fashion,and I dont actually remember who is in my team and who isnt.

[mkz9876]

i work on my own and love it when im working, i cover the whole of wales doing building maintence on remote usually unmanned tv masts when i actually get to site i enjoy the woring on my own bit just hate the travleing there i get bored senseless so my mobile phone bills end up sky high every month from ringing people for a chat as im travling along

[Biker Biggles]

i work on my own and love it when im working, i cover the whole of wales doing building maintence on remote usually unmanned tv masts when i actually get to site i enjoy the woring on my own bit just hate the travleing there i get bored senseless so my mobile phone bills end up sky high every month from ringing people for a chat as im travling along

Id be tempted to edit that mate.Sounds like a confession to dangerous driving (using the phone) to me.:rolleyes:

[Alpinestarhero]

i work on my own and love it when im working, i cover the whole of wales doing building maintence on remote usually unmanned tv masts when i actually get to site i enjoy the woring on my own bit just hate the travleing there i get bored senseless so my mobile phone bills end up sky high every month from ringing people for a chat as im travling along


STONE HIM!!

i assume you use hands free, so thats ok.

lolage

[Bri w]

Been a mgr of a field based team for 6 years, working from home.

I like getting up early, before the phone starts, and getting lots done.

P.S. I hate the limited interaction with customers and colleagues, and in truth would love to be back on the tools. Wouldn't like to pay cut though.

[mkz9876]

hehe yeah hands free of course, i couldnt concentrate on driving like an **** in white transit otherwise lol


EDIT: ooops thats worse

[IrishRob]

When I first joined the work force (11 years ago) I distinctly remember that 'working well in a team' was becoming quite fashionable. I went along with it, thinking that there was obviously something wrong with me, until it dawned on me that a lot of 'teamwork' is middle-management, new-age BS. Am not completely against it, and I do well in meetings, but for the most part I prefer to be left to my own devices.

[MiniMatt]

Chuckle, yep, you can guarantee you'll be asked at interview "Do you consider yourself a good team player?" Sometimes it's fun to say "Nope" just to get a reaction :D

Within limits I quite like it, it's handy to bounce ideas off people - trick is to learn who are the valuable team members and who are the numpties. Next trick it to actively teach the numpties; it's natural for people to tend to hoard knowledge under the impression that it's some job security mechanism, however if you teach the numpties what you know then you lessen the chance of them interrupting you every five minutes, allowing you to get on with something more valuable.

There are definitely occasions where I get far more done just sat in a dark corner, but there are also occasions where I've solved things far quicker by being able to bounce a couple of ideas off others or just getting a plan sanity checked by a co-worker.