Composite narrative of Finn
| Composite narrative: Finn | Researcher interpretation |
|---|---|
| Working in collaboration is more efficient in general now that we rely heavily on technology-mediated meetings. The time of those meetings is restricted so we need to be puncture and the agenda has to be planned ahead. There is not much small talk during virtual meetings or in email messages. Those are strictly business, and unlike face-to-face meetings, online meetings usually begin and end on time because people show up on time | Finn starts by emphasizing the efficiency of hybrid collaboration. Hybrid, technology-mediated meetings are deemed efficient because they support agenda-focused collaboration |
| The simultaneity and mobility enabled by the technologies help me in so many ways. When I travel for work assignments as we are conducting data collection all over the country, I can make good use of my time by attending Teams meetings or making phone calls while driving so no time gets wasted. When working in the field, I can quickly retrieve information from the archives – without computers or papers like in the old times – or call my supervisor or colleagues. I can also manage multiple channels simultaneously when I’m at my desk. For example, when I make notes during a Teams meeting, I can instantly share those with a colleague on another channel. Or like we did on Tuesday with my colleagues, fluently continuing a discussion initiated on Teams via email. We often asynchronously continue the discussions started during meetings | In more detail, Finn describes how the acceleration of hybrid work is constituted and utilized in their personal work habits as well as the meeting practices within NRC. It is the technology that enables such efficiency and fluency as the tools enable the simultaneity of tasks and fluent switches between channels |
| Sometimes we meet online with my closest colleagues just for coffee. It is a great way to maintain relations easily even though we are located to different cities | Finn continues by emphasizing how the accelerated hybrid work is not only efficient for tasks but hybrid settings also bear positive relational opportunities |
| For my personal well-being, the possibilities of hybrid work have been a blessing. I was able to move to the city I want to live in. It wouldn’t have been feasible without our employer utilizing the flexible possibilities of hybridity. It is just wonderful that there is no need to travel for every meeting. I get to use this increase in my free time for physical exercise, and I don’t have to spend hours a day for commuting | Finn experiences temporal autonomy and in effect, their well-being has increased. This is a result of NRC’s flexible hybrid work policies. Importantly, acceleration does not increase Finn’s temporal autonomy on its own, but the organization and its policies play a crucial role |
| Making the best use of technology-mediated communication does require some skill. I find myself quite handy in using the tools nowadays, as the remote work during COVID kind of forced us all to learn these new ways of communicating. I consider myself quite adaptable to new developments, anyway, as I have never had any problems taking on new technologies and I’m always eager to learn more, also teaching others these efficient ways of interacting. For instance, I use WhatsApp very flexibly depending on the urgency of matters, because WhatsApp is instant, whereas email is often delayed | Finn does acknowledge the importance of skills and readiness it takes to utilize the new opportunities in best possible ways. This experience suggests that hybrid workers’ temporal autonomy might, in fact, be related to their competence in utilizing various technological features |
| I’m happy with the technological implementations NRC has taken to ensure efficient working. I just hope we’d get even more up-to-date tools, like laptops with better batteries for longer days in the field or hands-free headsets for more efficient multitasking | The concluding excerpt of Finn’s narrative illustrates how NRC has provided its employees with the technologies needed for accelerated collaboration yet for the future, Finn wishes for even better tools. Those would enable even more efficient working and, therefore, even greater temporal autonomy. Thus, Finn expects continued acceleration and their outlook towards the future is optimistic |
| Composite narrative: Finn | Researcher interpretation |
|---|---|
| Working in collaboration is more efficient in general now that we rely heavily on technology-mediated meetings. The time of those meetings is restricted so we need to be puncture and the agenda has to be planned ahead. There is not much small talk during virtual meetings or in email messages. Those are strictly business, and unlike face-to-face meetings, online meetings usually begin and end on time because people show up on time | Finn starts by emphasizing the efficiency of hybrid collaboration. Hybrid, technology-mediated meetings are deemed efficient because they support agenda-focused collaboration |
| The simultaneity and mobility enabled by the technologies help me in so many ways. When I travel for work assignments as we are conducting data collection all over the country, I can make good use of my time by attending Teams meetings or making phone calls while driving so no time gets wasted. When working in the field, I can quickly retrieve information from the archives – without computers or papers like in the old times – or call my supervisor or colleagues. I can also manage multiple channels simultaneously when I’m at my desk. For example, when I make notes during a Teams meeting, I can instantly share those with a colleague on another channel. Or like we did on Tuesday with my colleagues, fluently continuing a discussion initiated on Teams via email. We often asynchronously continue the discussions started during meetings | In more detail, Finn describes how the acceleration of hybrid work is constituted and utilized in their personal work habits as well as the meeting practices within NRC. It is the technology that enables such efficiency and fluency as the tools enable the simultaneity of tasks and fluent switches between channels |
| Sometimes we meet online with my closest colleagues just for coffee. It is a great way to maintain relations easily even though we are located to different cities | Finn continues by emphasizing how the accelerated hybrid work is not only efficient for tasks but hybrid settings also bear positive relational opportunities |
| For my personal well-being, the possibilities of hybrid work have been a blessing. I was able to move to the city I want to live in. It wouldn’t have been feasible without our employer utilizing the flexible possibilities of hybridity. It is just wonderful that there is no need to travel for every meeting. I get to use this increase in my free time for physical exercise, and I don’t have to spend hours a day for commuting | Finn experiences temporal autonomy and in effect, their well-being has increased. This is a result of NRC’s flexible hybrid work policies. Importantly, acceleration does not increase Finn’s temporal autonomy on its own, but the organization and its policies play a crucial role |
| Making the best use of technology-mediated communication does require some skill. I find myself quite handy in using the tools nowadays, as the remote work during COVID kind of forced us all to learn these new ways of communicating. I consider myself quite adaptable to new developments, anyway, as I have never had any problems taking on new technologies and I’m always eager to learn more, also teaching others these efficient ways of interacting. For instance, I use WhatsApp very flexibly depending on the urgency of matters, because WhatsApp is instant, whereas email is often delayed | Finn does acknowledge the importance of skills and readiness it takes to utilize the new opportunities in best possible ways. This experience suggests that hybrid workers’ temporal autonomy might, in fact, be related to their competence in utilizing various technological features |
| I’m happy with the technological implementations NRC has taken to ensure efficient working. I just hope we’d get even more up-to-date tools, like laptops with better batteries for longer days in the field or hands-free headsets for more efficient multitasking | The concluding excerpt of Finn’s narrative illustrates how NRC has provided its employees with the technologies needed for accelerated collaboration yet for the future, Finn wishes for even better tools. Those would enable even more efficient working and, therefore, even greater temporal autonomy. Thus, Finn expects continued acceleration and their outlook towards the future is optimistic |
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