Greetings Audrey,

 

I sooo concur with your thoughts.  Thanks for so eloquently expressing them and for the helpful hints.

 

Cheryl

 

 

 

We have had a 25% increase in proposal submissions since March as compared to last year is the last I heard from our central office.  In my department alone, proposal submissions have increased significantly.

 

Off the initial question but related to the topic of dealing with a significantly increased workload;

 

Not complaining about the increase as I’m all too aware of many without work right now, and proposals (and resulting awards) are the ‘bread and butter’.  My days are mixed with a combo of feeling both overwhelmed and experiencing overwhelming gratitude for the job.  I get a sense from our faculty that they too are experiencing these kinds of mixed emotions, coupled with an increased workload including switching quickly to online teaching formats, etc. right now.   

 

I read a recent article somewhere that spoke of the working from home switch, and a correlation with an increase of the accumulation of vacation time as people are working so much.

 

I have had several instances of planning days off and then not being able to use the time due to the continued influx of proposals.  I work with a fantastic and supportive team and we all share in the workload love and still this is how it is right now and we are coping as best as we can.  Time off and staying on top of it all has just not been possible, so the only choice of course is to stay on top of the workload.   

 

Again, grateful to have this kind of a ‘problem’, but it makes me thing about how others are maintaining a healthy work/life balance while working from home (or at the office if that is the case)?

 

Some things I have tried, but would love to hear other ideas;

 

1. Getting up and taking a walk if I don’t forget and work right through lunch. 
2. Creating a separate workspace in my home to separate work from home life.  This only works if one actually leaves the separate home workspace once in a while.  😉 

 

Any advice from this group would be much appreciated! 

 

Thank you,

 

 

 

 

Same here in Tampa and it is taking forever to fill open positions.

 

 

 

Same here. I have been working from home since March and I have been going nonstop.  Looking back at my logs, I have sent more proposals through this year than last.

 

Vicky Ortiz Batson, M.A.

Pre-Award Research Administrator

CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics | University of Central Florida

P: (407) 823-6825 | F: (407) 823-6880 | xxxxxx@creol.ucf.edu

 

 

 

 

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