What’s your summer work style?
A 60-second quiz for surviving late summer. Because, why not?
Keep track of whether you answer mostly A, B, C, or D to reveal your summer workplace style at the end.
1. It’s 8:45 AM on a Wednesday. What are you doing?
A) Already on your second iced coffee, clearing your inbox before the day starts.
B) Sitting in the garden with your laptop, cursing an extension cable that doesn’t quite reach far enough.
C) Keeping an eye on Slack while waiting for your coffee to brew.
C) Dropping one child at pickleball camp, wiping peanut butter off another’s forehead, hoping your 9am call is audio only.
2. A Director drops a high-priority "urgent update" into your inbox. How do you handle it?
A) Edit it, sort out the layout, get it scheduled for 9.30am. You were born for this.
B) Point out that 80% of your target audience is currently in Cornwall.
C) Double-check to make sure you accidentally left your OOO on and pretend you haven’t seen it yet.
D) Edit it on your phone from the leisure centre car park while you wait for gymnastics to finish.
3. Your primary Teams channel is completely silent today. What’s your reaction?
A) Panic slightly and check if the Wi-Fi is down.
B) Send a casual GIF just to check if anyone is still out there.
C) Make a cup of tea. And drink it.
D) Feelings of profound relief wash over you while you repeatedly hit refresh on the club booking page for next week.
4. How is your technology holding up in the summer heat?
A) Running smoothly on dual monitors with full air conditioning.
B) Your laptop fan sounds like a jet engine taking off because you're determined to work outdoors.
C) Your phone battery is at 12% and you can't be bothered to find the charger.
D) Your laptop is covered in sun cream fingerprints and you’re wondering if one of your children ate your AirPods.
5. What is your current mindset about your autumn strategy?
A) Fully drafted, scheduled, and ready for sign-off.
B) A collection of half-formed ideas in a digital notebook.
C) Autumn is a September problem.
D) You’re pretty sure you prepared for this in June. Whether or not it still holds is another matter.
The Results
MOSTLY A’s: THE ANCHOR
You are holding down the entire comms function while the leadership team is off-grid. You’re organised, relentless, and using the quiet season to clear your entire backlog.
Most likely to say: "While it's quiet, I'm going to completely rewrite our intranet navigation."
MOSTLY B’s: THE GARDEN GNOME
You’re getting the work done on your own terms - usually outdoors, squinting, and taking full advantage of flexible summer hours.
Most likely to say: "Sorry I went dark for twenty minutes, my phone overheated in the sun."
MOSTLY C’s: THE AUTUMN DEFERRER
You are operating at a serene, unbothered 40% capacity until 1st September. You know that non-urgent work can wait, and you refuse to burn yourself out over deadlines. It’s summer.
Most likely to say: "That feels like a Q4 initiative, let's circle back in the autumn."
MOSTLY D’s: THE SUMMER JUGGLER
You are masterminding an intricate military operation involving summer camps, pickups, multiple Sainsbury’s shops and annual leave rotas - all while keeping internal comms running smoothly. (Probably on about 4 hours of sleep.)
Most likely to say: "I’m working async today between tennis camp drops and the supermarket run."
