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Hm. I'd hate that too, but I wouldn't want cubicles for everyone either... Legolas Send a noteboard - 02/08/2019 06:07:00 PM

At our office, directors have their own offices, the rest of us is spread out over the workspace, divided into 'islands' per team or part of a team, but no cubicles or dividers between desks. Most of us do need to discuss with nearby colleagues enough that cubicles/dividers would be pretty annoying, so if someone needs to do something requiring particular privacy or concentration, or they just want to call someone while suffering from particularly loud neighbours, they'd have to go to a meeting room/table. Haven't seen any noise-canceling headphones yet.

View original postA 100% agile workspace has no offices. None. Not even for directors and VPs. No cubicles. No assigned seating at all. If there is a desk phone at your seat, you have to log on every morning and log out at end of day because tomorrow you might be sitting somewhere different. Everything is open seating with an 18 inch high plastic divider between (most) workstations. Others are just like long tables with 4 or 5 computer ports per side.

I've heard about this before, from one of your main competitors actually, and it sounds pretty weird.
View original postThe kool-aid explanation is such open workspaces foster collaboration and increase individual empowerment. They increase worker morale and job satisfaction. This is such bullshit that pointing it out makes one feel like Captain Obvious.

Yeah... You can achieve all that while still having assigned seating. Surely the only real point of refusing to use assigned seating is that it allows you to have fewer desks than employees.
View original postWhy are we really doing this? Coincidently, we are condensing from three floors to one at the same time. So the inescapable fact that we are reducing our square foot per employee ratio by two-thirds must be a side benefit. Amirite?

Heh, subtle.
View original postThis will suck big time. We will have 220+ people vying for 225 seats. Instead of 3 kitchens, we will have 1. Instead of 6 bathrooms, we will have 2. Empowerment and increased satisfaction my ass.

You don't have any regulations over there about the minimum number of bathrooms, based on the number of employees, in work buildings?

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Starting next week, our office in Shelton, Connecticut is going "fully agile" damookster - 01/08/2019 10:14:37 PM 1261 Views
Fully agile? Try fully asshole. LiterateDog - 02/08/2019 12:32:54 PM 1049 Views
Yes damookster - 02/08/2019 02:43:38 PM 940 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 03/08/2019 09:21:42 PM 1801 Views
It's awful damookster - 04/08/2019 01:13:02 AM 978 Views
"fully agile" vs. "futile agility" Jeordam - 02/08/2019 04:08:41 PM 933 Views
The amusing part is that our "fully agile" space has already been divided into neighborhoods damookster - 02/08/2019 04:17:24 PM 987 Views
Do they provide good coffee, or is it burnt? Roland00 - 02/08/2019 04:34:50 PM 950 Views
Hopefully it will be good damookster - 02/08/2019 04:56:36 PM 960 Views
Question does Open Office delve into Cliques? Roland00 - 02/08/2019 05:58:37 PM 994 Views
Re: Question does Open Office delve into Cliques? damookster - 02/08/2019 06:13:52 PM 958 Views
I would hate that. HATE. Sareitha Sedai - 02/08/2019 05:28:40 PM 972 Views
I plan on hating it. damookster - 02/08/2019 05:55:22 PM 929 Views
Sounds fair to me *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 02/08/2019 06:12:35 PM 557 Views
Hm. I'd hate that too, but I wouldn't want cubicles for everyone either... Legolas - 02/08/2019 06:07:00 PM 962 Views
Our setup that ended this week was like what you currently have damookster - 02/08/2019 06:57:24 PM 950 Views
Teases Mookie by posting something the complete opposite of his future work situation. Roland00 - 02/08/2019 07:43:29 PM 1324 Views
I wouldn't mind living in one of those barrels! *NM* damookster - 02/08/2019 07:55:00 PM 480 Views
Exactly Barrel Home, Dog, Sexy Man, Vodka, my list for things to create a Paradise is not that long! *NM* Roland00 - 02/08/2019 08:19:20 PM 512 Views
Yuck. What about people with special requirements? Rebekah - 03/08/2019 09:09:43 PM 1379 Views
Re: Yuck. What about people with special requirements? damookster - 03/08/2019 09:19:48 PM 1102 Views
I have my own office now. Sometimes a law clerk comes and shares it with me. Ghavrel - 04/08/2019 08:27:54 AM 963 Views
Very nice. damookster - 05/08/2019 03:01:22 PM 939 Views
I'm pretty sure the desks are composite ply. Also I get paid minimum wage. Ghavrel - 06/08/2019 11:51:20 PM 986 Views
Not government issue gray steel? damookster - 07/08/2019 01:57:28 AM 1049 Views
Ah, I'm already private practice. And high powered! Just not high priced. Ghavrel - 07/08/2019 04:32:31 AM 944 Views
Yuck. I suggest noise cancelling headphones. fionwe1987 - 04/08/2019 03:11:20 PM 1164 Views
I will be ordering from Amazon. Today. *NM* damookster - 05/08/2019 03:02:36 PM 723 Views
How are they? *NM* fionwe1987 - 08/08/2019 03:31:22 PM 479 Views
Excellent! For conference calls as well as music. Good recommendation! *NM* damookster - 08/08/2019 03:36:57 PM 492 Views
Which of the two colors did you pick? *NM* Roland00 - 08/08/2019 11:26:50 PM 480 Views
Silver *NM* damookster - 09/08/2019 01:47:30 AM 499 Views
Congrats, I am jealous of the hardware but not of the situation that requires this... Roland00 - 09/08/2019 02:15:43 AM 1055 Views
Thank you. Tomorrow most will either work from home or leave early. It should be a splendid day. *NM* damookster - 09/08/2019 02:25:29 AM 511 Views
Awesome! I'm glad they're helping. I agree that it's criminal that you need to spend to get quiet. *NM* fionwe1987 - 09/08/2019 08:16:55 PM 607 Views
We started today. It sucks every bit as badly as I anticipated. damookster - 05/08/2019 02:54:33 PM 962 Views
Counterproductive is the New Alternate Path Synergy Jeordam - 05/08/2019 05:33:00 PM 901 Views
Re: Counterproductive is the New Alternate Path Synergy damookster - 05/08/2019 06:13:57 PM 949 Views
Ugh @ these consultants LiterateDog - 05/08/2019 06:51:50 PM 1033 Views
I've got something you can pivot on right here.... damookster - 05/08/2019 07:28:06 PM 953 Views
Be the Leaf LiterateDog Roland00 - 05/08/2019 07:30:35 PM 967 Views
Yes.....I would love to get some of that sweet sweet Consultant money. *NM* Jeordam - 05/08/2019 07:11:18 PM 467 Views
You've already nailed the jargon *NM* damookster - 05/08/2019 07:28:42 PM 465 Views
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