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Imagine working in an open office space the size of a Sears floor. That's what I see every time one of my Racker friends posts up a picture of their workspace.
by tbyehl 11y ago
Imagine working in an open office space the size of a Sears floor. That's what I see every time one of my Racker friends posts up a picture of their workspace. Ugh.
- steve-howard 11y agoThere are people who would have you believe this is a good thing. I share your revulsion.
- nostromo 11y agoYou can take a look around inside on Google Maps. https://goo.gl/maps/VTkMW8dmL1t https://goo.gl/maps/VTkMW8dmL1t
- Gravityloss 11y agoIt looks like someone just put tables in there. They didn't hire an interior designer?
- msisk6 11y agoTake it from someone that used to work there -- it's horrific. The noise level is unbelievable. All the technical folks live in their noise-canceling headphones all day.
- tbyehl 11y ago10 years at INLD / PEER1. The shopping mall was the final nail in the coffin of the idea that I might ever move to SAT and jump ship to Rackspace.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoI'm surprised they didn't do anything for the noise. I have seen some really interesting noise cancelling ceiling treatments if the ceilings are high. One looks a bit like a kelp forest hanging from the ceiling only denser. The "leaves" on the vertical vines form a noise capturing space so absolutely nothing bounces off the ceiling.
- Scuds 11y agoExactly, the false ceiling is designed to absorb sound. If you remove that the space is nothing but a concrete echo chamber.
- msisk6 11y agoThey tried various things like big fabric panels designed to absorb sound hanging from the ceiling, special wall treatments, and moving desks around and such around. It's just a big space with thousands of people, many of them on the phone all day.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoI'm surprised they didn't do anything for the noise. I have seen some really interesting noise cancelling ceiling treatments if the ceilings are high. One looks a bit like a kelp forest hanging from the ceiling only denser. The "leaves" on the vertical vines form a noise capturing space so absolutely nothing bounces off the ceiling.
- Nicholas_C 11y agoHow is living in San Antonio? I had a recruiter from Rackspace contact me and that seemed like a big negative.
- msisk6 11y agoI was actually in the Austin office most of the time but spent a lot of time at "The Castle" (as they call the SA headquarters). Texas is a bit different and SA is that plus more. It's hot. ;) Austin is great, though, and I still live here (albeit about 30 miles NW out in the country).
- Nicholas_C 11y agoI'm actually from around Austin. It is a great city.
- azernik 11y agoYou need ceiling tiles and/or carpets that absorb sound instead of reflecting it. I was involved in a couple of office moves with Meraki when they still hadn't found an office large enough for more than a year of growth. The moves were so rushed that the noise-dampening add-ons hadn't been installed, and the noise was horrendous; and then when they finally were installed, you could notice the difference very well.
- bluedino 11y agoNothing says walls can't be built inside the stores
- dboreham 11y agoI spent a couple of days working in the Rackspace "castle". It felt much the same as the average Silicon Valley office building (which are typically constructed with big open floors populated by cubes). Except it has a slide and a food court..
- goodJobWalrus 11y agoI would also have a problem with the lack of natural light.