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I've never had the luxury of my own office and google wasn't around when I started. I must praise the author for her highly developed sense of entitlement.

biot 11y ago
Looking for an effective environment so you can be more productive and deliver far more value for the work your company pays you to do is evidence of entitlement?
- wobbleblob 11y ago
  I don't know what it's like where you live, but where I live, having your own office is an exceptional privilege. Not something most companies could afford for a free lance copy writer. My boss doesn't have his own office, neither does the customer I work for. In my experience, at both large and small companies, the only people who have had their own offices were either the CEO or people whose work has them talking on the phone much of the day, so they would be too disruptive to the rest of the team if they were in the same room.
  - biot 11y ago
    Sure, a private office is quite uncommon. But I don't see how you can criticize the author for a "highly developed sense of entitlement" in pointing out the shortcomings of open office plans and then making suggestions for both reducing the drawbacks and to encourage employers to allow more people to work from home. Honestly, it sounds like sour grapes on your part: Driven by distraction, a freelance copywriter asked for a private office but was denied one, although he made a compelling case for the increased productivity. As he went away, the copywriter remarked 'Oh, private offices are for people suffering from highly developed senses of entitlement! I don't know anybody who has one.' People who speak disparagingly of things that they cannot attain would do well to apply this story to themselves. [Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Grapes#The_fable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Grapes#The_fab...]

biot 11y ago

Looking for an effective environment so you can be more productive and deliver far more value for the work your company pays you to do is evidence of entitlement?

wobbleblob 11y ago
I don't know what it's like where you live, but where I live, having your own office is an exceptional privilege. Not something most companies could afford for a free lance copy writer. My boss doesn't have his own office, neither does the customer I work for. In my experience, at both large and small companies, the only people who have had their own offices were either the CEO or people whose work has them talking on the phone much of the day, so they would be too disruptive to the rest of the team if they were in the same room.
- biot 11y ago
  Sure, a private office is quite uncommon. But I don't see how you can criticize the author for a "highly developed sense of entitlement" in pointing out the shortcomings of open office plans and then making suggestions for both reducing the drawbacks and to encourage employers to allow more people to work from home. Honestly, it sounds like sour grapes on your part: Driven by distraction, a freelance copywriter asked for a private office but was denied one, although he made a compelling case for the increased productivity. As he went away, the copywriter remarked 'Oh, private offices are for people suffering from highly developed senses of entitlement! I don't know anybody who has one.' People who speak disparagingly of things that they cannot attain would do well to apply this story to themselves. [Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Grapes#The_fable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Grapes#The_fab...]