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Work communications are not a place for fun. They are a place for productivity and focus. If your company's work is not fun by itself (interesting problems, no
by chris_7 10y ago
Work communications are not a place for fun. They are a place for productivity and focus. If your company's work is not fun by itself (interesting problems, no bs, etc.), that's a problem! Fix that, don't gloss over it with distractions (that thrash people's CPUs).
- ng12 10y agoThat sounds miserable. Have you never worked with people whose company you enjoy? It's really a motivating experience.
- yolesaber 10y agoIt's hardly miserable. I mean, I get along with my coworkers just fine in a professional way, but I'm not exactly buddy buddy crushing code sharing gifs like it seems like most startups want you to be. I don't go to work to make friends.
- chris_7 10y agoJust do it in the break room/kitchen, not in the workspace, which should be treated with the same respect as a library (if you provide private offices with doors that close, feel free to disregard). Group chat rooms that aren't #random (which I have /part-ed) are an extension of that workplace, and deserve the same respect. My current workplace offers neither. People shout what I'll describe as "verbal memes" to no one in particular. There is music blaring (dubstep currently), over which I have no control without risking social ostracization. Group chat is used poorly (what do you an all-day all-hands meeting with no agenda?).
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- pavel_lishin 10y agoThat sounds awful. We have work-related chats, which are 95% serious with the occasional joke - same as we'd make at our desks - and we have offtopic and specific-topic rooms (literally, #offtopic and #videogames and #music, etc.)
- bartread 10y agoWhen I read your first post I thought you were just being uptight, but that does sound completely terrible. I find background music can help or hinder depending on what I'm trying to do but it needs to be under my control. Out of consideration for others that means headphones. And I hate open plan offices - don't even get me started. Place I'm working at the moment is awful for noise and overcrowding. Funny thing is I find it hard to work in a completely silent environment unless I'm on my own - if the atmosphere is crypt-like with other people around I find it quite oppressive.
- chris_7 10y agoWhen I have to work unpaid overtime on the weekends, I get to work at home. I'm so much more productive then.
- Grishnakh 10y agoI hate open-plan offices with a passion. Especially when I get stuck on a high-traffic corridor. Strangely, though, I do like spending time in coffee shops. Maybe companies should just do away with offices altogether (walled, cubicles, and open), and turn the company building into a giant coffee shop with free drinks and pastries, nice decor, etc. Provide some meeting rooms so teams can meet in person, but otherwise just let everyone find a little alcove in the coffee shop to work in.
- ido 10y agoIt sounds like you are at one end of the spectrum but the solution is not necessarily to go all the way to the other extreme.
- emptyfile 10y agoI have real friends outside of work thank you very much, if you're my coworker please help me by doing a good job so I can go hang out with them.
- ng12 10y agoWhats that have to do with anything? You're going to run out of social pleasantries if you use them all on your coworkers instead of your friends? If you don't want to enjoy the time your coworkers -- fine. But getting annoyed by people who do is silly.
- chris_7 10y agoDistractions mean that I need to work longer. I could get the amount of work that I do per day done in six hours. Instead, because of the distractions (including @here gif messages), I work ten hours, and have little time for my friends.
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- sosborn 10y ago> Have you never worked with people whose company you enjoy? Are GIFs a necessary component of this?
- toosmart4u12 10y agohahaha you sound miserable dude.