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Just 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 door
by chris_7 10y ago
Just 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.