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I've worked at a number of famous tech giants and none of them have enough men's bathrooms. I'm not sure that lines for the bathrooms are the strongest point o

I've worked at a number of famous tech giants and none of them have enough men's bathrooms. I'm not sure that lines for the bathrooms are the strongest point of this article.

hybro 8y ago
What is it about toilets in American companies? I often go to the bathroom and just sit there and cry for 10-20 minutes. It’s almost impossible to do in America. They remind me of Chinese corporate toilets. European ones are the best. Private area without anyone disturbing you.
- brianpgordon 8y ago
  Too many burned-out American workers were using the stalls to cry, I guess.
- Traubenfuchs 8y ago
  We even have press switches to keep the lights on in the toilet if the crying takes too long.
sigfubar 8y ago
screams into a pillow My least favorite job was at an investment bank where men outnumbered women 100:1. Urinals were always clogged with garbage, toilets were left unflushed, and sinks regularly filled up with human waste.
- neurobashing 8y ago
  "We did an investigation and determined we meet the regulatory requirements for bathroom facilities." ok but did you meet the real-world ones? "I don't understand the question."
- stygiansonic 8y ago
  Sinks? What sort of waste???
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    Do you really want to know?
burger_moon 8y ago
Amazon at one point was required to install more bathrooms in their buildings because it was so bad. It still is, but is was then too.
freeone3000 8y ago
The move towards gender-neutral bathrooms has been the most effective salve to this particular problem. (Hiring approximately equal numbers of male and female employees would also fix it, but that's a difficult hiring and pipeline problem, and gender-neutral bathrooms are created by new signage.)
- learc83 8y ago
  >gender-neutral bathrooms are created by new signage Not quite. People tend to expect more privacy in gender neutral bathrooms. This is a particular problem in America where toilet stalls are built to minimize privacy. Banks of urinals don't really work either. In general, I think it's very unlikely that gender neutral bathrooms (beyond single stall bathrooms) are going to be accepted wide scale in the near future. If there is some kind of legislation or regulation that makes them necessary or desired I think it's going to move towards multiple small single rooms setup like the multiple rooms in portable toilet trailers.
  - telesilla 8y ago
    Speaking as a woman, I really don't mind there being a bank of urinals near gender-neutral facilities - helps keep them less occupied. One of the few wonderful things of going to a tech conference as a minority is the amount of unoccupied women's bathrooms.. it's unusual!
    - learc83 8y ago
      >I really don't mind there being a bank of urinals near gender-neutral facilities You don't mind them in a separate room nearby? Or you don't mind them inside the gender neutral bathroom?
      - telesilla 8y ago
        Oh yes to clarify! I don't mind them being nearby. Not inside.. that would be awkward.
    - 8y ago

I've worked at a number of famous tech giants and none of them have enough men's bathrooms. I'm not sure that lines for the bathrooms are the strongest point of this article.

hybro 8y ago

What is it about toilets in American companies? I often go to the bathroom and just sit there and cry for 10-20 minutes. It’s almost impossible to do in America. They remind me of Chinese corporate toilets. European ones are the best. Private area without anyone disturbing you.

brianpgordon 8y ago
Too many burned-out American workers were using the stalls to cry, I guess.
Traubenfuchs 8y ago
We even have press switches to keep the lights on in the toilet if the crying takes too long.

sigfubar 8y ago

screams into a pillow My least favorite job was at an investment bank where men outnumbered women 100:1. Urinals were always clogged with garbage, toilets were left unflushed, and sinks regularly filled up with human waste.

neurobashing 8y ago
"We did an investigation and determined we meet the regulatory requirements for bathroom facilities." ok but did you meet the real-world ones? "I don't understand the question."
stygiansonic 8y ago
Sinks? What sort of waste???
- saagarjha 8y ago
  Do you really want to know?

burger_moon 8y ago

Amazon at one point was required to install more bathrooms in their buildings because it was so bad. It still is, but is was then too.

freeone3000 8y ago

The move towards gender-neutral bathrooms has been the most effective salve to this particular problem. (Hiring approximately equal numbers of male and female employees would also fix it, but that's a difficult hiring and pipeline problem, and gender-neutral bathrooms are created by new signage.)

learc83 8y ago
>gender-neutral bathrooms are created by new signage Not quite. People tend to expect more privacy in gender neutral bathrooms. This is a particular problem in America where toilet stalls are built to minimize privacy. Banks of urinals don't really work either. In general, I think it's very unlikely that gender neutral bathrooms (beyond single stall bathrooms) are going to be accepted wide scale in the near future. If there is some kind of legislation or regulation that makes them necessary or desired I think it's going to move towards multiple small single rooms setup like the multiple rooms in portable toilet trailers.
- telesilla 8y ago
  Speaking as a woman, I really don't mind there being a bank of urinals near gender-neutral facilities - helps keep them less occupied. One of the few wonderful things of going to a tech conference as a minority is the amount of unoccupied women's bathrooms.. it's unusual!
  - learc83 8y ago
    >I really don't mind there being a bank of urinals near gender-neutral facilities You don't mind them in a separate room nearby? Or you don't mind them inside the gender neutral bathroom?
    - telesilla 8y ago
      Oh yes to clarify! I don't mind them being nearby. Not inside.. that would be awkward.
  - 8y ago