In a typical corporate office, I would not tolerate it. I would push back, and I encourage anyone with sufficient job security to push back too. Very early in

In a typical corporate office, I would not tolerate it. I would push back, and I encourage anyone with sufficient job security to push back too. Very early in my career, when I as still operating in the break/fix world of help desk support I toured an office during an interview. It was a boilerroom sales team, complete with a gong that someone bashed as I walked along the back wall to the conference rooms, everyone cheered madly, papers flew, loud music started playing off of a set of overhead speakers. I winced the moment the music blared and almost visually grimaced from the volume. Along the way the hiring manager interviewing me pointed to an area in the back of the office with laptops stacked up to the desk from the floor, monitors, cables everywhere-directly underneath one of the speakers. He didn't have to tell me, I figured it out, but he told me anyway "And over there is where IT sits". I stopped the recruiter before we made it to the conference room and politely pardoned myself from the interview process. No way in hell. IMO, that push back needs to start early, as early as possible where possible. Not everyone may have the circumstances to punt on an interview like that, completely understandable, but the interview is just as much for your benefit as theirs. Candidates should evaluate as much as they can by sheer power of observation as they can verbally asking about working from home. That means taking in what you can that you might not be explicitly shown-or worse, steered away from if you're brought in for an on-site interview.