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I wonder how much of this doesn't actually have to do with the home, but rather office conditions: - open seating and/or highly sound-reflective surfaces - un

I wonder how much of this doesn't actually have to do with the home, but rather office conditions: - open seating and/or highly sound-reflective surfaces - unfixable A/C and/or drafts and/or allergens - all methods of transportation to the place where the office is are unsupported (e.g. Cambridge, MA) - jerks cruising the office - unwanted attention not or only pretentiously connected to work

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kwhitefoot 7y ago
That can all easily be fixed. I'm currently working on a short term job at Statnett in Oslo. The office is all open plan but there are loads of small sound proofed rooms of various sizes that you can use for a work conversation. It's frowned upon to have a long or loud conversation at your desk. You just pick up your laptop and go to a little conference room. Some are just big enough for three people but they all have a big screen and conferencing tools. Each floor also has an area where you can relax with a cup of tea or coffee and read the newspaper. Desks are all motorised so you can adjust the height and use them standing if you like, the desks are not personal although those who work most of the time in the office do use the same desk all the time. The environment is quiet, the temperature is pleasant, there are automatic blinds on the windows shut out the sun when it is too strong. For me it works really well. If I have a meeting then I go in early, find a desk and work, go to the meeting, back to the desk and do some work, then finish the day just as though it was an ordinary office day. But I agree, there are plenty of places (I've worked in some) where all of your negative office conditions apply.
- joncrane 7y ago
  Sidetrack: do you know how hard/easy is it for a United Statesian to get a job in Norway? It's kind of a dream of mine to live and work in Norway for a while.
  - kwhitefoot 7y ago
    Assuming that you can find an employer who needs your expertise then I don't think it should be especially difficult. At least it should be easier than it was when I moved here in January 1986 when I had to provide the Norwegian Embassy in London with a stack of documentation proving that the company that was going to employ me had tried for six months to find a Norwegian who could do the job and failed before they would issue a work permit. Anyway, Norway is a very transparent society with a well integrated government web site so you should be able to find the details here: https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/work-immigration/ https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/work-immigration/
bluntfang 7y ago
I've worked in Cambridge MA for 10ish years and lived in JP and/or Somerville for as long, not sure what you mean by unsupported? Do you mean "long commutes"?

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kwhitefoot 7y ago

That can all easily be fixed. I'm currently working on a short term job at Statnett in Oslo. The office is all open plan but there are loads of small sound proofed rooms of various sizes that you can use for a work conversation. It's frowned upon to have a long or loud conversation at your desk. You just pick up your laptop and go to a little conference room. Some are just big enough for three people but they all have a big screen and conferencing tools. Each floor also has an area where you can relax with a cup of tea or coffee and read the newspaper. Desks are all motorised so you can adjust the height and use them standing if you like, the desks are not personal although those who work most of the time in the office do use the same desk all the time. The environment is quiet, the temperature is pleasant, there are automatic blinds on the windows shut out the sun when it is too strong. For me it works really well. If I have a meeting then I go in early, find a desk and work, go to the meeting, back to the desk and do some work, then finish the day just as though it was an ordinary office day. But I agree, there are plenty of places (I've worked in some) where all of your negative office conditions apply.

joncrane 7y ago
Sidetrack: do you know how hard/easy is it for a United Statesian to get a job in Norway? It's kind of a dream of mine to live and work in Norway for a while.
- kwhitefoot 7y ago
  Assuming that you can find an employer who needs your expertise then I don't think it should be especially difficult. At least it should be easier than it was when I moved here in January 1986 when I had to provide the Norwegian Embassy in London with a stack of documentation proving that the company that was going to employ me had tried for six months to find a Norwegian who could do the job and failed before they would issue a work permit. Anyway, Norway is a very transparent society with a well integrated government web site so you should be able to find the details here: https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/work-immigration/ https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/work-immigration/

bluntfang 7y ago

I've worked in Cambridge MA for 10ish years and lived in JP and/or Somerville for as long, not sure what you mean by unsupported? Do you mean "long commutes"?