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Amazon using doors as desks back in the day is in stark contrast to startups using WeWork space now.
by JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
Amazon using doors as desks back in the day is in stark contrast to startups using WeWork space now.
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y agoAmazon using doors was an expensive thing to do that they mainly did for the image it brought them. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21133408 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21133408
- JohnJamesRambo 7y agoI agree it is cheesy but at least they were trying!
- ericd 7y agoI don't think it's that expensive? Hollow core doors are cheap (~$30 at HD), flexible, huge, durable, and feel nice. I love my door desk.
- knolax 7y agoThey hired people to build the desks. The labor cost probably puts them in the red, especiaplly b/c of the scale.
- jdavis703 7y agoHow can something be flexible and durable? As someone who accidentally punched a hole through a hollow core door, I can definitely say I’d never consider placing expensive equipment on one.
- speedplane 7y ago> As someone who accidentally punched a hole through a hollow core door, I can definitely say I’d never consider placing expensive equipment on one. Why would you place expensive equipment on a door?
- ericd 7y agoI meant flexible in terms of what it allows you to do (although it does flex a bit as well). But to your question, ductile (non-brittle) metals tend to be more durable than brittle ones.
- jumpingmice 7y agoA full-size exterior door as a desk seems like an impossible luxury to me now. I'm a high-ranking engineer at a famous, rich company and I'm well-paid etc but my desk is 24"x44". The conditions under which modern software companies expect "knowledge workers" to exercise their mental abilities are absurd.