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What’s the Point of the Office Again?
- ctoth 5y agoAt least they're saying the quiet part out loud now?
- twobitshifter 5y agoSome Select quotes: >The office is primarily a social space, not a productive one. Most humans aren’t solitary, like snow leopards, but more like birds. The office provides a place to ruffle plumage and establish a pecking order. > Nor is the office necessarily ideal for heads-down, focused work. “You should pretty much get rid of every desk in the office,” says Samuel. “My feeling is that if you’re going to sit alone at a desk, stay home. There are jobs that are the exception, but in most cases, the point of the office is other people, and the point of home is focus.” >If returning to the office feels, at first, like a waste of time, remember that the point is not to be more productive. It’s to let colleagues (especially the ones who sign the paychecks) know we care. It reads like the office is about ego above all. Maybe we can just start paying ceremonial tribute to our bosses so that they feel good about themselves.