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Back in the 90s, a very large company you've heard of had all their development contractors in cubes with the call center. Headphones to block out the sound wer

Back in the 90s, a very large company you've heard of had all their development contractors in cubes with the call center. Headphones to block out the sound were pretty much required to get things done. Me and a college were assigned to a cramped broom closet. We had the best seats because at least we could close the door.

MattGaiser 5y ago
> were assigned to a cramped broom closet. > We had the best seats I am going to send this particular comment to anyone who wonders why workers do not want to go back in.
topkai22 5y ago
I was a contractor to another very large tech company. They were better and tried to give each employee a private office, but were out of space. Employees were doubled up, but they put 8-10 contractors into a converted executive corner office. I was one of them. Then all the other contractors rolled off and they kind of forgot about me for a couple of month, so I, the most junior of junior devs, ended up with a giant corner private office all to myself. After I went full time with the company and asked if I could keep the office. They said no :)
- hbogert 5y ago
  Reminds me of being a msc student. We got a "lab" environment which was just a couple of tables, the lab part was bringing your own laptop, because computer science. PhD candidates came in on hot summer days being pretty jealous, as our room used to be the serverroom, i.e., the only room with working airconditioning.
devchix 5y ago
Early 2000s, me and two others, all working for major US-multinational companies you've all heard of, were onsite for one major US customer. We were all shoved into one cube, ONE. I used to joke that if the cube was any smaller it would have been fornication. Three laptops, gears, writing implements, three chairs. There was one power strip and one desk phone. This went on for probably 5 months. We were all polite, agreeable people so nobody came out with lasting damages.
Corrado 5y ago
Myself and another developer got put into a vault one time. It was really nice; we liked the same type of music and just jammed and programmed the entire time.

MattGaiser 5y ago

> were assigned to a cramped broom closet. > We had the best seats I am going to send this particular comment to anyone who wonders why workers do not want to go back in.

topkai22 5y ago

I was a contractor to another very large tech company. They were better and tried to give each employee a private office, but were out of space. Employees were doubled up, but they put 8-10 contractors into a converted executive corner office. I was one of them. Then all the other contractors rolled off and they kind of forgot about me for a couple of month, so I, the most junior of junior devs, ended up with a giant corner private office all to myself. After I went full time with the company and asked if I could keep the office. They said no :)

hbogert 5y ago
Reminds me of being a msc student. We got a "lab" environment which was just a couple of tables, the lab part was bringing your own laptop, because computer science. PhD candidates came in on hot summer days being pretty jealous, as our room used to be the serverroom, i.e., the only room with working airconditioning.

devchix 5y ago

Early 2000s, me and two others, all working for major US-multinational companies you've all heard of, were onsite for one major US customer. We were all shoved into one cube, ONE. I used to joke that if the cube was any smaller it would have been fornication. Three laptops, gears, writing implements, three chairs. There was one power strip and one desk phone. This went on for probably 5 months. We were all polite, agreeable people so nobody came out with lasting damages.

Corrado 5y ago

Myself and another developer got put into a vault one time. It was really nice; we liked the same type of music and just jammed and programmed the entire time.