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I wouldn't mind working from the office if I had an actual office. But instead I get an open space cubicle with random people walking and talking behind my bac

I wouldn't mind working from the office if I had an actual office. But instead I get an open space cubicle with random people walking and talking behind my back every 5 minutes. I get a $50 uncomfortable chair that looks like it's 15 years old. I get an unstocked kitchen, so I have to spend $15-20 on a meal. I get random people stealing food and stuff of my desk. This was at a big 3-letter corporation and at a startup before that. I switched to remote 10 years ago and don't ever want to work from "the office" ever again.

burntoutfire 4y ago
You get a cubicle? I thought nowadays the norm is just people sitting at a row of desks, as if office furniture and space was made of gold and needed to be extremely optimised for.
- taylodl 4y ago
  It helps you "collaborate", if by "collaboration" you mean everybody griping about how awful the working conditions are. It's funny to see people waxing nostalgic about the days in the office - everybody working in an open space, wearing headphones and ignoring one another so they could get some work done, and everybody griping about how awful the environment is.
cosmodisk 4y ago
I work for a company that was a hardcore office only. Then covid started. We made a decision in less than half an hour and in just a couple of days everyone was working remote. That was back in 2020. Since then, some heads of departments changed their stances completely and point blank refuse to return to the office. Some didn't know how to manage people,so they ended up getting them back in the office. My department was a perfect example that remote could work,so we were left alone and any further attempts to bring people back to the office were killed before gaining any traction. I ended up moving to a different country. Shortly after I asked if I could get a budget for some office space. The CEO approved.So after more than 7 years in stupid open space offices,I ended up in a corner office. I furnished it with my own money, everything from a fridge to a couch and even a bottle of whisky. O used to get approached every 10 min about some shit. Now I sit alone all day. People still call, email me, but I don't get distracted with stupid shit. My second half never understood why I spent all that money on that office space,but for me it was that ultimate corner of my own.

burntoutfire 4y ago

You get a cubicle? I thought nowadays the norm is just people sitting at a row of desks, as if office furniture and space was made of gold and needed to be extremely optimised for.

taylodl 4y ago
It helps you "collaborate", if by "collaboration" you mean everybody griping about how awful the working conditions are. It's funny to see people waxing nostalgic about the days in the office - everybody working in an open space, wearing headphones and ignoring one another so they could get some work done, and everybody griping about how awful the environment is.

cosmodisk 4y ago

I work for a company that was a hardcore office only. Then covid started. We made a decision in less than half an hour and in just a couple of days everyone was working remote. That was back in 2020. Since then, some heads of departments changed their stances completely and point blank refuse to return to the office. Some didn't know how to manage people,so they ended up getting them back in the office. My department was a perfect example that remote could work,so we were left alone and any further attempts to bring people back to the office were killed before gaining any traction. I ended up moving to a different country. Shortly after I asked if I could get a budget for some office space. The CEO approved.So after more than 7 years in stupid open space offices,I ended up in a corner office. I furnished it with my own money, everything from a fridge to a couch and even a bottle of whisky. O used to get approached every 10 min about some shit. Now I sit alone all day. People still call, email me, but I don't get distracted with stupid shit. My second half never understood why I spent all that money on that office space,but for me it was that ultimate corner of my own.