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The difference between plebs' and bosses' seating arrangements. If plebs get second hand, barely functional chairs/desks, hand-me-downs as computing equipment
by gorbachev 4y ago
The difference between plebs' and bosses' seating arrangements.
If plebs get second hand, barely functional chairs/desks, hand-me-downs as computing equipment and insufficient lighting while bosses get a corner office and a $10K desk, it's pretty clear who they value and who they don't, which normally also extend to how seriously the plebs' opinions/suggestions are taken.
- daviddever23box 4y agoCorner offices are where individual motivations go to die.
- KingOfCoders 4y agoOnce in a company we moved and people found out it would be open office layouts - coming from team offices. My boss took a lot of effort to explain how nice open office is, how productivity will benefit, and better working together. When we moved we found out he had his own office
- donw 4y agoYeah, the problem isn't necessarily the open plan. Those work if you design them well, but most companies don't, aiming for "urban chic" rather than "this is a place for people to get stuff done". The problem is the "some pigs are more equal than others".
- KingOfCoders 4y agoThe team eagerly wanted to redecorate, I "allowed" (for those who felt they needed this) the team to redecorate and move their desks how they saw the best layout. Boy did I get into trouble with the designer and corporate policy, because the desks in the whole enterprise were layouted in that (for developers bad) way (long rows). I threatened to leave and the team got their layout (4 desk islands, lots of moveable whiteboards, plants and dividers).