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Google tells employees to share desks as it looks to cut costs
- nickthegreek 4y agodupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34913517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34913517
- dang 4y agoComments moved thither. Thanks!
- sunsunsunsun 4y agoSimultaneously asking people back to the office while making working in the office a worse experience.
- wkat4242 4y agoExactly what my employer is doing. The office is horrible now :(
- mahoho 4y agoAside from all the other glaring issues with this model with respect to workers' wellbeing, do they even consider how it affects people who need specific ergonomic or accessibility accommodations? Like, my own desk has a ton of stuff I need just to get through a day of computer use: split keyboard, clamp-on keyboard tray, vertical mouse, trackball. Am I supposed to just haul all that crap in, set it up, tear it down, and haul it back home every day? I doubt the storage situation helps much either; I know someone who works for another company that recently switched to this and he can't even fit basic work tools like a headset into his locker.
- Jabrov 4y agoObviously there will be exceptions where you can apply to still have a desk if you need one as you say.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 4y agoThere is a great way for efficient desk usage, is called the remote work + sell the building. That leads to 100% utilization of the 0 desks available, at all time. Grumpy for the whole "remote work is bad" thing