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It is called an "Office" if you want to provide one I am happy to talk. If you want me to work in a noisy communal room I am happy to walk.

by ZiiS 4y ago

davemp 4y ago
I feel like this is the real disconnect. I wonder how much of the current situation can be attributed to malfeasance in commercial architecture. A huge amount of office layouts are simply inhumane. Take this floor plan [0] I found by searching for "commercial space with private office floor plans" for example. There are cubes with workers' backs positioned literally 3ft from a door to an occupied room. When I position a desk in spaces I control, I point my back away from doors, windows, and walkways. Literally every cubicle or open office floor plan I've seen in practice seems to explicitly do the opposite. What fluffy things architects or executives have to say about collaboration is irrelevant imo, you are indisputably more physically vulnerable in positions with your back exposed. Some part of me is always trying to be aware of what's happening behind me and it kills my focus. I don't actually fear violence in such situations it's just a reflex. [0]: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/ff/e7/d8ffe768ab6de0db4d7604a256a9a106.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/ff/e7/d8ffe768ab6de0db4d76...
lotsoweiners 4y ago
Agreed. I mostly work from home but on occasion if I go in (for some forces reason) i do absolutely no work. I chit chat, go on long walks, chit chat more, go on a long lunch, look at the internet a little and then leave early enough so that i am still home at the time I normally home when I WFH. Your tax dollars hard at work.
- jewayne 4y ago
  In my experience chit chatting lays the groundwork for extemporaneous collaboration, the kind that turns a week of work into an hour of work, because you happened to remember that one guy said he did something like this at a previous job.

It is called an "Office" if you want to provide one I am happy to talk. If you want me to work in a noisy communal room I am happy to walk.

by ZiiS 4y ago

It is called an "Office" if you want to provide one I am happy to talk. If you want me to work in a noisy communal room I am happy to walk.

davemp 4y ago

I feel like this is the real disconnect. I wonder how much of the current situation can be attributed to malfeasance in commercial architecture. A huge amount of office layouts are simply inhumane. Take this floor plan [0] I found by searching for "commercial space with private office floor plans" for example. There are cubes with workers' backs positioned literally 3ft from a door to an occupied room. When I position a desk in spaces I control, I point my back away from doors, windows, and walkways. Literally every cubicle or open office floor plan I've seen in practice seems to explicitly do the opposite. What fluffy things architects or executives have to say about collaboration is irrelevant imo, you are indisputably more physically vulnerable in positions with your back exposed. Some part of me is always trying to be aware of what's happening behind me and it kills my focus. I don't actually fear violence in such situations it's just a reflex. [0]: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/ff/e7/d8ffe768ab6de0db4d7604a256a9a106.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/ff/e7/d8ffe768ab6de0db4d76...

lotsoweiners 4y ago

Agreed. I mostly work from home but on occasion if I go in (for some forces reason) i do absolutely no work. I chit chat, go on long walks, chit chat more, go on a long lunch, look at the internet a little and then leave early enough so that i am still home at the time I normally home when I WFH. Your tax dollars hard at work.

jewayne 4y ago
In my experience chit chatting lays the groundwork for extemporaneous collaboration, the kind that turns a week of work into an hour of work, because you happened to remember that one guy said he did something like this at a previous job.