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Yes, I live for this stuff. I love perks. Remote work killed perks en masse and I hate it. I found when I worked in the office I could just focus. No family mem
by no_wizard 3y ago
Yes, I live for this stuff. I love perks. Remote work killed perks en masse and I hate it. I found when I worked in the office I could just focus. No family members interrupting me because they can (though this has gotten better).
Never had to worry about food except maybe dinner. I could roam around free away from my desk and enjoy a quiet office park that allowed me to feel safe. I had access to a very nice gym that was quiet and well maintained. The on-site dentist and doctor was also nice, kept my costs down to virtually zero on both accounts.
Pay and stock options were just as good if not better.
I’m sad it’s gone to be honest. While I’d likely advocate for a true hybrid solution myself I don’t dismiss the upsides of offices like this at all
- Apocryphon 3y agoHow did you somehow get your own office and not be forced to work in an open office plan
- no_wizard 3y agoI didn’t. We had high walled cubicles though and buildings / floors were designated (IE only product and engineering worked in my area), and we had plenty of meeting rooms and micro offices for meetings that people didn’t take them at their desk either. I also had really good company paid noise canceling headphones and I’m hard of hearing, so that helped
- Apocryphon 3y agoSounds like you were able to at least partially avoid the ubiquitous open office trend. Pre-pandemic, many in tech would’ve killed for a cubicle space of their own. It does sound like a rare good modern office space.
- no_wizard 3y agoWas my favorite in office experience bar none. I had a different one with open ish plan and I would still take that today. Noise canceling headphones and good culture norms mitigate a lot for me