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Temperature is such a personal thing; it's almost impossible to satisfy an entire group: some like it hotter, some colder, some in-between. On average women get
by arp242 3y ago
Temperature is such a personal thing; it's almost impossible to satisfy an entire group: some like it hotter, some colder, some in-between. On average women get cold quicker then men. I always have the problem that it's either too hot or that there's not enough fresh air (one office didn't even have windows or AC, it was horrible and I had a headache by 2pm every day, mostly due to lack of fresh air).
Personal offices is the best solution; I had a job that did that. It was brilliant. it's also fairly rare unfortunately.
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoOlder people also get colder than younger people. So a 20 year old male and a 60 year old female are not going to be even close in terms of preferred temperature.
- bombolo 3y agoThere are laws that often get ignored.
- godelski 3y ago> Personal offices is the best solution Especially because I can communicate with my door if I'm in no distraction mode or not. I don't understand why doors are considered toxic, they're a god send. (see larger rant)
- arp242 3y agoThis is one of those things that really depends on the etiquette and expectations. We had a simple "if door closed == thinking deep thoughts == don't disturb unless urgent" etiquette, and it worked well, but this does need to be widely understood and communicated, otherwise it can indeed come off as "harsh" (especially if you're the only one doing it!)
- godelski 3y agoYeah I had a shared office once where we'd never close the door and it just felt useless. I think part of what causes this though is management. If they are very concerned about seeing you work then it never works. But that generally means there's other issues since they are micromanaging instead of leading.