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I worked at Google for a brief period of time and put in a work order for a door desk, as it was part of the culture I read about in 'In the Plex' and more. Sa
by kevinburke 14y ago
I worked at Google for a brief period of time and put in a work order for a door desk, as it was part of the culture I read about in 'In the Plex' and more.
Sadly I was told that only senior VP's and up could have door desks. Maybe in 20 years :)
- jrockway 14y agoWhy did you want a door desk when you can get an electronically-controlled height-adjustable desk? Much more ergonomic...
- praptak 14y agoIt is not always that ergonomy is the same as satisfaction.
- jrockway 14y agoWhat makes a door better than a normal desk?
- thematt 14y agoThey're larger and typically deeper than the height adjustable ones.
- jrockway 14y agoWhat do you do with a deep desk? My IKEA table at home is already too deep, all I do with the extra space is store a monitor that I don't use. At work, the extra space hosts a marble track. And this is with a standard desk; a door would just be a massive dust collector. Space that you can't easily reach is essentially useless. My desk mostly exists to take up space between the wall and my monitor so my legs have somewhere to stretch out to.
- emmelaich 14y agoYeah, I have a 'nice' desk with a good finish and slide out keyboard tray, which I got from my family for my birthday. Haven't had the heart to tell them I'd prefer a door.
- jlgreco 14y agoThey feel really substantial but at the same time simple. Basically a taste/style thing for myself. They're like the concrete and steel ibeam art installations of the desk universe. Also with adjustable chairs I've never really felt the need for adjustable desks. We'll see how that works out for me in a few years though I guess. ;)
- praptak 14y agoAll of the other answers to this questions are wrong :) The door desk is a badge of achievement. You feel like you have beaten the system - you got a "desk" for a price of the door. It's similar with many other DIY solutions - the inconvenience does not matter. What matters is that you did it yourself. Plus, in some companies, I imagine it might mark you as a member of an inner circle of door-deskers.