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> 3. Having in person chit-chat - working Having done years in both settings, random non-work related discussions were always more prevalent in office type atm

> 3. Having in person chit-chat - working Having done years in both settings, random non-work related discussions were always more prevalent in office type atmospheres. Only semi-related but in office at a cubicle is the least productive environment I've ever seen for companies. I cannot personally take a leadership team serious if they care about productivity & fiscal responsibility when they have cubicle farms of more than 10 people in an area.

sugarpimpdorsey 1y ago
> Having done years in both settings, random non-work related discussions were always more prevalent in office type atmospheres. Whether you realize it or not, these are team-building exercises. It brings people closer, sometimes too close (I slept with one of them lol), but overall this is a net plus for team dynamics. It's really hard to bond with people exclusively through chat. Especially if you hide behind an anime avatar or refuse to switch on your video.
- mlnj 1y ago
  >It's really hard to bond with people exclusively through chat. Especially if you hide behind an anime avatar or refuse to switch on your video. If they are not bonding virtually, I don't see how much better that relation is going to be when I force these people to be in a corporate space.
  - __s 1y ago
    I worked in MS Vancouver office It's a little special since most people there were due to visa issues preventing them working in Seattle It was too cold. Open layout with people yelling on calls I'd wander around for a few hours, then go home to actually work. I only had one coworker on same team there
    - mlnj 1y ago
      >Open layout with people yelling on calls I would never again want to put up with it.
- dakiol 1y ago
  I don't need to bond with you. I don't need team-building exercises. I have been working for over a decade and made 0 friends at the office. I'm an easy going guy, though, no complaints or anything. Just keeping it professional is good enough. A bit tired of the whole "we are a family" thing really. Plenty of successful open source projects are successful and driven by people working together remotely and behind avatars.
  - Consultant32452 1y ago
    Most workers enjoy being emotionally manipulated by their employers. A friend of mine was gushing because their new employer sent some chocolates to everyone at Christmas time. They felt “appreciated”.
- xenobeb 1y ago
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basisword 1y ago
How common are cubicles now? I haven't seen one in nearly 20 years. And I find open-office environments kind of discourage non-work chat because you know you're disturbing others for no good reason.
- sugarpimpdorsey 1y ago
  Still the norm outside of tech.
- adabyron 1y ago
  Apologies. I think of cubicles the same as open office and they’re not. There is kind of a spectrum between these ideas. In my above statement I was thinking of both cubicles and open office.

sugarpimpdorsey 1y ago

> Having done years in both settings, random non-work related discussions were always more prevalent in office type atmospheres. Whether you realize it or not, these are team-building exercises. It brings people closer, sometimes too close (I slept with one of them lol), but overall this is a net plus for team dynamics. It's really hard to bond with people exclusively through chat. Especially if you hide behind an anime avatar or refuse to switch on your video.

mlnj 1y ago
>It's really hard to bond with people exclusively through chat. Especially if you hide behind an anime avatar or refuse to switch on your video. If they are not bonding virtually, I don't see how much better that relation is going to be when I force these people to be in a corporate space.
- __s 1y ago
  I worked in MS Vancouver office It's a little special since most people there were due to visa issues preventing them working in Seattle It was too cold. Open layout with people yelling on calls I'd wander around for a few hours, then go home to actually work. I only had one coworker on same team there
  - mlnj 1y ago
    >Open layout with people yelling on calls I would never again want to put up with it.
dakiol 1y ago
I don't need to bond with you. I don't need team-building exercises. I have been working for over a decade and made 0 friends at the office. I'm an easy going guy, though, no complaints or anything. Just keeping it professional is good enough. A bit tired of the whole "we are a family" thing really. Plenty of successful open source projects are successful and driven by people working together remotely and behind avatars.
- Consultant32452 1y ago
  Most workers enjoy being emotionally manipulated by their employers. A friend of mine was gushing because their new employer sent some chocolates to everyone at Christmas time. They felt “appreciated”.
xenobeb 1y ago
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basisword 1y ago

How common are cubicles now? I haven't seen one in nearly 20 years. And I find open-office environments kind of discourage non-work chat because you know you're disturbing others for no good reason.

sugarpimpdorsey 1y ago
Still the norm outside of tech.
adabyron 1y ago
Apologies. I think of cubicles the same as open office and they’re not. There is kind of a spectrum between these ideas. In my above statement I was thinking of both cubicles and open office.