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Absolute rubbish. I can give you just as many anecdotes to the contrary, viz.: Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, all of whom had reasonably perfect offices two decades
by spolsky 17y ago
Absolute rubbish. I can give you just as many anecdotes to the contrary, viz.: Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, all of whom had reasonably perfect offices two decades ago.
- spolsky 17y agoSheesh. I am so SICK AND TIRED of these articles that are like, "here's my anecdote, therefore, this is proof of a general pattern that's ALWAYS true." It's like people don't even have the vaguest grasp of science. Why bother when you can tell an irrelevant story about some time you spent a lot of time arguing about carpet, and then your company went down the tubes?
- jibiki 17y agoParkinson published his book in 1958 :) One imagines that there were counterexamples even in his day, though. Can anyone think of some companies that were rising stars in 1958? Did they have nice offices?
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- skmurphy 17y agoTo the extent that the organization believes that it has "arrived" and the focus shifts from customers or the people that it serves to catering to the management then a gleaming headquarters serves as an outward physical manifestation of attitudes that presage decline. It could be that a gleaming headquarters blinds the leadership to threats and the need for continued change.
- billswift 17y agoParkinson was writing humor. There is a core of truth to his stuff, but he obviously exaggerated for effect.