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My company is co-located with another company and they encourage dogs in the office. My question has always been: what if you want to hire someone with a dog a
by saryant 12y ago
My company is co-located with another company and they encourage dogs in the office.
My question has always been: what if you want to hire someone with a dog allergy?
Worse: what if the person isn't currently local and there aren't any dogs in the office the day they happen to come in but relocate only to find they can't possibly work in that office?
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoWork remotely.
- Spooky23 12y agoI was always kind of amazed about companies that do this. I'd love to bring my dog to the office, but when does it become not ok to cause physical harm to my co-workers?
- existencebox 12y agoWhile I was at google, I had (and have) a minor pet dander allergy. There were _many_ dogs regularly in the office, and perhaps I'm being overly paranoid/judgemental of the culture, but mentioning your own discomfort would have been read very negatively against you by not only the dog owners but by all the people who do buy in to that it is some part of the culture. Whether you read that as a feature or a frustration, it comes down to that it simply becomes another line item that potential candidates may be judging you on, and you may never know about it. (it's certainly something I keep an eye out for nowadays.)
- saryant 12y agoPersonally, I think it's wholly inappropriate to put an employee in that situation, especially since new employees can't speak up as freely as those with a longer tenure at the organization. You can't just show up and start rocking the boat.