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"Of course, this sends shivers up the spines of people who feel the need to exert control in the workplace." I'm not sure who you mean here. As an employee, I
by vitd 11y ago
"Of course, this sends shivers up the spines of people who feel the need to exert control in the workplace."
I'm not sure who you mean here. As an employee, I would dislike moving around a lot as I like to, for example, have a picture of my wife on my desk, or have a pair of headphones I leave at the desk so I don't have to lug them back and forth between home and work. I also have some useful physical references I keep around and have physical (paper) files I need to keep track of for my job. Having to move all of those things or having them in a place other than within arm's reach at my desk would make me less productive. If trying to remain productive means "feeling the need to exert control in the workplace," then yeah, guilty as charged.
Other than that, I like the idea of mixing up who sits where, so long as it's for relatively long periods of time. Weeks at least, preferably months. It would be annoying to have to move every few days.
- someperson 11y agoGrandparent comment is talking about 'control freak' management, not an employee managing his personal desk space
- iamcurious 11y agoYou could have a desk with wheels.
- kabdib 11y agoMoving every few days would be bad. (I usually stay in the same spot for 4-6 months). The desk has wheels: It's just a matter of unplugging two cables and rolling desk+chair to a new spot. Since I've got a couple of computers on the floor, this takes two trips and maybe 15 minutes, most of which is waiting for the slow freight elevator. Picture of my wife stays in place the whole time. In the 80s and 90s I used to keep a whole bookshelf in my office. Took days to move (get boxes, fill them, have moving people move them, unbox, etc.). I've pruned this down to one or two books. Everything else is online, and it's fine. I could see that requiring a bunch of physical references would be a problem.