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Jul 18, 2018
7:29:21am

dadofkhec Playmaker

Do tell where you work so we don’t make the same mistake.

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dadofkhec

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My company doesn’t have assigned desks...

ballen

7/18/18 7:22am

Sounds absolutely terrible. Can you just work from home?

Odysseus

7/18/18 7:24am

No. Too many meetings, which is how they justify it.

ballen

7/18/18 7:25am

What year is it? Have people not heard of Skype?

7/18/18 7:59am

Design meetings are never as good via Skype.

Nathanael Greene

7/18/18 8:54am

Do tell where you work so we don’t make the same mistake.

dadofkhec

7/18/18 7:29am

Not in Utah so I doubt you guys will stumble upon it.

ballen

7/18/18 7:29am

The only company I’ve ever personally seen do this is Hudl.

Duke Silver

7/18/18 7:43am

That’s too bad. Is there an anonymous way to express your frustration?

dadofkhec

7/18/18 11:36am

my last job had this. you usually just ended up sitting in the same spot every

Martin Van Nostrand

7/18/18 7:36am

How long did you work at Goldman?

itsuptoyou

7/18/18 7:40am

good catch... a few years but only the last year was mobile seating

Martin Van Nostrand

7/18/18 7:44am

Our company just move to that for staff and seniors...being on the other end

Fdnman

7/18/18 7:46am

if those flexible work arrangements don't include working from home and tele-wor

Saxa

7/18/18 7:52am

They are audit staff/seniors...so they really are out of the office more days

Fdnman

7/18/18 8:00am

If space costs too much you are in the wrong location - move to a cheaper town

ArchbishopMitty

7/18/18 1:27pm

No duel monitors is insane.

JuicyJam

7/18/18 7:50am

Two monitors is so 10 years ago

Dzog

7/18/18 8:00am

I guess I shouldn't complain that my corner office doesn't have any windows.

slowhiteguy

7/18/18 7:55am

Sometimes upper management people just think too much.

mudpupper

7/18/18 8:15am

On the other hand...doing things the same way we have for decades doesn't

Fdnman

7/18/18 8:23am

Adapting is fine and necessary. But I see people change for the sake of

mudpupper

7/18/18 8:35am

I think that “researching” is what a lot of companies are doing.

Superman21

7/18/18 8:59am

Everyone should have the option for a private office. If you want to sit in an

ArchbishopMitty

7/18/18 4:06pm

Not to mention, where I worked before

Superman21

7/18/18 5:08pm

So we should just do things that are known to be dumb for the sake of

ArchbishopMitty

7/18/18 4:02pm

TBF, that's actually upper management not thinking *enough*.

outlier

7/18/18 8:38am

"innovation" is sometimes the opiate for the un-thinking highly positioned

ArchbishopMitty

7/18/18 1:30pm

I have only seen that for large consulting operations

bluelands

7/18/18 8:47am

We do that at my internship, but everyone ends up using the same desk

TCuz

7/18/18 9:39am

That really sucks, sounds like they are trying to cut productivity big time

ArchbishopMitty

7/18/18 1:28pm

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