Gemini 40 points 3 years ago

I wish I had a cubicle and not the open office.

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simple 22 points 3 years ago

You don't love being watched by everyone in your workplace? /s

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Gemini 21 points 3 years ago

I guess it's not even the watching - I really don't care about it. It would be nice to have fewer distractions from people walking by, chatting nearby, chatting to me, etc.

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Stef_ 17 points 3 years ago

add "flex workspaces" and every day you come to the office you have to search 15mins for a new spot to sit at

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Gemini 7 points 3 years ago

That would truly be horrendous. I happen to like what I do and hate wasting time on trivial shit like this.

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Designer 1 point 3 years ago

This just happened at my work. Open offices and non-assigned seats, I really really hate it.

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asyncrosaurus 11 points 3 years ago

It's not the watching. It's the entitlement people feel that they can talk/disrupt to you at any time, even if you have your headphones on and are clearly focused.

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saegiru 19 points 3 years ago

Open office layouts are absolutely terrible. Why more places haven't figured that out, I'll never know.

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borkcorkedforks 23 points 3 years ago

Those who make the decision still have a full blown office with real walls and a door so won't be negatively affected. It's mostly pushed because the open office idea is cheaper and allows managers to see butts in seats. Studies show it's a bad idea but people talk about collaboration and whatnot as an excuse.

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jubilationtcornpone 10 points 3 years ago

In my experience "collaboration" means talking about basically anything except work. How some idiot on the executive floor got the idea that we all just walk around spontaneously gabbing about ways to make them more money is beyond me. Much of the corporate world is dedicated to mindless churn and professional time wasting.

The more an organization pushes the whole "in office", "collaboration", "water cooler conversations" narrative, the more professional time wasters they have on their payroll. When the only metrics you have are butts in seats, you can't see how little work you're actually getting for your money.

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Quill7513 9 points 3 years ago

The research has been available since at least 2008 that open office floor plans are detrimental to productivity

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brezelradar 2 points 3 years ago

since at least

yup, Peopleware is from 1987

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sailsperson 3 points 3 years ago

Because the decisions like that made by the people who don't know shit about these things or don't care to know shit - most likely, it's also cheaper for them to run this kind of office anyway.

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Merlin 8 points 3 years ago

Who would imagine that. I’d much prefer a cubicle over an open office. Open offices are much cheaper to make so they try to sell us some bullshit to make it seem the best way forward.

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jeena 2 points 3 years ago

This is where this scene from Office Space makes the otherwise on point movie quite old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNai8OYhdxA

When I rewatched it a month ago I was shaking my head that he would by himself create a open office when he had such a nice cubical.

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Golther 1 point 3 years ago

Pretty sure he just wanted to be able to look out yhe window.

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CanadaPlus 31 points 3 years ago

Why do people write ads like that anyway? That just sounds intimidating. I'm pretty good at what I do, but I'm not built to do it in some sort of reality show tournament.

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instamat 23 points 3 years ago

I try to figure out the true meaning behind the buzzwords. Like this tells me they don’t plan ahead and try to spin chaos as excitement

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lightsecond 1 point 3 years ago

Maybe they want to be seen that way?

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ekZeno 28 points 3 years ago

At least you have a nice Coffee Room, lot of space

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CanadaPlus 7 points 3 years ago

Still better than advertised. At least I get to try almond water.

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SneakyThunder 6 points 3 years ago

It should be scp 294

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brezelradar 4 points 3 years ago

technically, yes

Milton behind his desk in the basement

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nephs 24 points 3 years ago

I wish cubicles were a thing. Hotdesking sucks balls.

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learningduck -7 points 3 years ago

Still better than my wife at something.

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MargotRobbie 24 points 3 years ago

Translation: "Our project management sucks, and everything is on fire."

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Phoenix 16 points 3 years ago

The real mystery is when they want five years of experience for the tech that's been out for three.

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CanadaPlus 4 points 3 years ago

There should really be more engineers moving to into HR. Like, there's got to be shitty coders out there that would make great HR managers because they know (or can learn) what Diesel is and why 10 years of experience is unrealistic.

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balder1993 2 points 3 years ago

That isn’t necessary if HR consult engineers first.

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jvisick 1 point 3 years ago

You know how some jobs are one year of experience for three years in a row? Just do the opposite of that.

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Phoenix 2 points 3 years ago

Ah, the hyperbolic timechamber of job experience.

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bsdGuy0 15 points 3 years ago

The environment is deceptive. It is only when you turn on the computer, when the hostility will creep up like a bird on steroids, waiting to peck at you for seemingly a century ahead.

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DeVoid 13 points 3 years ago

Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking. JUST a moment.

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charlybones 5 points 3 years ago

As years go by, this movie gets more accurate, and it's starting to feel like a horror film because of how similar it is to my daily work life.

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jsalvador 9 points 3 years ago

Maybe you will be taking your torches after reading this, but I wish I can work in a place like this. I want my space, not having to listen to people I don't like near me.

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instamat 4 points 3 years ago

This is superior to any open office layout, but I would reposition the desk so my back wasn’t to the entrance

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sethw 9 points 3 years ago

You guys are getting cubicles?

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borkcorkedforks 5 points 3 years ago

We can meet you halfway. The walls will go up about 6 inches above the table. We find this increases synergy and collaboration. On an unrelated note most of our office workers were headphones and are reluctant to talk as it disturbs the entire office.

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instamat 4 points 3 years ago

Synergy and collaboration translates to annoying coworkers who blurt out every thought and question that pops into their head

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lasagna 7 points 3 years ago

They're talking about the project management side of it.

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learningduck 6 points 3 years ago

I see people wanting cubicle, but I can't imagine myself working in a cubicle for an extended period of time. The sense of loneliness and claustrophobic.

Think a 2 people semi open cubicle is the most I can endure.

Heck, I can't even work in my own office room in my house and have to move to the living room.

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SkyeStarfall 14 points 3 years ago

I don't get my social need filled at work. It's not where my friends are.

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jeena 6 points 3 years ago

I saw someone downvoted it, but it's funny because it's true.

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csm10495 2 points 3 years ago

But you also have an included work phone.

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jkure2 2 points 3 years ago

Lmao wow cubes are so not agile, what a scrub. What we did at work for our agile foray was throw everyone into a big room (the basement btw so no windows) with no cube walls (and no sound absorption) and let 60 people plus 3 open air meeting tables do their thing 😂 fucking disaster man

You couldn't drag me back to that life for a single day a week, let alone five. I'd walk on the spot lol

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marcos 1 point 3 years ago

Is it a job at the LHC?

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