every open plan office was designed by someone with a corner office

[daojoan@mastodon.social]

every open plan office was designed by someone with a corner office

[recursive@hachyderm.io]

@Daojoan I think a few of them were mandated by people who spend all day in meetings and don’t care where their desk is

[ericbono@social.vivaldi.net]

@Daojoan

They like to have us draw a line around the perimeter of the room and offset it. Bingo, instant office plan. Then they have us all sit at a sharp edged counter with our backs to the room. Yes, I'm describing principal designer/fabricators with corner offices.

[grimmy@mastodon.social]

@Daojoan We're moving offices soon and they have literally put engineering in a room in the middle of the building with no windows and no doors.

Meanwhile the people that are never in the office have offices with floor to ceiling windows...

The subtlety is deafening ...

[greenskyoverme@ohai.social]

@Daojoan Yes!!! This!!!

[dennmans@waag.social]

@Daojoan Unfortunately there is only labour and capital. Corner offices are for labourers who are made to believe that they are capitalists.

[ellegaarddk@mstdn.social]

@Daojoan not this one
Https://aalborgsyndikatet.dk 🥰
It's actually possible to create open plan offices where it's great to work!

[drajt@fosstodon.org]

@Daojoan or someone who doesn't have to think for a living...

I used to work in an open plan office and hated it. Too much noise, too many distractions. Horrible and unproductive. I would have much preferred a cube... Though they never seemed to be popular in the UK.

Now I work from home and I'm far more productive.

[datum@zeroes.ca]

@grimmy @Daojoan "You're the engineers, if there needs to be doors for use cases like getting in or out of your office, YOU design it. We'll make it happen! As long as it's reasonable - say, $100, with anything over that coming out of the coffee fund."

#shitpost

[philleu@mastodon.social]

@Daojoan

With a view of both the parking lot and entrance.