“I’m perfectly happy in my large, quiet office, sitting in my $2000 executive chair in front of my mahogany desk and using my private executive bathroom. I don’t know what these people on the fourth floor are complaining about. We give them cubicles and a ping-pong table (do not use during work hours), don’t we?”
Worked at 3 of them that did that. Worst working environmentsever. Current one is experimenting with it, but I’m WFH all the time so I just made it known I never want that.
Having done cleaning in offices such as these for at least one of the top companies in the world, I fail to see why even this sort of office is all that compelling. Look, a miniature golf statue…
They’re not compelling to you and I. They’re a way to show fellow executives how powerful you are. A huge office with expensive furniture means you’re important.
“I’m perfectly happy in my large, quiet office, sitting in my $2000 executive chair in front of my mahogany desk and using my private executive bathroom. I don’t know what these people on the fourth floor are complaining about. We give them cubicles and a ping-pong table (do not use during work hours), don’t we?”
Cubicles? In this economy?
Now they’re all about open floor plans for collaboration (read: for squeezing more people in the same space).
Worked at 3 of them that did that. Worst working environmentsever. Current one is experimenting with it, but I’m WFH all the time so I just made it known I never want that.
Sometimes you have to give them a little extra to make them more productive. It’s okay, we found a loophole in accounting so it’s a write-off.
Having done cleaning in offices such as these for at least one of the top companies in the world, I fail to see why even this sort of office is all that compelling. Look, a miniature golf statue…
They’re not compelling to you and I. They’re a way to show fellow executives how powerful you are. A huge office with expensive furniture means you’re important.
Gotta gather in a room to compare business cards like they do in American Psycho or it just isn’t businessing!
And we had our yearly cook out last month!