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Fukuzawa
@davidgerard Thanks needed this
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16 May 2023 at 19:03 | Open on peeledoffmy.skin
lopta
@davidgerard The site I work at is removing cubes and installing tiny desks because it means they can cram in more people.
lopta
@davidgerard It's pretty grim. In one building they want two people per desk, working simultaneously!
Ulrich_the_Elder 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 😷
@davidgerard If an office block had the first floor converted to shops and services and the other floors converted to housing. You have an instant walking access neighborhood.
Kevin Karhan :verified:
@Ulrich_the_Elder @davidgerard sadly that doesn't work in Germany due to building codes being vastly different between housing and offices...
Jeremy Kitchen
@davidgerard @kf only half of your zoom call? Clearly you haven’t been in public lately :(
Kazinator
Except for, you know, all that work which does not consist of keyboarding and mousing over the Internet.
Nic Dafis
@davidgerard The last office job I had (briefly) required me to drive 64 miles a day to fiddle with a database on the internet. They even had an office I could’ve walked to near my village, but “the IT dept is in Aberystwyth”. I lasted 5 weeks.
Kevin Karhan :verified:
@nic @davidgerard I would've refused to even apply! I do 100% remote nowadays...
Nic Dafis
@kkarhan @davidgerard In the interview they hinted at flexibility, but once I started they insisted on six months of pointless commuting
Kevin Karhan :verified:
@davidgerard +9001% I once left a company with 75% of the #Linux team due to escalating commitment of the employer to an overpriced commercial lease.
Grumbling Game Master
@davidgerard I'm 'lucky' in that our offices are only 2 km from my home, but even so I absolutely fng loathe the ambience. Those pictures could be taken right here. Currently working 60% remote and been applying elsewhere to get 100% remote.
dperkins
@davidgerard Who is "us"? Many people have remarked for a very long time that offices were terrible environments, and many people have been working remotely for decades if not longer. |