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And check out the old Slack HQ: https://www.officelovin.com/2019/07/a-tour-of-slacks-super-s...
Both this and the pictures of the Github office show people primarily working 'casually', lounging on a couch or sat at a normal table. My office may be plain, but at least a proper monitor and an adjustable-height desk is considered essential.
And check out the old Slack HQ: https://www.officelovin.com/2019/07/a-tour-of-slacks-super-s...
Both this and the pictures of the Github office show people primarily working 'casually', lounging on a couch or sat at a normal table. My office may be plain, but at least a proper monitor and an adjustable-height desk is considered essential.
It feels like HN leans toward the idea that remote work is always better. I disagree, but I recognize I'm in the minority here. But, I do want to point out that this happened: https://www.wired.com/2014/04/tom-pw/ Correlation is not causation, etc. BUT, to me it feels like this kind of thing would not have happened if there had been more consistent in office time. (ducks from the tidal wave of downvotes...) Sure, I i…
And check out the old Slack HQ: https://www.officelovin.com/2019/07/a-tour-of-slacks-super-s...
You want me to come into the office? Give me an actual office. Anything less is insulting.
Looking back it really is funny how impressed people used to be by dumb office perks. Free food and coffee? Sure, for the convenience. But the slides, the ball pits, the scooters? Sure it might make the office a nice place to be but once the novelty wears off it's still really hard to beat working from home.
> it's still really hard to beat working from home Citation needed. Personally, working from home is an absolute nightmare for me. There is an endless list of chores and things to do around the house that are a constant distraction and mind-space consumer, it is hard to disconnect at the end of the day, I am continually continually interrupted by family members (...and if I am not I am worrying if the kids are ok sin…
I had a few coworkers that skipped out on daycare when they worked from home. Then they complained about being interrupted all the time by their kids. IMO, there is nothing wrong with putting the kids in daycare while you are working at home.
This trend for making workspaces ever more like cafes or bars was mystifying even pre covid, especially for offices in downtown locations.
Of course in case a stray ray of sun manages to come almost close to get in, automatic curtains roll out.
The walls are just grey cement, the floor is gray carpet (that statically charges you, as you walk) and the furniture is black.
You need lamps on even in the most sunny summer days.
The lights are constantly dimmed, and the temperature is too cold (probably under legal limits, in the winter).
Oh and there is some speakers constantly playing music.
Overall it looks like it was designed by a teenager trying to be cool.
Photos (originally from user Manjuuu in a previous submission https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36107267 ) https://officesnapshots.com/2015/04/06/github-san-francisco-... https://www.officelovin.com/2014/05/inside-githubs-san-franc...
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You don't get the cabinet to keep the dust off of the dishes, but we'll keep the cabinet doors so that they're still in the way? It's like a nudist suspending a zipper over their crotch.
Off topic, but is it not crazy that there are ads plastered on just about every possible place of this write up, yet there are 0 pictures of the actual office?
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OMG, those barstools with the flat bottoms. Painful after 10 minutes. Who does this? I see this in co-working spaces all the time. Whoever designed them does not actually do any deep work. I just want a great chair and 3 monitors.
It baffles me too. They're for perching, not for sitting. Compare that with something like an upmarket Korean internet café, where all the chairs are supremely comfortable and the monitors are a gorgeous 4k 120Hz. It's really a lesson in the designers being the users. Internet Café owners in Korea generally grow up using them too. Tech offices are made by the same people who design hipster cafés, wealthy homes, and r…
And for some reason, they do that while sitting on a table in a hipster café (at least a friend of mine does that).
Photos (originally from user Manjuuu in a previous submission https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36107267 ) https://officesnapshots.com/2015/04/06/github-san-francisco-... https://www.officelovin.com/2014/05/inside-githubs-san-franc...
