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Google has gotten so cheap, employees now have to share desks

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Re: Google has gotten so cheap, employees now have to share desks

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Post by JPKab »

robswc wrote: post #9
lovich wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Doing anything less is wasteful, and if Google was doing this before it was robbing investors. Overton window keeps moving in the direction of fuck the employees to benefit the shareholders I guess. Having a personalized space used to not be considered a perk but table stacks for working at a company not too long ago. I get that the employees aren’t in office all week but that’s kinda on google for not having enoug…

I honestly hate open offices so much. I'm constantly amazed any work gets done with the layout.

I despise them. I'm convinced that they became "cool" purely for two reasons:

1.) Bosses loved the feeling of superiority they had by having their own office but everyone else is sitting out in the open where they can easily see them all and bother them at a moment's notice.

2.) Fresh out of college grads would see them and get this feeling of a cool, buzzing, hypersocial hive that made them feel all good inside.

Re: Google has gotten so cheap, employees now have to share desks

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Post by hindsightbias »

JPKab wrote: post #5

Clickbait title because arstechnica is a garbage publication. Employees are expected to work 2 days a week out of the office, and will swap the desk with another employee. They will not sit at the same desk at the same time. Doing anything less is wasteful, and if Google was doing this before it was robbing investors.

If they could just optimize search to be as useful.

Re: Google has gotten so cheap, employees now have to share desks

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Post by Adraghast »

JPKab wrote: post #10
lovich wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Doing anything less is wasteful, and if Google was doing this before it was robbing investors. Overton window keeps moving in the direction of fuck the employees to benefit the shareholders I guess. Having a personalized space used to not be considered a perk but table stacks for working at a company not too long ago. I get that the employees aren’t in office all week but that’s kinda on google for not having enoug…

Would you pay to rent a car for 5 days if you were only going to drive it for 2 days? You wouldn't, because you care about your own money. Why is it that we pretend like "shareholders" are these mythical beasts that are different than us? I have money in the stock market. You probably do as well. Why does your money suddenly become ok to waste if it's invested in a company? 5 days a week, yes, everyone gets their own…

Read the comments on this post alone. It affects morale. Morale affect productivity, no germaphobia required.

Re: Google has gotten so cheap, employees now have to share desks

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Post by wly_cdgr »

JPKab wrote: post #5

Clickbait title because arstechnica is a garbage publication. Employees are expected to work 2 days a week out of the office, and will swap the desk with another employee. They will not sit at the same desk at the same time. Doing anything less is wasteful, and if Google was doing this before it was robbing investors.

Chill, bro, it's not that heavy

Re: Google has gotten so cheap, employees now have to share desks

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Post by Galanwe »

> Google has an internal-only virtual desktop tool for thin clients called "CloudTop" that it would like employees to transition to

This is the end.

All thin client/remote desktop solutions that I have used are laggy enough to piss off a programmer, while fast enough to fool a manager.

It's the perfect killing blow to productivity and morale.

Re: Google has gotten so cheap, employees now have to share desks

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Post by imroot »

JPKab wrote: post #11
robswc wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly hate open offices so much. I'm constantly amazed any work gets done with the layout.

I despise them. I'm convinced that they became "cool" purely for two reasons: 1.) Bosses loved the feeling of superiority they had by having their own office but everyone else is sitting out in the open where they can easily see them all and bother them at a moment's notice. 2.) Fresh out of college grads would see them and get this feeling of a cool, buzzing, hypersocial hive that made them feel all good inside.

Accountants love the cost — you can not only save money on construction costs, you can squeeze more bodies in there…
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