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(Although internally, things might be better than it looks from the outside of course)
I'm not in the PA that will be sharing desks but sit in one of the affected offices. I can see about 100 desks from where I am right now. All of them are assigned to someone, but only 6 presently have someone sitting there. Occupancy of our corner peaks at maybe 30%? Something was bound to happen given all the unused real estate. But it's shitty that those of us who actually use our desks, because we rather like work…
Not sure what the rules are at BigCo, but it looks like it would be way simpler to ask office-first people to apply to permanent positions.
I once worked at a startup (pre-covid) that had an open-plan setup with a significant portion of people using standing desks. They provided one stool for 2 standing desks justifying it because "if you use a standing desk you should be standing most of the time".
Pure cheapskate short-sightedness.
If only we still had it that good!
> to ensure... desks are kept clean and free from personal items. This was called "hotdesking", then "hotelling", and it's unclear why I would arrange with a coworker to timeshare a desk when a proper hotdesking arrangement would likely be cheaper and easier.