Subj : Re: Stage 4 COVID
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Dec 20 2024 06:41 pm

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Nightfox <=-

 -=> Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ni> I tend to like that too.  I feel like it's my own personal office
 Ni> space.  I imagine that's what cubicles were designed for, but now, it
 Ni> seems like it's becoming more popular to have low-wall open office
 Ni> spaces.  One of my co-workers says he actually likes the low-wall open
 Ni> spaces because it encourages communication in the team.  But he has
 Ni> also been working from home probably more than anyone else on the
 Ni> team..

 pF> The last office I worked in before Covid was an open floor plan, but
 pF> people sent slack messages to each other!

 pF> I think if you want a hybrid office plan, you want to minimize the
 pF> office chatter and funnel it into collab/public areas where you could
 pF> join remote employees into a call. The open office plan meant to foster
 pF> open communication does so at a disadvantage of not including your
 pF> 100% remote employees as well as the employees that work a hybrid
 pF> schedule.

I'm very glad that I don't work in an "office", or "remotely".  Seems 
very likely to get tedious and full of drama.



.... Oxymoron: A contradiction in terms, e.g. rap music...
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