#45

Which would be fine if OKRs were actually properly established and monitored, but when I’ve done them before, they’ve always been a total joke and just another level of nonsense bullshit to deal with (or ignore) on top of your usual workload.

#46

Another vote for office politics. I’m here to do my job you shitcunts, not to listen to you bitch about each other.

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#47

coffee pod machines

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#48

spotify

#49

Think I could deal with quite a few inconveniences for that.

#50

Are you moaning about being able to have free slightly inferior coffee if you so wish?

#51

the people

#52

yes

#53

Really insidious one this. When I first started work, open plan was not as universal as it is now. In my first couple of jobs I worked in small office rooms with a couple of other people tops. Then it all went open plan and I swear my productivity suffered permanently from that point on. I just work best in an atmosphere of peace and quiet. Ironically now working from home is more widespread I get that privacy more now. But everyone fell for the bullshit that open plan improves team communication, whereas it was always just about cutting accommodation costs.

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#54

I wouldn’t describe ours as modern.

The thing I hate the most is email replacing having an actual spoken conversation with another person.

#55

Ah, I’m the opposite.

  • Don’t come to my desk and ask for 2 minutes and end up taking half an hour explaining what you want, only for me to tell you that it’s not me you need.
  • Don’t set up a half hour meeting when you can cover it in an email.
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#56

Good poem.

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#57

Oh yeah, we don’t have an instant messaging system in here. It’s fucking brilliant! No absolutely inane conversations about work. It’s a fucking dream.

#58

I’m used to open plan offices and generally like the general murmur and noise. But we’ve moved into a larger new office now and been divided up over floors, and there’s now less than a dozen people in a cavernous room and it feels awkward to make any sort of noise. It’s the worst of all worlds!

#59

Our IM thing has different channels so I can ignore most of them, pay attention to my team relevant one (people sharing links and whatnot, easier than email), while the main channel is mostly Simpsons shitposting.

#60

I worked in an office like that when I was with Amazon. Any noise and everyone would turn around. If we (very rarely) had to call a customer the whole floor would be looking at you. Quite unnerving.

#61

Think that’s your DiS tab m9

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#62

The last place I was in was like that mostly but people had come to rely on it rather than actual conversation. Rather than asking someone a question at their desk it had to go through Slack. Drove me up the wall.

#63

We have skype for business as an IM. I had a great way of dealing with it - I’d just close the application. Winner.

NOW though, the fuckers have made it so that if someone messages you when you’re not logged in, it sends you an email telling you that someone has tried messaging you. So now I get fuckloads of spam because I’m not on IM.

WANKERS.

#64

Guy who sits opposite me used to work in our contact centre. Every time he answers the phone he starts bellowing like some sort of RADA ham, and everybody jumps out of their seats an inch.

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