On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 19:02:32 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>You haven't lived until you have to talk to a vendor on the telephone while
>surrounded by other conversations. To be fair, they don't appreciate your
>reading out loud from the dump any more then you enjoy their chatter - which
>might also be with vendor support groups.
>
I sometimes sit in a café near any of several young apparent partners in
high-tech startups who are discussing design or making customer contacts
on their fondleslabs:
" ...
Thank you. We'll do that. Have a great day!"
And one of our customer support reps once mentioned that his wireless
headset worked in the restroom. Imagine the background noise.
>Dumbest of all time? I'm not sure. But dumb enough - no question.
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 10:52:12 -0500, Chuck Kreiter wrote:
>Last office I worked in did this. Everyone said it would kill productivity
>but we were told we were wrong. I now work from home and get more done than I
>ever have in my career.
>
>This is the key paragraph in this article:
>
>"What if you're just a worker-bee? Well, tread lightly. As a general rule,
>bosses don't react well when told they've made an expensive, dumb mistake.
>There are also some folk at your workplace whose careers are now tied to the
>"success" of the office redesign."
>
>These people who made the decisions work in actual walled offices with doors
>they can close.
>
ObQoheleth in the Dilberverse.
>https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/its-official-open-plan-offices-are-now-dumbest-management-fad-of-all-time.html
-- gil
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