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    I wish I could do this, or even leave something at my desk for the next day. But with agile seating I don’t even get a cubicle to myself anymore! Awesome! So motivated to be productive!

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        It’s how they are dealing with an employees being in the office for a couple days a week instead of every day.

        Everyone shares desks so you don’t need to have 2/3 of the office empty every day just so everyone has their own place.

        Can’t leave personal items since you can’t claim desks, since there wouldn’t be enough if everyone claimed them.

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            My partner has the best of both worlds - so called “agile” seating, and stern talks from HR if he works from home more than once a month or so (even if his direct manager is ok with it!).

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            I think it’s how it’s done shows their intent. My brother lost his corner office and is now among the “normies” he’s not enthused about it, but helps when management is doing the same.

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        7 months ago

        Also known as hoteling or hot seating, amongst other terms. Basically all cubicles are identical and you just sit at whichever is free that day.

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      You need to show up every morning like those japanese street vendors that unpack a whole fucking restaurant out of a wheelbarrow

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        Lmao yep, waste like 10 minutes every day unpacking my whole office setup and dealing with the inevitable little issues with the provided dock and monitor

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    To be fair, if it’s my personal office space that I have to put up with 40-60 hours per week, you’re damn right I want it to feel homely. I’d have me some nice slippers under the desk, too.

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      Tangent, but I hate how the word “homely” in English means both:

      1. having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable

      And

      1. lacking in physical beauty or proportion

      And then we have “homey”. It’s all so confusing.

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    If you didn’t specify constraints, you’re lucky that’s all they did.

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    Heat being that person, but…

    Why do people need to make up stories like this? The picture is cool enough as it is. No new guy did this after asking to decorate their desk. It makes the entire thing cringy.

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    Sign me up for your newest team member’s cube decorating service!

    Hmmm…million dollar idea?

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      With a whole new line of products

      The wallpaper could be a large piece of canvas that’s held up with pushpins? Or maybe its patterned cloth and you can still pin things up. Why stop at a mini fireplace?

      You can also donate surplus to elementary school teachers and so they can bulletin boards look nice. Donate because they are on thin budgets already, but you can justify it to the board with something like “getting future customers familiar with our service early on”

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    Space heater is probably the only thing that would be an issue. It’s not only a potential fire hazard, but also going to be a big power draw.

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      Space heaters are limited to 1500 watts, which runs on average .20/hr. If they are run constantly while the employee is present (8 hours/day, but not likely) then it would cost the employer $32/mo. Granted, a non-zero number of employers are stingy enough to make this an issue, but realistically, it’s not a big deal. Also they have safety systems in place which make them not particularly hazardous. Most have thermal fuses that burn out/disconnect power at temperatures significantly below what is needed to start a fire.

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        Space heater is never a cost issue, it’s an issue because it gets plugged into a circuit with a dozen office PC’s, which will now trip constantly. And some people like to aim them at their feet next to the office PC and melt the case.