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hunter

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75. We had the Power Desk. Dual computer monitors, ergonomic keyboard, a comfortable chair...

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 04:47 PM

Jan 2018

... the phone with a side panel of lighted buttons and switches. A list of people I could rouse from their sleep.

I fucking OWNED that desk night and graveyard shifts. I could call helicopters out of the sky.

Regular hours I had to find my own spot, usually in some darker corner, sitting on a stool, sorting and initialing papers on a cheap fold up table, no computer, no phone, no nothing. Mild mannered Hunter by day, superhero at night.

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New 'Hot-Desking' Trend Eliminates Personal Space In The Office [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2018 OP

Don't get too comfortable and be grateful! madaboutharry Jan 2018 #1

I agree onethatcares Jan 2018 #3

"cubicle sharecroppers" ! FailureToCommunicate Jan 2018 #18

Capitalism is not fucked up Perseus Jan 2018 #20

+1. Workers do need more support in USA, but capitalism can work very well. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #26

Capitlsm has built in flaws that cause it to always become Robber baron capitalism Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #35

Every system has built in flaws. There are cycles of wealth inequality. We are nearing a peak now.nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #49

None of them deserve a bonus bullsnarfle Jan 2018 #28

Capitalism is merely what was leftover after all the kings took what they wanted Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #33

No. Feudalism was what was left over. It took assertion of rights & democracy for capitalism. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #50

I do not believe there is anything progressive about capitalism Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #60

Do you have an alternative? brooklynite Jan 2018 #62

It seems Farm-Rick would like a dictatorship of the proletariat. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #71

You are highlighting problems with Robber Baron Capitalism, NOT regulated socialist capitalism. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #70

They actually have a combination of socialism and capitalism, a distinction that should.. brush Jan 2018 #59

Uh no thanks underpants Jan 2018 #2

To me it seems like a great way to spread viruses and bacteria. TexasTowelie Jan 2018 #4

This was also called "hoteling" BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #5

Yep...this is not new.. HipChick Jan 2018 #10

Yup BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #12

Been around and used for years and years. JDC Jan 2018 #14

I'm another full time work at home, cheaper for both my employer and I Lurks Often Jan 2018 #37

have not been inside an corporate office for nearly a decade.. HipChick Jan 2018 #41

They'll have drag me kicking and screaming back into the office Lurks Often Jan 2018 #43

I hear ya....I don't miss any of that drama...lol! HipChick Jan 2018 #45

"I don't miss the drama" BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #58

.. this is NOT new -- it was done where I worked in 19 hundred and 99 Dorn Jan 2018 #29

Um, I never said it was BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #32

The company where I work is planning to shift to this (beach toweling) davekriss Jan 2018 #54

Office Nomads! Maybe they could take a clue from our friend the vulture FSogol Jan 2018 #6

And what happens to files lying on your desk???????? DetlefK Jan 2018 #7

I'm guessing this is for more of a paperless office underpants Jan 2018 #8

I guess that you get assigned demerits from the hall monitor TexasTowelie Jan 2018 #9

Actually you do NotASurfer Jan 2018 #23

In the areas of our company that have the "open workspace" concept....... WillowTree Jan 2018 #36

Sounds like a terrific way to minimize morale and cameraderie Orrex Jan 2018 #11

These ideas arise from viewing employees as tools rather than thinking human beings. Raven123 Jan 2018 #13

I think you hit the nail on the head. infullview Jan 2018 #22

Capital does not generally acknowledge the dignity Stanley Roper Jan 2018 #61

Management flavor of the month.... paleotn Jan 2018 #15

My observation has been that people DeminPennswoods Jan 2018 #16

This sounds like another trendy stupid idea. infullview Jan 2018 #17

this makes melm00se Jan 2018 #19

Also remember that someone was financially rewarded TNNurse Jan 2018 #21

Of Course Not. They'll Get That Corner Office. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #39

When I see and hear annoying and inane commercials. TNNurse Jan 2018 #46

I can picture Bezos having a nice chuckle about this wolfie001 Jan 2018 #24

I'm not sure how this is even efficient. aikoaiko Jan 2018 #25

Considering that I was one of the power users with the insurance company where I was employed TexasTowelie Jan 2018 #27

I imagine that most people in these offices work at home several days a week tritsofme Jan 2018 #55

Apparently this is for offices where people aren't in that often. Appears Dutch and other foreign Hoyt Jan 2018 #30

Under capitalism it is always about reducing labor costs. Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #40

This is about reducing office space expense. Have no issue with that, especially in offices where Hoyt Jan 2018 #42

Yup, it's about getting you to pay for the electricity, toilet and water facilities, Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #64

And save gas, be there when kids go to school and return, be there for repairs, etc. Hoyt Jan 2018 #66

I work from home...err farm, too Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #69

Explain why a collective enterprise wouldn't apply the same principles? brooklynite Jan 2018 #63

Not sure what you are asking... Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #65

Desk sharing applies the principle that at any one time 100% of the workers aren't at a desk... brooklynite Jan 2018 #73

Well some non capitalist companies don't put profit ahead of people Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #81

Bottom line: you have no actual idea if companies utilizing shared desks.... brooklynite Jan 2018 #82

If a company provides everyone with their own laptop, phone, and has a common repository & servers, haele Jan 2018 #68

You must onethatcares Jan 2018 #31

Don't give people ideas crazycatlady Jan 2018 #52

It was bad enough when they invented the "open space" concept... mreilly Jan 2018 #34

Next up, your boss is going to charge you for a desk. Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #38

Im glad i retired when i did last year RussBLib Jan 2018 #44

That practice also eliminates personalization of workspaces. MineralMan Jan 2018 #47

I'd never survive NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #48

Women probably keep even more stashes of stuff MissB Jan 2018 #74

Our employees are not people, they're commodities to do with as we please. Binkie The Clown Jan 2018 #51

This seems like it would result in higher turnover and employees JI7 Jan 2018 #53

As a creature of habit Bettie Jan 2018 #56

Here's a market industry just waiting to happen. Baitball Blogger Jan 2018 #57

"New"? This is over 20 years old muriel_volestrangler Jan 2018 #67

Not new, but surely a crappy thing Kimchijeon Jan 2018 #72

We had the Power Desk. Dual computer monitors, ergonomic keyboard, a comfortable chair... hunter Jan 2018 #75

I wonder which business school wiz came up with this bullshit concept? Paladin Jan 2018 #76

Desk chairs available for rent. $2/day. See your supervisor. nt Buns_of_Fire Jan 2018 #77

My company deepthought42 Jan 2018 #78

IBM's been doing it for 30 years with sales force. I've tried it and it sucks balls. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #79

I love working from home Nonhlanhla Jan 2018 #80