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Probably in the minority here, but I like it. Your office, on the other hand, looks too open. Mine has low cubicle-like walls between the people facing each other (also handy for pinning sheets, etc) but otherwise, there is nothing between people sitting in the same bay. Also, we have desktops, not laptops. Did you not know this beforehand? Did you not visit the 'soldier zone' during the interviews?
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Did you not know this beforehand?
I had a clue. But not expected this much. :)
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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N a v a n e e t h wrote:
Do you enjoy such seating?
Personally, I find that if you want to get work done such an environment suits the most. I do not agree with the notion that individual offices are the better (I have been in an individual office for a long time). The main issue I see with your open setting is the noise factor. I think the best setting will be such open setting on a per project basis. I use the word project loosely.
I know it is very productive. But since I am used with the cubicle setup, it will take some time to get adjusted with this. Yes noise is also a factor.
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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Since you have mentioned the company name, I believe they follow 'Extreme Programming' very religiously. I have even heard from one of friends (who quitted that company in 2 months) that at times their engineers share their machines too and that too for as long as a day...Cant even imagine working in such an environment.
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their engineers share their machines too and that too for as long as a day
He will be referring to pair-programming. We do pair programming a lot and I enjoy it.
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
hey i also don't like to seat like this....:~ at least there should be small compartment contains 2 persons BUT finally....it's a oranization management decision, to keep their employees fine. i hate such a management...:mad: regards koolprasad2003
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N a v a n e e t h wrote:
Do you enjoy such seating?
Personally, I find that if you want to get work done such an environment suits the most. I do not agree with the notion that individual offices are the better (I have been in an individual office for a long time). The main issue I see with your open setting is the noise factor. I think the best setting will be such open setting on a per project basis. I use the word project loosely.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
The main issue I see with your open setting is the noise factor.
White noise can help a lot for that.
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I don't really pick my nose, but farting is a problem. There's no way the smell of my farts would go unnoticed, even in a cubicle setting. It's one of my top reasons for wanting my own office (with a window I can open). :rolleyes:
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
Seems a little too open to me. Maybe groups of 6-7 would be a better approach rather than dozens of people in a noisy hall.
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Do you smoke? In enclosed spaces?
Not a very fair comparison. Smoking is always a voluntary act. :rolleyes:
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
Looks like the office of a trading firm. :rolleyes: But a really good place to work :thumbsup: All the best.
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
One thing I noticed is that everyone appears to be working on laptops. I am lucky enough to work with a docking station where we have a separate keyboard and mouse and a second screen (invaluable for specs and emails). From everything I have learnt working on laptops fulltime, as in your picture, is likely to lead to a sore back (low screen level and smaller keyboard) - is that your experience? Personally I like open plan office environments but with more partitioning than is present in your picture - I have learnt a lot from listening in on conversations and I don't just mean gossip :)
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
I don't think I'd like that. I work in a cubicle environment. With cubes, you have convenient interaction if you need it, and semi-privacy when you need that. I've worked in situations where I had a private office, which was too cut off from the rest of the team. With open desk layouts there's too much distraction to maintain focus. The picture you linked to made me think the constant interaction with coworkers would be very distracting.
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
wow, there's a different between open-space and a can of sardines!!! I would never work there; the noise must be horrible (platic wheels on plastic floor, people talking, .., ); there's no noise reduction system (as far as I can see from the image) No "personal" space for books papers, documentation and other office junk. and working with laptops is not really fun (IMO) if you don't have an extra keyboard and monitor (and at that point, they should supply desktops). I've worked in open space, but we had a "personal" space, I've worked in close offices (lost of space IMO) and now, we're in cubicles, with good personal space and it's made to keep the noise level as low as possible. Good luck.
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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Wow, that's surprising. I assume your management is familiar with Peopleware[^]? Or at least this[^] JOS article (specifically, point #8)? :sigh: /ravi
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I don't think I'd like that. I work in a cubicle environment. With cubes, you have convenient interaction if you need it, and semi-privacy when you need that. I've worked in situations where I had a private office, which was too cut off from the rest of the team. With open desk layouts there's too much distraction to maintain focus. The picture you linked to made me think the constant interaction with coworkers would be very distracting.
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The picture you linked to made me think the constant interaction with coworkers would be very distracting.
That was my first thought. But I saw people discuss in a very low voice. If more discussions are required, it will happen on separate conference rooms.
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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The hall is quiet in the morning, but not in the afternoon. People always go here and there and few team conduct stand-up meetings. So all bit noisy.
Best wishes, Navaneeth
That's unfortunate. Context switching and loss of concentration is a huge productivity killer, esp. in software development. I'm sure it's still a good place to work, but I'm surprised they haven't divided the floor into smaller work areas separated by partitions to keep the noise level down. /ravi
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N a v a n e e t h wrote:
Do you enjoy such seating?
I could not work in this environment. It's hard enough for me to be productive at all on a laptop but then I need quiet.
John
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That's unfortunate. Context switching and loss of concentration is a huge productivity killer, esp. in software development. I'm sure it's still a good place to work, but I'm surprised they haven't divided the floor into smaller work areas separated by partitions to keep the noise level down. /ravi
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I am surprised too. They are working for a new office at Bangalore and all will be shifted in a month or two. Don't really know how that'd be.
Best wishes, Navaneeth
