Did somebody ask for “more transparency” in the organization?

couldn’t control my laughter… (hysterically laughing now)

@U0N9SJHCH Supposedly, the official reason is that we want to be able to see who is in vs. who is out, but the culture here is such that people keep the doors open most of the time when they’re in and only close them when they need to concentrate.

so that makes no sense… I think it’s just the management being insecure… isn’t it always?

sounds the same as “more transparency” reason to me…

Yeah, this reeks of insecurity

sorry that you’d now have to be looked at inside office… 😔

aside: I rmb there being some philosophical musing about “staring at the abyss and the abyss staring back at you”

my immediate thoughts were Foucault’s Panopticon, but on second thought that would require see-through mirrors

(also panopticon, and the nature of the “stare”)

ar beat me to it. Panopticon is an idea proposed by Foucault? Didn’t know that… learn something new every day I suppose

(disclaimer: Foucault is infamous for being hard to read, that’s all I know)

my bad, it was apparently Bentham

ok… doesn’t change how badass Foucault is though lol

I think Foucault just wrote about it too

> see-through mirrors Don’t give them ideas for new doors

that would honestly be preferable to me…

If the mirror part was on the inside or the outside?

mirror on the inside would be preferable. At least I don’t have to constantly have people walking around two metres from my desk in my peripheral vision. Now I have to choose between that or people being able to look over my shoulder at any time.

Probably sounds spoiled if you’re used to working in an open office, but being allowed to isolate and focus was one of the advantages of working in this place…

I disliked the open office variations that we had at our workplace, @simongray, but I’ve heard horror stories from other places. We were pretty cushy!

Even so, I love having my own office now 🙂

@simongray what’s your situation re: working from home at your current workplace?

I can do it, but there I am dealing with other distractions and the lack of an office, so I prefer coming in to work.

hah

I hear ya. There are distractions here, too.

not sure what did you mean… is it the difference between transparent vs semi-transparent vs non-transparent (e.g. traditional wooden) door?

Before there was a door made of wood. Now there is a door made of transparent glass.

ar i see… do you still hear the noise in the hallway when the glass door is closed?

I use noise cancelling headphones for noise. This is about sight.

strange/awkward feeling I guess… when I was in university, the common room have transparent glass all over. And sometimes it feel like a giant fishbowl

ppl inside exchanging glances with ppl outside

psychologically, it can be hard to tell which side is “inside”

Yeah, I kinda need that technology now.

Low-tech solution

decorate it in Japanese style and it’d be perfect!

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/10/17/panasonics-wearable-blinkers-concentrate-open-plan-offices-technology/

jfc…

/r/ABoringDystopia material

it looks ridiculous, but if it didn't look so weird, I think it would have helped me in an open office situation. luckily, all work from home now

what have I just read…………🙈

put one of these between the door and you https://duckduckgo.com/?q=paravent&t=brave&iax=images&ia=images

Yeah, that is not a bad solution at all.

I’ve worked in an environment like that and I was much less productive than I am now.

cue “Peopleware” (book)