Am I a Dinasour - Office Environments?

The whole idea of allowing staff a bit of leniency when taking a break is that on average, people aren’t productive for extended periods and anyone who says they are is normally bullshitting.

Plus, if you’re bashing away at a difficult problem it’s often best to get away and think about something else.

Disclaimer, we don’t have any of this stuff where I work. Very much business wear and no zany break out activities. If I want to get away from something tricky I’m working on for 10 mins I have to go for a walk.
 


Charmless Man said:
The whole idea of allowing staff a bit of leniency when taking a break is that on average, people aren’t productive for extended periods and anyone who says they are is normally bullshitting.

Plus, if you’re bashing away at a difficult problem it’s often best to get away and think about something else.

Disclaimer, we don’t have any of this stuff where I work. Very much business wear and no zany break out activities. If I want to get away from something tricky I’m working on for 10 mins I have to go for a walk.
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Same here. We have some very nice grounds to go for a walk in.
 
Charmless Man said:
The whole idea of allowing staff a bit of leniency when taking a break is that on average, people aren’t productive for extended periods and anyone who says they are is normally bullshitting.

Plus, if you’re bashing away at a difficult problem it’s often best to get away and think about something else.

Disclaimer, we don’t have any of this stuff where I work. Very much business wear and no zany break out activities. If I want to get away from something tricky I’m working on for 10 mins I have to go for a wank.
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More like it.

Arkle said:
Same here. We have some very nice grounds to go for a wank in.
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Yep.
 
Posh/ODvM said:
Now yer talking. I am going to suggest that every Red Squadron stand up starts with our new song. Perhaps lyrics set to the theme from Star Wars would be just the ticket. I feel inspired already.



Hew man the past was a comfortable, warm and friendly place - you can keep progress.
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I just walked past him in the corridor as he was chatting to someone.. he was holding a soft toy
 
Epping said:
I just walked past him in the corridor as he was chatting to someone.. he was holding a soft toy
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Well rules are rules you know. We also have a cuddly Minion, I haven't worked out what role he plays in meetings yet, perhaps he goes to the person talking the most bollocks.
 
Charmless Man said:
The whole idea of allowing staff a bit of leniency when taking a break is that on average, people aren’t productive for extended periods and anyone who says they are is normally bullshitting.

Plus, if you’re bashing away at a difficult problem it’s often best to get away and think about something else.

Disclaimer, we don’t have any of this stuff where I work. Very much business wear and no zany break out activities. If I want to get away from something tricky I’m working on for 10 mins I have to go for a walk.
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About four hours at a time seems to be conventional wisdom regarding ability to concentrate on difficult tasks.

I do think that workplaces that offer 'perks' like football tables, and the occasional free food orders do so to keep people at work for longer hours (and less pay).
 
TheWanderer said:
Went to have a chat with a director of a company earlier on in the week about possible opportunities at the company, a big thing he mentioned was that I would need to fit into the culture of the company.

The dress code on that day seemed to be shorts and zany comedy T-shirts or shit with Atari symbols etc on. Staff seemed to be just f***ing about chatting shit or playing ping pong, hangng about in 'break out' areas or on their laptops in the cafe, they seem to have loads of 'fun' days etc......I sort of decided I couldn't work there by this. Turns out they're not hiring anyways.

But Ive come away thinking, is this what modern office environments are like? I'm more of a tradional suit or at least a pair of slacks and buttoned shirt type of man, I like to keep work away from socialising, get to work, do a full days graft before leaving and getting home and taking the work clothes of is a demarkation point to try and switch off from work. To me if your staff have time to piss about, you hav etoo many staff.

Do i need to maybes broaden my thoughts on this to fit into new companies? This is my first real exposure of looking for employment outside of my company that Ive had.

Where do I even buy a funny Bart Simpson t-shirt???
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"Do a full days graft" :lol:
 
Posh/ODvM said:
I just started a new contract this week at a place where the IT department use 'Agile'. Everyone is part of a 'Scrum' and each one has its own team name. When you find out that the team names are things like 'The Beserkers', 'The Night Watch' and 'Red Squadron', it doesn't take a genius to work out that the programmers have been given a say. It's not doing much for the image of It staff when team names like this just screams nerdy-virgins.

Oh aye and apparently at 'scrum stand-ups' you have to be holding the Yoda cuddly toy to be allowed to speak.

F'kin awesome :rolleyes:
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I would beat them all to death.
 
Arkle said:
Same here. We have some very nice grounds to go for a walk in.
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Where I'm working is bloody awful really. On the Team Valley. I think it depresses me more going out.

My last place I could just wander over to the window and look out over the Sydney or across the harbour, go to the kitchen on my floor and make tea and watch news (or sport if there was something on) for a few minutes. Go down to the cafe in the building for a skinny laah-tay and watch people come and go. Or go for a 'hot lap' around another floor and look at the wimmin. Or even fuck off to the free on site gym if I felt inclined. Or I could go for a run out through the city, through a park and by the harbour. Or failing all of that to the pub.

Ah man what have I done.....
 
oROSSo said:
more and more people seem to be following the google model. My BIL works for a bank and they have days where a friggin' petting zoo comes in, f***ing goats running about the office.
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A lad at works' son works at a website design place down Stockton where they have a chill out area with beers and games and that.
 
Mackem00 said:
A lad at works' son works at a website design place down Stockton where they have a chill out area with beers and games and that.
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Heathens. We usually wait until Friday for our beers here. We got a giant jenga in but got bored of setting it up all the time, and the novely of Street Fighter II on the SNES wore off after a bit.
 
Posh/ODvM said:
I just started a new contract this week at a place where the IT department use 'Agile'. Everyone is part of a 'Scrum' and each one has its own team name. When you find out that the team names are things like 'The Beserkers', 'The Night Watch' and 'Red Squadron', it doesn't take a genius to work out that the programmers have been given a say. It's not doing much for the image of It staff when team names like this just screams nerdy-virgins.

Oh aye and apparently at 'scrum stand-ups' you have to be holding the Yoda cuddly toy to be allowed to speak.

F'kin awesome :rolleyes:
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I thought Silicon Valley and the IT crowd were comedies - or appears they are in fact documentaries. Does shit like this really go on? Is it commonplace? The wildest we get is when a cake comes in for a birthday
 

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