Ugh open floor plan office style bummin' me out

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

It's that I sit with my back to my boss's office. Like, my monitors are the first thing he sees when he walks out his office door.

Ugh.

I'd be grinding my teeth at night. Seriously. It would get to me.

[glatt]

We've got a diabetic on our staff. He takes multiple insulin shots each day. Needs to do them at different parts of his body to move the needle wound around, so sometimes he will pull his pants down and do it in his thigh.

Anyway, he has bad habits with his health. He smokes, and sometimes doesn't do the shots, or doesn't manage his food properly. We've had to call 911 a couple times over the years for him.

He's being put into a shared open office space in a couple of months when his floor is renovated. There's a sick/nursing room that he can use to do his shots, but it will be on a different floor.

This guy already has bad habits. Is it such a good idea to be placing additional burdens in the way of him being able to do the shots? What if a mom is nursing on her lunch break when he needs to get an insulin shot so he can have some lunch? The answer: he won't get the shot then. Maybe he'll do it later, or maybe he'll forget.

The big boss doesn't care. Sick room is provided.

It's amazing the culture that is taking over in the economy. The middle class is dying off.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

It's that I sit with my back to my boss's office. Like, my monitors are the first thing he sees when he walks out his office door.

No, no no no NO fucking way. I can't sit with my back to anything like that - anywhere. Totally freaks me out.

Any option on alternatives?

[glatt]

OMFG this is too funny.

I just got an email sent to a hidden distribution list from our top HR person

Please join us for a live training session on Thursday, May 19, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30pm on Managing Change. The only thing constant is change: change of work processes, a new co-worker, a new team, a new manager, a new workspace or environment, and workplace change management is a process for helping employees adapt to a changing work environment. You will discover ways to accept and deal more effectively with changes while moving forward in a positive and productive manner. Join us as we learn ways to:

• Identify a range of changes that impact the workplace
• Understand the stages of change
• Recognize common reactions to change
• Learn strategies for managing change
• Develop a personal action plan for moving through change

Of course I have to attend. They will be keeping track of who attends. I just need to work on some brown nosing statements I can throw in there. This is review time after all.

My cow orkers and I got a good belly laugh when this email popped up.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Just give then a...

[Undertoad]

It's that I sit with my back to my boss's office. Like, my monitors are the first thing he sees when he walks out his office door.

No, no no no NO fucking way. I can't sit with my back to anything like that - anywhere. Totally freaks me out.

Any option on alternatives?

Has it been almost a year on this thread?

I complained about where I sit in the office, and they did something about it. They changed the job listing for my position. They added "Must be comfortable in a small office environment."

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Yeah and the other thing about the open plan... one cow orker came in blatantly sick three weeks ago, and by now all nine people in the office have been sick. I don't think my thing came from him, I think it came from another vector, but several people have gotten it from him no doubt.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Here ya go...

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Has it been almost a year on this thread?

Just ran across this article, posted the same day as the quoted post.

Originally Posted by BBC

We’re 15% less productive, we have immense trouble concentrating and we’re twice as likely to get sick in open working spaces

[xoxoxoBruce]

And then...

[BigV]

getting the sick person to wear it is the catch...

[xoxoxoBruce]

Snot Science, tells you how far a sneeze will get you.

[Gravdigr]

[xoxoxoBruce]

Don't listen to the whiners, pack 'em in for the bottom line.

[Griff]

Still sharing an office... maybe Trump will deport her.

[Undertoad]

Tough day today. I'm pretty sure those were stomach pains. I told them they were stomach pains.