I wish upper management would understand that some of us need silence to work due to sensory issues and the office doesn't provide something of that nature. Sound blocking headphones don't solve everything.
Not to mention, some of us have to frikkin crap too!
It's kinda a daft reason but for people with irritable bowels or other conditions work from home is an absolute godsend. No more terrible cramped toilet stalls with attendant embarrassment.
I suffered in literal intense pain the first 6 years of my career, I don't know I could go back to that, ever.
That’s something i had never considered and it makes so much sense! Plus I found that after like 15 seconds the lights shut down which is … pretty crappy design if it’s not malicious.
Upper management has their own offices. Of course they don't understand what open offices are like. It's like planes, they only suck if you're in economy class, first and business are great. Why would you want to fly faster when you have an actual bed?
I hate flying. Never flew 1st class but have flown business class a few times. It helps very much for sure. There's no comparison between peasant class and business.
That said, it's still a crappy experience for me. There's the commute to and from the airport. There's the waiting, which is not good even if you have access to good lounges. There's more waiting, sometimes for many hours, if you're making connections. Finally, and the worst of all for me, there's noise, crappy toilets and especially the low pressure in the cabin which makes everything in my body ache.
My own office would be a clear and obvious improvement over a shared seat in an open plan. It would still not be anywhere near as good as my home office.
I never really had an issue with passport queues. Most airports I travel through have automated gates and it takes literally seconds to get through. When there's a queue, it's usually no more than 1-5 people getting through 5-10 gates so it takes no time at all.
Changing class won't make any of the issues I pointed out better, with the possible exception of the toilets.
Wishful thinking. For upper management, facetime is the work.
They spend 7 hours in meetings, 1 hour reviewing spreadsheets, then they go home and sip wine. While engineers go home and log in again to finally do actual work or to go on-call.
