At my last gig we built out a new office space- of course all the execs got offices and none of the support people who talk on the phones all day got an office.
So everyone was in a giant open room with a concrete floor and hard desks- a couple rugs, but it didn't cut it.
On top of that the CTO said he didn't like not being able to see the devs so he put a dropcam on the shelf over our area... so open area for devs plus a camera recording everything we say and do and only one person with access...
Yea, it did me. Most people are just willing to put up with whatever- I really want to enjoy the work I do and where I work so it was a pretty big deal for me. Everyone thought I was overreacting. They did take the camera down- not sure if it went back up...
So everyone was in a giant open room with a concrete floor and hard desks- a couple rugs, but it didn't cut it.
On top of that the CTO said he didn't like not being able to see the devs so he put a dropcam on the shelf over our area... so open area for devs plus a camera recording everything we say and do and only one person with access...