Microsoft Announces New Silicon Valley Campus

Re:Microsoft Announces New Silicon Valley Campus by gdulli on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @05:46PM (#15856798)

> spaces to spark creativity with teammates

Uh oh. We know what that's code for.

> Focus and privacy can be found in a soundproof drop-in phone booth

If focus and privacy aren't properties of my primary, permanent space then I'm not considering it a viable employment option.

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Re:Microsoft Announces New Silicon Valley Campus by cylinder on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:34PM (#15857539)

So there is an implicit promise that no work requiring focus will be expected to be done at one's desk then?

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Re:Microsoft Announces New Silicon Valley Campus by drspacemonkey on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @08:06PM (#15857695)

That's pretty much what an open workspace means.

Every open workspace should come with a free pair of noise-cancelling headphones.

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Re:Microsoft Announces New Silicon Valley Campus by downrightmike on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:10PM (#15857422)

This is how you go from cramming people in shoulder to shoulder and get them ear to ear.

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