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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by ghaff on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:53PM (#17516443)
One suspects that businesses in general have tilted too far towards having highly paid professionals doing everything self-service just because they can and the costs are sort of hidden.

Playing travel agent for an hour suddenly makes a lot less sense when it keeps you from billing out at $500/hr. for some client.

ADDED: The one time I did some legal work (for an expert witness report) the ticking clock made me very aware of what was a good use of my time and what wasn't.

Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by pnw_hazor on Thursday July 12, 2018 @01:48PM (#17516959)
More than once my boss has had to remind me that we pay the staff to do such-and-such so I can keep billing.