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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by Someone1234 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:15PM (#19092105)
If that was legitimately a concern then why not just have everyone telecommute? Then you get an office for every employee and $0 in rent.
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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by Gibbon1 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:21PM (#19092431)
Last time I dealt with this, 20 years ago. The cost of an office for a tech worker appeared to be basically nil. Less than 5% of wages, benefits, insurance. Place I'm in is a 1500sqft warren. Costs $300/month per tech monkey.

Gonna pay $12000/mo for a code monkey? Costs $300-500/mo for him to have an office? The extravagance!

I'm back to an old observation by Scott Adams; Ask yourself why the secretaries chair doesn't have armrests. Cost isn't an issue, the price difference is $50. This is all about status and class not money.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by Apocryphon on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:20PM (#19092137)
That's... exactly what I was suggesting.
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