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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by hkt on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:57AM (#30538754)
Quick naps are hugely underrated. 20 minutes of sleep in the afternoon and afterwards I could do my job while juggling knives (figuratively).

A manager I worked with once pre-pandemic had his idea of "business hammocks" for the office repeatedly shot down. He was a genius though.

Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by ddingus on Thursday March 03, 2022 @11:06AM (#30542767)
We had a couch for a while. At other jobs, I setup the back of my Expedition. Tinted windows, bedding, a few comforts and I knocked out the short nap all the time. Would/will do again.
Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by frost_knight on Saturday March 05, 2022 @10:28PM (#30574776)
Many moons ago I had a job with a private office. Brass nameplate on the door. I asked the intern who sat at a desk outside in the hall to kick me if I ever started acting all-pretentious-like. She agreed with great enthusiasm, but thankfully I kept a solid head about me.

I had the most ridiculously comfy couch in my office. Blue, threadbare, worn-in. Every time anyone sat down in it I warned them that they were going to fall asleep if they stayed there too long. Without fail, I'd hear wood sawing after a manner of minutes. Vendors, colleagues, the CIO, the CEO, my wife dropping by to visit, that couch was insidious.

Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by ddingus on Sunday March 06, 2022 @01:39AM (#30575545)
Love it!

The one we had was pretty great too, but not quite as intoxicatingly good as yours.

But, it had a big, brass buddha at one end. Rub the belly for good karma...

This thread is getting me to seriously consider another one. Just started a new company and we all know how that is. A comfy couch might be just the thing.

Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by craigie on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:50AM (#30542504)
>his idea of "business hammocks" for the office repeatedly shot down. He was a genius though.

Sounds like nap pods lol

Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by hkt on Saturday March 05, 2022 @03:27PM (#30571546)
Except less coffin like in construction. That was his criticism of pods, and frankly I share it.