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Re:Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open l... by fartcannon on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @03:38PM (#31252540)
The hallway conversation thing befuddles me. Have you ever opened a chat window with someone at work to speak to them on the side? That's a hallway conversation. You can tell them any secret you want there. Have you ever seen two people interact in a group chat and learn something you didn't know before? That's the same as overhearing a hallway conversation. Grabbed a few friends in a group chat to chat about the weekend? Water cooler.

The only difference is no one is going to tell you to be quiet and get back to work. No one is going to send an email about how there are too many people wasting time around the water cooler!

I just don't see the advantage.

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Re:Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open l... by jimbokun on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @04:24PM (#31253125)
> You can tell them any secret you want there.

Well, secret in the sense of fully accessible to everyone in management at your company.

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Re:Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open l... by fartcannon on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @05:00PM (#31253515)
Can't argue with that! Used to just be nosy people, backstabbers and snitches in the office. Now Microsoft will do all that for free through Windows/Teams.
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