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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by midoridensha on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:20AM (#36237557)
It's especially "fine" if you're a salesperson, and you're sitting right next to a group of engineers who are trying to concentrate.
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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by ghaff on Thursday June 08, 2023 @07:54AM (#36240349)
Roles aren't always that well-defined. Many of us aren't recruiters or in sales but can still spend hours a day on planning, etc. calls with distributed teams. It's not practical to seek out a phone booth or alcove for every one of those calls.
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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by HWR_14 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @03:05PM (#36246974)
> It's not practical to seek out a phone booth or alcove for every one of those calls.

Why not? It's not practical to make 8 of your coworkers suffer through your call either.

Maybe, if you need to be on the phone for hours a day, you need an office not to be in an open floorplan.

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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by ghaff on Thursday June 08, 2023 @03:21PM (#36247239)
Maybe, but that's not within my control. Take it up with management.

Doesn't matter though for me because I'm in my home office.

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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by HWR_14 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:42PM (#36251542)
It's completely within your control to not seek out a different (and designed for phones) place when you need to make a call.
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