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Re:Open plan offices attract highest levels of worker dissat... by djillionsmix on Thursday September 19, 2013 @12:48AM (#6409877)
Wife nothing, try doing it to the exact same mentor who felt entitled to do it to you.

If my experience / observation is any guide, the result is utterly epic shitfit.

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Re:Open plan offices attract highest levels of worker dissat... by showsover on Thursday September 19, 2013 @01:17AM (#6409979)
I have done that, and no explosions, nor any shitfits.

It depends on both the way you do that, and the way people talk to each other there (aka the culture).

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Re:Open plan offices attract highest levels of worker dissat... by eropple on Thursday September 19, 2013 @04:27AM (#6410509)
Work with better people?

At my last job (less applicable now as I WFH), it was acceptable practice to give a "hold on" to everyone you'd run into on a daily basis. Maybe not the CEO, but the VP of Engineering would wait a sec if you needed to get something done Right There.

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