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Re:Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying ... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @09:37AM (#9611201)
Have you at least provided feedback to the managers? Like cold, hard feedback "I cannot work like this, I and my colleagues are going to quit and you're fucked when we do" kinda feedback.
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Re:Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying ... by mgkimsal on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @11:15AM (#9611941)
No one ever does this, unfortunately. Getting a group to band together and threaten collective action is something few people even consider - most people I know are scared of entertaining that idea.
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Re:Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying ... by mkopinsky on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:27PM (#9612469)
It's not about making a collective threat, it's letting management know that the new conditions are making you consider options "up to and including departure", and that you think the other devs may be in the same boat.
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Re:Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying ... by snx on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:33PM (#9612514)
Just make sure you don't talk for other people (for example naming your peers). Otherwise i strongly agree.
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