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AT&T's CTO tells his US team there won't be 'one-for-one seating' upon the return to 5 days in office — read the memo
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This is what I hate about my company's hybrid RTO policy. There aren't enough seats for everyone and it's not full RTO so we have to schedule our desks ahead of time. Aside from the typical back to office complaints, here are all the reasons I've found that hot seats suck:
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You have to bring all your shit and pack it all up again before you leave including keyboard, mouse, my foot rest because I'm short, etc.
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You have to readjust the desk, chair, and monitor every time you come in.
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Because of the previous, the monitor is loaded with grubby fingerprints.
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Not all desks are the same. Some are in better locations, some have 1 monitor and some have 2, some are longer, some are more adjustable, etc, etc and people fight for the best desks.
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There aren't enough meeting rooms and call booths for everyone and people will often just take a room for extended lengths of time or just take a room you signed up for.
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They make the argument that we need to make connections in person, but my team is in another part of the country and every time I come in, I'm sitting by new people which prevents me from making relationships with people I would otherwise sit nearby on a regular basis thus defeating the purpose.
