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Not more upset by it because it no longer matters.

Really disappointed by it… 10 years ago, we put safety and people first. No longer.

I've hot-desked since we moved to HL in 2016. Welcome to the party! It takes more time to go to your locker every day and retrieve your headset, ergo devices, and any other items you need for the day. This means you might end up like me and carrying your possessions around in your laptop bag like a corporate ho-o, thus greatly increasing your back and shoulder problems. You also might end up at the same desk as the guy who had the flu yesterday but came to the office anyway, so make sure to wipe it all down before you touch anything. Don't worry, management will be sure to take up all of the Connect or Focus rooms for their office-of-the-day, so those rooms won't be available to you to meet with people F2F, so you'll still end up in a Zoom call with someone 5 desks over.

Signed - EMIT

This sh---y idea was on someone's PDS. I say executives get a little section 8 applied to their neighborhood!!!

@eis+1jBTqFrp sorry you had to go first but GSC introduced this idea so please send your complaint to your VP.

@fim+1jBTqFrp you can curse then GSC VP and E&PS VP for introducing this innovative idea and collect there huge payout.

“Anchor seat?” Other hot desking locations are told their ergo chair moves with them. So imagine rolling around a chair with you, as you look for a space. That was literally the expectation set forth.

Clearly everyone rolls their eyes and ignores it…. But the company loses credibility as soon as such a d-mb idea gets put in print.

WE3 likely to double attrition.

Maybe that is the goal of WE3, to reduce headcount.

And WE3 is also an effort to justify the $21 million in bonuses to the new hire KM in her first 5 months at EM.

KM must not like the idea of each loyal trusted valued employee being assigned a desk. She would rather empty the buildings.

“Contrary to the completely objective opinions of people whose aim is to sell workplace technology, the vast majority of evidence suggests that hot-desking is neither good for staff morale and creativity, nor is it good for productivity – with some surveys showing that more than 25% of companies suffer a dip in productivity as a result of implementing a hot-desking policy.

In addition to this, a survey carried out by Unison in 2012 showed that:

90% of respondents said it had a negative effect on morale;
90% said it increased their stress levels;
80% said they do not have the same access to peer support; and
only 15% felt that flexibility and efficiency had increased
Furthermore, research carried out by Dianne Hoskins of Gensler, a US office design firm, which took in over 90,000 people from 155 companies across 10 industries, found that ‘knowledge workers’ (skilled white-collar professions) need four things to thrive:

Focus (individual work involving concentration and attention to a particular task);
Collaboration (working with others to achieve a goal);
Learning (acquiring knowledge or skills through education or experience); and
Socialising (interactions to create trust, bonds and values, collective identity and productive relationships).

The results of her research went on to illustrate that the most significant factor in increasing productivity in the workplace isn’t the ability to collaborate, but the ability to focus (who would’ve thought that being able to concentrate could be so important).

The research also found that focus is the one thing that new styled hot-desking type environments makes hardest.

She said: ''Co-worker interruptions, auditory and visual distractions all combine to make focus work the modern office's most compromised work mode''.”

https://businessfirst.co.uk/news/hot-desking-is-revolutionising-modern-business-but-is-it-worth-it

I think most people are upset about hot-desking plans, but maybe they are like me - fatigued from all the negative things happening.

I am overworked and have had to fight for so much in the last few years, I just don’t have the energy to fight this. I am using all my energy to hang on while I prepare to quit next year.

Who invented that kind of cr-p call hotdesking?

Culture of Health y’all.

There are things to be more bothered about than the stupid glass… the continued doomsaying by management to throw us into perpetual austerity is more troubling.

I spend the first part of my day wiping down my ‘neighborhood’ desk. After working for several hours I then spend time wiping down my desk any in case someone wants to use it after me.

Also, this time of year I seem to have a lot more large-intestine gas so I try to leave that behind in the neighborhood before leaving work for home. That takes a just a small bit of time.

It all adds up. It’s surprising that I get any work done.

People are upset. Go back and look at posts when the communication came out.

If WE3 is so great, implementation should start with Executives for the greatest impact.

Lead by example.

I would object based solely on hygiene. I've seen people sneeze, drool, cough, sp-t, nose blow, bleed, and spill food and drinks on office surfaces and desk chairs. For safety purposes, shouldn't we spend the first hour each day wiping down surfaces with antibacterial wipes so we don't get sick?

Just complain of an ergo issue to the point that you become an “anchor” seat. That’s what we did at Hughes Landing when we were hot desking there.

Welcome to being a second class citizen. The rest of Houston is now seeing how EMIT has been treated for years!

What will happen to those who dont comply? Will they get fired over this? See you at the court..

Muahahahaha

Trust me people are beyond upset. Unbelievable that this is whatnot VP thinks will get him his next promotion. I’ve lost all respect for Staale.

I also choose to do next to nothing now, however I fully appreciate the degrading that hot desking is, especially to those who have been with the company for a long time.

“Is there really a generation or population of workers who don’t care about this?”

I don’t really give AF about much of anything work-related to tell you the truth. They pay me the minimum so I do the minimum.