Good lord this open space is insufferable

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Sometimes I sit in the bathroom just to get some alone time. Maybe this should be in the True Confessions bowl

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We need a new plague.

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It’s proven to lower productivity and increase sick time. But it sure is cheaper!

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Looks familiar

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I especially love when people yell shit across the office, or continue conversations while walking away from one another but increasing the volume of their voice.

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Am1: oh me too. I invested in noise cancelling headphones and take advantage of phone booths but it’s still incredibly difficult to focus

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I've mastered the art of using a roll of toilet paper as a pillow and sleeping without falling on the floor. Learned from years riding the A train from 145th street.

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Visual noise is just as distracting as the audio

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I'm with u McCann. I go to bathroom to relax sometimes Lmfao. Does anyone sleep there too??

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I've worked in open spaces before but this is like the Michael Jordan of open spaces.

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Accurate

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Burnetts new open seating on floor 21 has emptied out the open seating around my desk. I can’t find my team, but I can hear my own thoughts!

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It’s awful. Sold under the guise of “collaboration” it’s really just a way for them to save money and keep eyes on you at all times. Is she at her desk at 9:30? Is she working or surfing the web?

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I feel I can't focus sometimes

ACD what company/where?

Just me? ^^

There was a guy at one of my old agencies who would sleep in the stalls. Knew it was him because of the constant snoring. Oh media....

The sickness spreads like wildfire

The collaboration part is BS. We have maybe 25% of our people on dedicated client teams. The rest work across multiple clients and projects. I sit near 2 of the 18 people I work with on 4 clients. More distraction than collaboration.

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