Thoughts on the open desk vs assigned seating debate?

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Open seating gives me anxiety like no other. I need my own personal space that no one else is sitting in/rearranging/coughing all over.
I never know where to find someone in open sitting if I need them.
Also I have back problems and need a specific chair. Not having a healthy setup stresses me out.

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People always migrate to the same seat. Always. We are habitual at heart. There is no such thing as move around and pick a new seat everyday. Also if you are a newbie and accidentally sit in someone’s seat, trouble will follow...

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Its very high school like in nature. I’ve been places where people save seats for others and its beyond annoying.

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I like to have my own space, and I like my laptop to be hooked up to an actual monitor

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Quaint concept, but humans don’t work that way. If u don’t assign specific spaces to staff, they assign specific spaces to themselves.

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I don’t like people touching my stuff much less sitting in my seat. Gimmie my own space

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If we go open desk, I’m going open resume and getting out of here. Seriously, it’s bad enough my desk feel like a spot on an assembly line. I bought my own large monitor and ergo keyboard to have a little comfort. If I have to haul those out of a locker to find a desk each day, I’m gone.

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Yes, need my own space!

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