Inspired by a thread in one of the pro - forums
Whats the worst conditions you've been asked to endure and what did you do to rectify the situation?
I’ll start: A couple of years ago a project team I was working with was moved from relatively comfortable offices to a new office in the new site which had just opened. Turned out that half the office space we were supposed to be using had been reallocated as temporary shortage. Ended up having to buddy-up on desks, put up with ongoing meetings in the office as there was no dedicated meeting space anymore and on top of that it was significantly further to drive ever morning, car parking was crap, the canteen was rubbish and over priced and no mobile reception either!
I lasted till lunch time before I snapped. I packed up and on my way out, told the PM I’ll be back at the old office, or at home if he would prefer. Got the usual “Need you in the office”, “Visibility of tasks your working on” etc. from him but refused to back down.
Got back to the old office in time for lunch and got an extension offer the week after
Whats the worst conditions you've been asked to endure and what did you do to rectify the situation?
I’ll start: A couple of years ago a project team I was working with was moved from relatively comfortable offices to a new office in the new site which had just opened. Turned out that half the office space we were supposed to be using had been reallocated as temporary shortage. Ended up having to buddy-up on desks, put up with ongoing meetings in the office as there was no dedicated meeting space anymore and on top of that it was significantly further to drive ever morning, car parking was crap, the canteen was rubbish and over priced and no mobile reception either!
I lasted till lunch time before I snapped. I packed up and on my way out, told the PM I’ll be back at the old office, or at home if he would prefer. Got the usual “Need you in the office”, “Visibility of tasks your working on” etc. from him but refused to back down.
Got back to the old office in time for lunch and got an extension offer the week after
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