Reply to: What's your office space like?

[chef]

Swindon or Reading?

Reading.. DaveB wins

[KathyWoolfe]

The worst office I worked in was a converted multi-storey car park - in the middle of Birmingham.
They created a custom-made computer building next door (not for the minions actually programming or anything of course) and they made the mistake of putting the vents for the air conditioning on the side of the building facing the road. This meant that every time a heavy lorry went by the office staff were treated to the delicious aroma of exhaust fumes, .

[KathyWoolfe]

...except for the wild deadlines, see-sawing cash flows, huge uncertainities, massive workloads, the annoying pedanticalness of clients, the deep isolation, the constant battle against demotivation and w@nking yourself to death...

It's not worth it!

[alreadypacked]

Sorry.

My mistake.

You said "armpit" not "arsehole"...

[wobbegong]

Slough?

[DaveB]

I thought from the text under your avatar, you were working from home.

armpit of a town = ?

Swindon or Reading?

[alreadypacked]

no just desks in the office..

moved from directly under the AirCon with my back to all others in the open plan office to facing everyone (screen facing away), next to the window overlooking a lake and trees

not that interesting i know but any change is exciting in this armpit of a town

I thought from the text under your avatar, you were working from home.

armpit of a town = ?

[DaveB]

Converted store room at the top of an old engineering building. Ancient radiators that dont work, air con with a mind of it's own. Windows all round but no view to speak of, just the roofs of the surrounding engineering works. Water stained ceiling tiles and a hole in one corner.

On the plus side it's 20 mins from home, management never come up here and the rate is half decent.

[chef]

no just desks in the office..

moved from directly under the AirCon with my back to all others in the open plan office to facing everyone (screen facing away), next to the window overlooking a lake and trees

not that interesting i know but any change is exciting in this armpit of a town

[alreadypacked]

woohoo new desk with window and view of lakes and trees...

i've made it

You have moved house, chef.

[chef]

woohoo new desk with window and view of lakes and trees...

i've made it

[n5gooner]

large corporate open plan office, each floor is almost - CHECK
a chair thats comfy but cheap - CHECK
large desk, network port, 2 plugs and a bin - CHECK

although there's a Orange and Blue colour scheme going on here

[NickFitz]

If you had your desk number printed on a tee shirt, you would look like some sort of convict photo.

I'll have to suggest it to them

[alreadypacked]

My, or rather my client's office, and some of my esteemed colleaguesesk (#5242).

If you had your desk number printed on a tee shirt, you would look like some sort of convict photo.

[bored]

Am currently sat in a large corporate open plan office, each floor is almost identical, a chair thats comfy but cheap, large desk, network port, 2 plugs and a bin.. all grey and black colour coding.. pretty depressing really.

What's everyone else's working environment like?

Mine's exactly like that, except that I have more plugs.