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by chrisra27 days ago |
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> just please don't make me come in to the office.

But how do you pick up the stuff from your desk? I once lost a nice pair of headphones this way.

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upvoteby jimmaswell27 days ago|
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I've never had a job with a permanent individual desk like this. The one in-person real job I had, it was only shared working space that different people used at different times of the day or on different days, and I think you were discouraged from leaving anything. The idea of there being "your desk" with a framed photo of your kids and favorite coffee mug seems like a nearly extinct piece of nostalgia. It must have been nice in a way, far preferable to the new style of open office at least.
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upvoteby pavel_lishin27 days ago|
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May I ask how long you've been working?

I'm in my early 40s, and I've never had a job where we've "hot-desked" like that, even when a company was out-growing an office.

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upvoteby antod26 days ago|
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I'm on my third job since COVID. None have dedicated desks, and this ranges across startups, corporates and large govt agencies.

Every job I had before COVID back to when I started back in the early/mid 90s had dedicated desks.

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upvoteby jimmaswell26 days ago|
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2017 I believe.
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upvoteby PunchyHamster26 days ago|
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That seems like "why the fuck even go to work place" type of work
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upvoteby jagged-chisel27 days ago|
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Meh. Don't leave anything at work. Forgo the convenience and carry your things on your commute. Use a bag. If there's "too much stuff", that's a sign to pare back what you "need" at work.
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upvoteby cromka27 days ago|
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I had my gym stuff in a gym locker. The reason I was able to commit to a gym routine was being able to get off my desk, get down the elevator, enter the gym and change in gym clothes in literally 5 minutes. I would never be willing to commute with all that gear. And I never got that gear back.

Still a net positive in my experience.

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upvoteby eks39127 days ago|
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Same, almost. When I was a student, I rented a locker near the showers so I could start my day at the school gym, shower, and go to my first class.

My workplaces have not had gyms, but I bought equipment for my home that maintains the streamline. I haven't been perfect at my routine because my work schedule isn't consistent which is annoying, but I do still get some exercise in at least twice per week with it. I doubt I'd be getting at least that otherwise.

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upvoteby afavour27 days ago|
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God, if we're at the point where we're so paranoid about being laid off that we don't dare leave a single piece of personal property in the office then I think we're in a very dark place indeed. Can’t imagine the mental damage from considering losing your job every single day you wake up.
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upvoteby alexjplant27 days ago|
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I never left anything valuable or personal at my desk when I worked in an office simply because I had a very nonzero number of colleagues who acted like animals. My fizzy waters, coffee, and snacks would be consumed without permission or replenishment. Chairs, monitors, and input peripherals would get swapped without asking. Desks surfaces would be sat on with chairs used as footstools. Corporate effluvia of all types would end up on my "unused desk" because I wasn't in at the exact moment some roving bandit walked by looking for a spot to dump their crates of paper and binders.

Some people simply have no regard for others and will mess with or jack your shit. Don't give them the chance.

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upvoteby eks39127 days ago|
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I always thought it was weird that all of the equipment issued to me beyond the laptop was registered to me, such as the monitors and desk phone. Your comment enlightens me... That's wild to imagine folks just swiping things from other peoples desks. We even have storage rooms of office supplies where someone could drop off their crate of paper and binders if they had one for some reason.
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upvoteby buckhx27 days ago|
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well this did just happen to me. laid off while taking care of my father in laws estate and my personal belongings were thrown away. 7 years at the company as an EM ftr.
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upvoteby whatshisface27 days ago|
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I know this is not a good year on the job market, but if you are traveling to work with a "go bag" and not leaving coffee mugs on your desk to prepare for being laid off maybe it is time to carry that go bag to some other buildings...
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upvoteby nkrisc27 days ago|
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The obvious middle ground is don’t leave anything valuable at your desk that you wouldn’t want to lose. You shouldn’t leave valuable stuff at your desk even if you don’t expect to be laid off. Unless you work in a very secure environment, you don’t really know who will be sniffing around your desk.

Go ahead and leave a coffee mug, who cares if you lose a coffee mug?

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upvoteby chrisandchris26 days ago|
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I'm really happy I live in a country and company sizes where you could leave your wallet on your desk and nothing happens. Glad I don't need to secure my mug to my desk.
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upvoteby nkrisc26 days ago|
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Even in the safest country I would never intentionally leave my wallet at my desk.
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upvoteby pavel_lishin27 days ago|
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I would be devastated if a few of my coffee mugs were eaten by a firing/layoff. (But I would also not bring those specific coffee mugs to the office, either.)
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upvoteby jdev-hn27 days ago|
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upvoteby BrandoElFollito27 days ago|
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Yes, I will bag my two tree-sized plants, 4 paintings, 1 old map, 2 posters, drawings of my kids, figurines and a few more things. Ah yes, the ball I sit on.

I spend in the office more time than at home so I want a nice environment.

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upvoteby kelnos26 days ago|
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It feels a little weird to tell people not to personalize or make comfortable a place that they might spend 8 hours a day at, 5 days a week.

Many humans like to decorate their desks, keep personal stuff there. It's normal.

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upvoteby forlorn_mammoth27 days ago|
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If they are keeping your personal possessions, isn't that theft?
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upvoteby lmm26 days ago|
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Yes, but the company may well be judgement-proof at that point.
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upvoteby ccimmergreen27 days ago|
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So this was why the FBI Director Kash Patel was in a panic when he couldn't log in one day. Revoking credentials before firing someone makes a lot of sense in security.
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upvoteby lostlogin27 days ago|
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> So this was why the FBI Director Kash Patel was in a panic when he couldn't log in one day

Ever tried to login with two factor and justify a maxed out company card while high as a kite and drunk?

It’s stressful.

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upvoteby deepsquirrelnet27 days ago|
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Professionally, he spells his name thusly: FBI Director Ka$h Patel, so you know he’s serious.
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upvoteby tty45627 days ago|
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Written in bourbon
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upvoteby metalman27 days ago|
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no, becaus the simple and pragmatic solution for ANYONE who is subject to arbitrary termination, is to litter everything they build with caltrops and dead man triggers and then hint that they will go into "consulting" when fired.

I know of one case where this was totaly unintentional, and a machinest at a local pulp and paper plant had self delegated to write the software that controlled tension on the giant machines in the mill, but as it was his only real forey into sofware, nobody else could operate it, and they fired him after a manegment reshuffle, and then after the next scheduled shut down, nothing worked right, greasy dusty ancient screen with a blinking cursor was what they had, plugged into the important bits of a half sqare mile plant. still funny to think about!

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upvoteby cj27 days ago|
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Or if you don't want to booby trap your code, buy one of those tiny devices that make a cricket noise randomly every 5-15 minutes, and hide it somewhere in the restroom.

https://annoyingpcb.com/

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upvoteby zimpenfish27 days ago|
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These are too obvious - 5-15 minutes gives your victim way too many opportunities to narrow down the location.

What you really need is one that chirps once every (multiple of) 20-28 hours (with weighting towards 23-25 to keep it roughly around the time you set it going and an infrequent skipping of a day.) Also with different volumes and, ideally, different chirps. Occasionally a double chirp just for extra insanity causing.

(A Michael Jackson "hee heee" would be another good option.)

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upvoteby HeyLaughingBoy27 days ago|
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Next time I'm bored and need a project, I'm building that ;-)
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upvoteby therobots92727 days ago|
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That is some top notch wrongthink… HN does NOT find it funny!
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upvoteby xingped27 days ago|
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