[RESOLVED] Working Conditions

I am surrounded by cube walls in a particularly drool-inducing shade of green. The tile floor beneath me used to be white, now is a distubing mess of water and rust stains.

There are windows in the dept. but the shades are always drawn because I think people are afraid of Mr. Sun. The guy in the cube behind me listens to talk radio all day, usually a couple women jabbering on about the trials of raising children and keeping a home in order. I have no idea why this guy listens to that crap.

People eat noisily at their desks, then complain when (*gasp*) they come into work to find mouse turds on their desks. Ants are also quite popular. There's a women who runs around with a can of raid killing ants and poisoning everyone else. Mmmmmm, nothing like the smell of morning coffee and lung choking pesticide!

Well, I guess I am just lucky. My office used to be a conference room (10'x16'). Even better it is in the back of the admin area, at the end of a dead end hall. The only down side is the 3 servers and 2 desk tops that keep the temp in my office above 70 degrees in the dead of winter and substantially hotter the rest of the year.

I can't complain about my job, I get to come in late as long as I come in, I get free lunch, I get to go to the bars with my boss, he hooks me up with free software, hooks me up with free stereo installations on my truck when he gets his stereo in his car installed, I get a free pass to the YMCA, I get dental service, I get health insurance, I can honestly tell him that his ideas are F@#*ing stupid and not worry about him being mad, I can surf the net on occassion as long as I don't do it too much while on the clock, and i get free donuts. Heh I'd have to say I'm damn near royalty. Now all I need to do is get more cash but then again I need to learn more before I can do that.

Nice office with wood paneling, window that opens, laser printer, in a portable a good distance from main building. Only drawback is that my office is also the wiring closet! :rolleyes:
Other than that, I love it! Hardly anyone bothers me and I can close the door if I wan't to nap. ;)

Well from listing to some of these stories I must be lucky!! I have my own office (10 x 12) with locking door, large window (that can open), A/C in summer- heat in winter, company car to go from building to building ( we aren't lazy, just have 20 acres of buildings). I guess we have it pretty good. Well we do have one big draw back... We have to dumbest users ever put on the face of the earth!! We are expected to teach people who can barely read to use a PCs. But then again I guess we all have those types of users we support. Job security forever...

I work on a bank. seems the work place is good, complete materials, food, drink, and beautiful ladies! whoohooo!!!
TECH POWER!!! :D

My area is nice, although a little too bright. I generally prefer to work with the lights off, while everyone else doesn't. :rolleyes: Of course, I work for a proactive and progressive company that constantly strives to provide a better work environment for their employees, which includes among other things, fully stocked coolers of pop, juices, and bottled water daily as well as all the ice cream bars I can eat! :)

Originally posted by GOVTECH:
......We have to dumbest users ever put on the face of the earth!! We are expected to teach people who can barely read to use a PCs.

You've got users who can read? You lucky dog!

lets see, home office. 2 windows blinds are always shut, 3 systems and a test bench bed is upstairs, stereo 5.1 system tv playstation ( makes formats more interesting) parts shelf phone and the normal stuff.... Work office i only get to about 2 times per week but it is pretty cool 25by 20 huge brand new desk new dell 933 system 20 foot bench phones and the norm.... nice place but im glad im not trapped there all day long, mostly my office is my car..

Right now I am looking out my window, I have a cube on the first floor of my building. My building is a pyramid. Its kind of cool working at a pharmaceutical company. :)

Wow I have a 12' x 6' window opening on the street. Can watch the river and local bait shop. Get to see who is weighing in what. Can check out the local bar across the street and see who is coming going and maybe if they are buying. Another bar / restraunt next door has great take out snacks. Deep fried Calimari, deep fried mushrooms and asperagus and cant forget the huge deep fried onion rings and zucinni. We have satillite TV lots of room and no leashes. Oh by the way I do have a work bench about 12' long and on occasion I do use it. After reading the posts here, I feel like I am in a Kings Mansion. AH it is great to be independent. ;) :) :p :cool:

Standard CUBE..no windows.

Good god people...listen to this one...

As it stands, I live in Canada...its cold enough as it is.

I work for a prominent engineering consulting firm in Vancouver. I am on a project now and you wanna know what my office is? Well...im in a server room with 43 different servers...all running... does anyone have an estimate on HOW F$#@ING COLD IT CAN GET?

I can sit here and masturbate...even before my glory hits the floor, its ice...

Honestly...I have access to most policing systems, ie. rcmp, calgary, vancouver, winnepig, toronto and montreal law enforement systems. I have a stereo, digital tv (flat screen), my slowest computer is a Intel PIII 966MHz, 1 gig or RAM.

I guess im content, but I WANT SOME WOMEN...HERE....ALL TO MYSELF...WELL, WILL SHARE ONLY WITH OTHER WOMEN...

YOU KNOW WHAT??? THIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR LOCKED UP ALL DAY WORKING ON COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS. OH YA, JUST A HINT OF ADVICE TO ANYONE WHO SITS AT A BENCH ALL THE TIME...DONT LICK THE BIG CAPACITOR...
top that one...

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Originally posted by God Hates Me just like your wife:
Good god people...listen to this one...

As it stands, I live in Canada...its cold enough as it is.

I work for a prominent engineering consulting firm in Vancouver. I am on a project now and you wanna know what my office is? Well...im in a server room with 43 different servers...all running... does anyone have an estimate on HOW Cold it can get

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most likly between 63 to 73 degree's. I work in a server room too and I freeze my frail body every day. It sucks, but here's a tip, walk round the other side of the servers and use the fan's to warm you up. The air comming out is about 75 to 85 degrees.

I cant do that...all the servers are in the middle with the backs facing each other...yah, i know...what a stupid *** way to set up a server room...i guess i could stand in water and start chewing at all the fiber runs from Telus?

Well I guess i am lucky...I have a fair sized office, with windows and everything. It is also in a cool octagonal shape. the only downside is i have to go down a flight of stairs to get to the srever room, and up a flight of stairs to get to the comm room.

I work in a van down by the river...Wait a minute, that's where I live. Sorry :)

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Originally posted by Elbatcho:
The worst condition I have ever been in was when I was stationed in Norway, I spent 4 weeks in a tent in -20 degree weather. Now that sucked, everything else is a cake walk.

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I have to agree...wasnt in Norway...spent 7 months in a tent in Saudi Arabia (you know..the war)...but I agree...the rest is a cake walk. My office is a pickup though...not bad in itself...

:cool:

I'm not to bad off, grey cubicle (has to be some sort of monopoly there). It's 8x8 which I can tolerate, not really near the windows but also not near a main corridor, you have to kind of search to find me. :) Cube has 3 PC's, a docking station, a 21" and 19" monitor, KVM switch a phone which is almost never used (thats what email is for). Most of my time however is spent in a test lab with 3 server racks lined with Proliants and 4 machines setup to play Need For Speed High Stakes on a isolated network! Now that is fun stuff! :)


Also quite the assortment of 20 something women who are almost all absolutely amazing. We have some great telesales reps!

I don't have a workspace at home, I'm pretty sure that's why its called a workspace!!!!!

I had no idea there were so many "gray-cube" people here... I have 3 rooms, heat, A/C, a large workbench around all 3 rooms (we knocked all the walls out), 3 radios all tuned to the same station for ultimate "surround sound 6.3" and a TV for sporting events (NCAAs, Super Bowl, World Series...).

The hours are horrible (anywhere from 6 AM to midnight, average 10 hours a day) but there are only 3 people that work here (the owner, me, and the salesman) and we all get along. Free lunch almost daily. Now I have to work on getting some insurance and benefits...

I have worked in several small places...my Favorite is the one shop that had a tech room that was a 8x10 room with no windows, one flouresant light, two outlets, and I had to share it with 2 other guys and had to share it with the main server. let just say shelves to the ceiling... and here is the kicker! There was no A/C and the people downstairs had control of the heat and it had 3 doors that opened, so it was always cranked and got upto 35 celcuis on a slightly warm day! WORST WHEN IT WAS WARMER OUT! Now that was working conditions! :(

The closet I work out of is nothing to write home about, but the people I work with are great. I don't have to watch my back anymore, and I wouldn't trade that for any creature comforts. :)

I work in an office with about an inch of dust on the floor and every work surface. I think they have stopped changing the filters in the AC. Also we are going through a major reconstruction in the building and I am being kicked out of my cubicle to a single desk. I have three PCs and a laptop. This means I will be sitting on my machinery. I am so ticked because one of my teammates (equal to my level) is getting a nice high-wall office cubicle with window view. Life is totally unfair.

Been some strange places and had some good and some bad /homes/. Yet the one I think the most fun is the contract work I do now. Good money but I've changed my office 3 times in as many days..

office AKA cubical.. AKA seat next to window on table. AKA 1/4 of a cubical. :)
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Gray Cube again. Coffee maker,Food storage and Microwave. Semi-secluded.Voice mail always.

I'm most of the time in a room with 2 AS/400's, a huge whompin' UPS, a print server, 5 workstations and 3 printers. The door has a lock on it, so I don't have it too bad.

I have a huge office, no windows, and nobody to tell me what to do. I have nothing to do all day, so I just browse the net, play games, and just generally pass the time. And I get paid for it!!! Of course once in awhile I have to go fix someone's printer or reboot a machine or something (because it would be sooooo difficult for the user to do it themselves.)