I did a walk through of the Shitshow building today. I couldn't but help notice that there are alot of empty cubes on my floor. It's quite a change, considering at one point we had so many people, that we sometimes had two engineers doubled up in one cube. How did this cubicle vacancy happen? Perhaps some people retired, or maybe it was just a result of the multiple moves we have had over the years.
Nobody ever really moves anywhere, they just get reshuffled to different cubicles. Moves happen when management has extra budget sitting around. Rather than spend it on employee development, they decide to blow the extra budget by reshuffling everyone around to create more "synergy". The flaw in this effort is that engineers don't communicate with each other anyway. You could have two engineers sit directly next to each other, and they will still communicate only by email or IM. I know one engineer who, after five moves, ended up in the exact same cube he started in. Very effective.
Of course, when there is no excess budget, they don't move anyone. So as I'm walking through the building today, I see not only empty cubes and empty offices, but then I come across some new hires that STILL doubled up in one cube. All these empty cubes, and these guys are STILL sharing a cube the size of a ping-pong table!
"Sorry, we'd love to move you, but we don't have any budget. Also, you're not allowed to move yourselves either, as that would violate company rules.
Sincerely,
- Management"
Because I should feel lucky to have my own cube, I throw rocks.
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