Why do they want happy workers and how do they measure happiness?
When exactly did Microsoft abandon all the lessons of Peopleware[1]?
And what about flow[2]? I recall people blocking out calendar time and putting do not disturb signs on their office doors[3] when they needed time to get into flow. Good managers helped make that happen. Does that not happen there anymore?
[3] We had actual offices, doubled up and individual. They had doors. It took almost 2 decades to finally work remotely so that I could have an office with a door again, this time in my home. Bliss!
When exactly did Microsoft abandon all the lessons of Peopleware[1]?
And what about flow[2]? I recall people blocking out calendar time and putting do not disturb signs on their office doors[3] when they needed time to get into flow. Good managers helped make that happen. Does that not happen there anymore?
[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67825.Peopleware
[2] https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-flow-state-of-mind-How-succe...
[3] We had actual offices, doubled up and individual. They had doors. It took almost 2 decades to finally work remotely so that I could have an office with a door again, this time in my home. Bliss!