Comment by Siddarthan Sarumathi Pandian on ""Innovative" Workplace - Your Thoughts?"

Comment"Innovative" Workplace - Your Thoughts?

Siddarthan Sarumathi Pandian

Full Stack Dev at Agentdesks | Ex Hashnode | Ex Shippable | Ex Altair Engineering

Mar 1, 2017

I am really not a fan of those cozy 'coffee bars, lounges, quit-rooms, creative rooms (in which you can write all over walls/floors), power-napping areas etc' you mentioned. I think giants like Google have all those to make sure their employees spend most of their time in their offices and hence end up working for the company and have absolutely no life out of work, which is wrong IMHO.

I am not saying for a second that I wouldn't want those cool facilities, just saying that there's a hidden reason as to why companies do it. I think people should work because they like to work and not be tempted to work because the environment is cozy.

Marco Alka

Software Engineer, Technical Consultant & Mentor

Mar 1, 2017

That's very true^^ Well, as long as I can just leave after 7h/day and still have those perks, I can't complain. However, I see that problem, and especially in Silicon Valley, you are paid for results (which have nothing to do with what you can actually achieve in a good timeframe), not hours spent... It all has it's merits and downsides :)

Well, as for Linear Bytes, I guess the company is small but cozy in its own way, huh^^ I sometimes wonder how life would be if I chose to go for a smaller, but more familiar place

Oh, Hashnode is very very cozy in its own way. I would still love a fridge full of beer though, just putting it out here. ;)

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