original publish date: 12th January, 2010
decades on …
We didn’t know how good we had it.
In a post-Covid, hybrid, hotdesking world, how many of us would score above zero?
Note to self: Need to do a contemporary version of this.
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Open Plan Office Heirarchy Test
Sit in the corner? +2
or at least near a window? +1
Have a visitor’s chair or table? +1
Personal furniture? (e.g. couch) +1
Get people traffic? (thoroughfare) -1
Screen visible /from public walkway? -2
Do you share? (shifts or hotdesking) -3
Are you in close proximity to:
printers/copiers/faxes -1
Kitchen/lunchroom/vending machines -2
toilets -3
Is your desk?
L Shaped +1
Rectangular 0
Your lap -3
Is your chair:
better than most +2
same as most 0
worse than most -1
what chair? -3
Your score
Caption: All desks are not created equal.