People go to great lengths to try to prove that business isn't business.
And yet all of my experience says: business is business.
If they're catering to employee needs, that's a non-financial benefit to the job that they're trading on. They took something else from somewhere else.
Why does management love open-office plans?
It's easier to see who's doing what and to spot anyone not doing anything important.
We talk a lot about privacy here on HN, but it's sort of taboo to mention that most startups work aggressively to deprive you of any sort of privacy.
Gotta make sure they get their full 8-18 hours a day of you.
And yet all of my experience says: business is business.
If they're catering to employee needs, that's a non-financial benefit to the job that they're trading on. They took something else from somewhere else.
Why does management love open-office plans?
It's easier to see who's doing what and to spot anyone not doing anything important.
We talk a lot about privacy here on HN, but it's sort of taboo to mention that most startups work aggressively to deprive you of any sort of privacy.
Gotta make sure they get their full 8-18 hours a day of you.