Paul,
Having experienced similar (3 of us in a 12x12 room for 5 years), and the
attendant problems in getting useful work done, I've come to the conclusion
that management that doesn't understand the needs of their IT department in
terms of space is likely to be poor management. There are very few
businesses that can perform effectively--and survive--in the long term
without taking into account their need for IT services, and providing
adequate space and support.
Good luck. Although IT may be a cost center instead of a profit center, in
today's business environment, that cost center is no less vital. I am
(thankfully) out of that particular environment. And also, thankfully, as a
layoff due to "reorganization", which gives me time to find a better
position. The horror stories I have been hearing from my former employees
about the "improvements" put into place after my departure are a source of
good entertainment. Both of my former employees are hoping to be either
laid off, also, or that they find suitable new positions and can leave.
---
Scott
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > I hate getting on a conference call in our office - we're all in 6x6
> > green
> > > metal hamster boxes in a room with a low ceiling (yes, this is the
> > > brand-new hospital. We're not a revenue-generating department, so
> > they've
> > > jammed us into as small a space as they could) and even if you whisper,
> > > everyone can hear you. Imagine 5 of us, all dialed into the same
> > > conference bridge, all on slightly different time delays, combined with
> > the
> > > actual acoustic sound.
> > >
> > > Yep. Instant headache.
> >
> > Acoustical panels, walls, etc. I'd be getting creative. Otherwise,
> > find a way to turn yourself into a revenue-generating department. :)
> >
> >
> Our hamster boxes have fabric walls, and we have "acoustical tile"
> ceilings. Doesn't really matter much.
>
> As long as we're the IT department, in their eyes, all we do is cost them
> money. We're a necessary evil. At the old hospital, we all had large work
> spaces. My workbench/desk was 8 feet long, giving me plenty of space to
> work on the big radiology PACS reading workstations that I build and
> support. Now, in a 6x6 box, I have to have my own workstation with a 24"
> and 19" monitor, and jammed in on the left is the 24" monitor that I use to
> build/support the workstations, which are also jammed in under my desk next
> to my feet. To get out of my chair, I have to back out into the aisle. To
> do that requires backing away from my desk, which usually results in me
> hitting the wall behind me, which is the front wall of my neighbor, which
> often knocks the photos of her granddaughter off. To hook up the computers
> that I have to work on, I need to pull my chair all the way out into the
> aisle and crawl under my desk. And the way they jammed the hamster boxes
> into this room, and the way they didn't match any of the wiring up to the
> floor plan, means that there are no power/network jacks in my cube. I have
> an extension cord run under the cube wall into my neighbor's space just so
> I can have power and ethernet.
>
> Whee.
>
> --
>
> Paul Braun
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>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
> Auerbach
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