> I asked the CTO who I've know for quite some time - WTF man? He said that he likes it, because he can see at a glance that everybody is working. I was reminded of storehouses with special elevated rooms that had a view on all that happens on the floor.
This kind of panopticon is how prisons are often organized.
I can be lying on a couch working hard. How does the CTO see that? The typing part is just the tip of the iceberg.
> I can be lying on a couch working hard. How does the CTO see that? The typing part is just the tip of the iceberg.
It is amazing that most knowledge worker management does not understand how knowledge workers work. Most of our hardest work does not involve hands on a keyboard.
I've been full remove for a decade. There's no way I could work in an office where "butts in chairs" was the way. I guess I would just have a notepad and a pencil and just sort of move my hand back and forth on it while I was in my head solving the real problems.
This kind of panopticon is how prisons are often organized.
I can be lying on a couch working hard. How does the CTO see that? The typing part is just the tip of the iceberg.