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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you from the CFTC?  I’ve heard they mostly have their own offices there and when they move to the SEC’s building in the next year or so they will have to share.  I’ve also heard they are a bunch of divas who are likely to pitch a fit about this.

Most people either share an office or have cubes.  That goes for gov and non gov. It’s not a big deal.  [b]It’s noisy and a PITA and sometimes your office mate can’t get to the restroom and lets a stinky one rip. [/b] Eventually, you get used to it.[/quote]

People who normalize things like this should be first in line for shared office space.

The whole “you should deal with it because other people deal with it” mentality is what has driven benefits and job security to be cut repeatedly for decades across industries. It’s exactly what managements everywhere want their employees to say.[/quote]

Is IS normal.  And I do share an office like the vast majority of Americans. It is a stretch to say that someone who chooses not to complain about having to share an office is the downfall of American worker pay and benefits. You sound really out of touch.[/quote]

No, sorry, the out of touch person here is the one normalizing their co-workers farting around them and saying “it’s not a big deal” and “eventually you get used to it.”

The second part about benefits is not about complaining about the office, it’s about the attitude of blindly accepting things that suck and assuming “that’s just how it is.” That’s how it is because you all don’t do anything about it, and you call people who do “a bunch of divas.”

Enjoy your fart cubicles.[/quote]

Most Americans don’t care about offices and are just trying to feed their families and pay bills. American workers are not going to go on a mass strike because office sharing is the hill to die on when it comes to untenable working conditions or declines in pay and benefits.  That is why your complaining sounds out of touch. It wouldn’t be the globalization of manufacturing or the outsourcing of professional jobs to India, for example, where they will happily work in crowded offices. It’s not the evolution of corporations as people or Super PACs funding politicians and then lobbying for worker unfriendly policies.  There are bigger issues than your solo or shared office working conditions. [/quote]

Except, as I already said once, it’s not about complaining about the office but about simply accepting crap from your employer and then expecting other people to as well. Whether it is office space or cuts to leave/retirement benefits or whatever else.

Again, I’m not OP, I don’t know what you’re talking about with “your complaining.” I have an office so I’m not complaining. But I sympathize with people getting downgraded to crappier situations.[/quote]

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