Re: Hot desking
So agree. There is one worst though: "Agile working". While hotdesking is simply about you finding a spare desk in an office where only 89% of employees are ever expected to turn up, agile working is about providing for that 89% of space in the sure knowledge that you require a higher percentage of employees to turn up. It is described as:
Essentially, it’s about working from wherever you choose – be it a workstation, breakout space, quiet area or even a ‘third space’ workplace (such as a café or at home).
It is a disruptor in that it ensures that teams should not sit close to each other, which could engender cliques in the desking system. In its latest format Agile working is now linked to a smartphone app, which you need in order to find the nearest available desk, enable your staff telephone number to switch to that desk and ensure that you are "discoverable".
At a nursery level it is known as 'musical chairs' and, not surprisingly, companies that employ Agile working tend to have a very high turnover of staff.
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