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http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl >> News and Comment >> BH extension "Hot desking" http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1403005315 Message started by Mikej on Jun 17^th, 2014, 11:42am

Title: BH extension "Hot desking"
Post by Mikej on Jun 17^th, 2014, 11:42am

Here we go again courtesy of Ariel - "Feeling the heat in hunt for a hot desk seat"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/27883987

Are we surprised? I love the bit about "kimwipes" being provided at every desk. But they don't have waste bins to put them in when used do they?

Mike

Title: Re: BH extension "Hot desking"
Post by EyeTunes on Jun 17^th, 2014, 4:33pm

I recall that when Hot Desks were first introduced in the Media Centre White City-1991/2-they were hardly used at all other than first thing in the morning or around 17.00!
This was because managers in adjacent BBC buildings-or even BH thought that staff -off site and visiting White City for whatever reason might have been skiving!

Title: Re: BH extension "Hot desking"
Post by chris west on Jun 27^th, 2014, 11:42am

Interesting quote from the Ariel article:

"Andy Baker, the W1 manager, claims the problems of space are partly the result of the building simply being a 'fantastic place to work'.

'It has Oxford Street just down the road, it's in central London, so it means the commuting is relatively easy. And I think we are a victim of our own success.'

So why did we all traipse out to White City?