The best and the worst thing about your workplace (not work)?

androdev · 5th February 2009, 09:17

This is not about your work/income, but the workplace. Strictly. It can be your own business, too.

Do you like/hate the commute/company-bus, the canteen/free-snacks, the facilities like gym/pool-table/parking-lot, colleagues, work-culture, the view from your desk, the flexi hours, and so on.

Here is mine:

The best: Closer to home (commute)
The worst: Work-culture (big company politics, inefficiency)

maverick030581 · 5th February 2009, 10:09

Best things about my workplace -
1.Chilled out,relaxed atmosphere to work in.
2.My boss is based at Bangalore so no one here to breathe down my neck all the time

Worst things
1.No pretty faces to motivate me to come to work everyday.Absolutely none

2.Company trying to cut costs way too much.
3.The traffic I face everyday while commuting to and from office.My office is at Andheri east,Mumbai guys will know nothing more needs to be said.

Well I'm sure I could go on and on updating this list every 5 minutes but I'll stop here before someone sees me typing this and sacks me.

hillram · 5th February 2009, 11:10

Best Things :
1.Good Work Culture
2.Not too much of Pressure
3.TGIF Lunches
4.Open House Discussions

Worst Things:
1.Lay offs
2.Cost Cutting

deadguy25 · 5th February 2009, 11:16

Goodies:

1. Work from home
2. Almost out of the city
3. Nice lawns around the office

Baddies:

1. Too far from home
2. Cost cutting
3. Need to be get hooked on to the fone or the lappy during an emergency.

amtak · 5th February 2009, 11:22

Good Thing - Freedom and Silence

Bad Thing - Silence. Its killing. Even if a glass breaks, it makes a noise as if the entire building has collapsed.

panky12345 · 5th February 2009, 12:22

Good things from the last job:

A lot of chicks!

Bad things:

A rude female boss!

nirmalts · 5th February 2009, 12:25

Good thing:
Beer bottles in refrigerator

Bad thing:
People around blowing nose

pulsar56 · 5th February 2009, 12:26

Good things:
Almost everything including work!

Bad Things:
No pretty faces ever in all the three companies I have worked.

There are few in my current company but none of them are in my floor or in the same technology as mine!

Rajesh Rawal · 5th February 2009, 12:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by pulsar56

Bad Things:
No pretty faces . There are few in my current company but none of them are in my floor or in the same technology as mine!

lol..nazim + 1 to that from my side too.

deep_bang · 5th February 2009, 12:56

One of the biggest things i like about my work:
Flexi time and work at home policies. Helps a lot to beat other problems like traffic...

sujaylahiri · 8th February 2009, 02:19

Good Things:

Facing new challenges every day, keeps me on my toes
Relaxed and laid back atmosphere
The commute although a bit daunting in winter (icy roads) is quite scenic

Bad things:

Most of the workforce from the baby boomer generation, and hence due to retire soon
Some old-fashioned ideas and lack of innovation

akshay4587 · 8th February 2009, 02:21

Good things.-amazing chicks

Bad things-cost cutting forces to work in night shifts.

Nikhilb2008 · 8th February 2009, 12:19

Good things: Get to see lot of exotics! Work with cars which I love

Bad things: The place is too small. It's in a crowded zone so very heavy traffic. Am breating truck's exhausts most of the time.

condor · 8th February 2009, 13:44

@Pankaj, guess it is safe to assume :

Quote:

panky12345

: A rude female boss!

and

Quote:

panky12345

: A lot of chicks!

are mutually exclusive !

sj_koova · 8th February 2009, 14:04

Good:
1. Fortune #1 Best place to work in 2009 and in top 10 for past 5 years
2. Friday Beer bash.
3. Work from home option and flexi-timing.
4. Freedom everywhere.
5. This is my 5th year in this company and I joined when we had less than 100 people in India

Bad:
1. Bit of cost cutting and hiring freeze otherwise what bad can be there in #1 best place to work

2. Office does not have its own campus in India. I hate STPs where many offices are in one campus.

3. Work from home and flexi-timing causes less interaction between employees.

5th February 2009, 09:17	#1
androdev Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 3,255 Thanked: 25,287 Times	The best and the worst thing about your workplace (not work)? This is not about your work/income, but the workplace. Strictly. It can be your own business, too. Do you like/hate the commute/company-bus, the canteen/free-snacks, the facilities like gym/pool-table/parking-lot, colleagues, work-culture, the view from your desk, the flexi hours, and so on. Here is mine: The best: Closer to home (commute) The worst: Work-culture (big company politics, inefficiency)
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5th February 2009, 10:09	#2
maverick030581 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 198 Thanked: 2 Times	Best things about my workplace - 1.Chilled out,relaxed atmosphere to work in. 2.My boss is based at Bangalore so no one here to breathe down my neck all the time Worst things 1.No pretty faces to motivate me to come to work everyday.Absolutely none 2.Company trying to cut costs way too much. 3.The traffic I face everyday while commuting to and from office.My office is at Andheri east,Mumbai guys will know nothing more needs to be said. Well I'm sure I could go on and on updating this list every 5 minutes but I'll stop here before someone sees me typing this and sacks me. Last edited by maverick030581 : 5th February 2009 at 10:16.
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5th February 2009, 11:10	#3
hillram Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 2,941 Thanked: 1,329 Times View My Garage	Best Things : 1.Good Work Culture 2.Not too much of Pressure 3.TGIF Lunches 4.Open House Discussions Worst Things: 1.Lay offs 2.Cost Cutting
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5th February 2009, 11:16	#4
deadguy25 BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 432 Thanked: 283 Times	Goodies: 1. Work from home 2. Almost out of the city 3. Nice lawns around the office Baddies: 1. Too far from home 2. Cost cutting 3. Need to be get hooked on to the fone or the lappy during an emergency.
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5th February 2009, 11:22	#5
amtak Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai - The city of Sea Link!!! Posts: 2,983 Thanked: 1,108 Times	Good Thing - Freedom and Silence Bad Thing - Silence. Its killing. Even if a glass breaks, it makes a noise as if the entire building has collapsed.
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5th February 2009, 12:22	#6
panky12345 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 2,697 Thanked: 172 Times	Good things from the last job: A lot of chicks! Bad things: A rude female boss!
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5th February 2009, 12:25	#7
nirmalts BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stuttgart, Germ Posts: 252 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	Good thing: Beer bottles in refrigerator Bad thing: People around blowing nose
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5th February 2009, 12:26	#8
pulsar56 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,174 Thanked: 343 Times View My Garage	Good things: Almost everything including work! Bad Things: No pretty faces ever in all the three companies I have worked. There are few in my current company but none of them are in my floor or in the same technology as mine!
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5th February 2009, 12:56	#10
deep_bang BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore / Boise Posts: 937 Thanked: 1,520 Times	One of the biggest things i like about my work: Flexi time and work at home policies. Helps a lot to beat other problems like traffic...
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8th February 2009, 02:19	#11
sujaylahiri BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North America Posts: 960 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	Good Things: Facing new challenges every day, keeps me on my toes Relaxed and laid back atmosphere The commute although a bit daunting in winter (icy roads) is quite scenic Bad things: Most of the workforce from the baby boomer generation, and hence due to retire soon Some old-fashioned ideas and lack of innovation
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8th February 2009, 02:21	#12
akshay4587 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chandigarh/Mohali/Ambala Cantt Posts: 4,157 Thanked: 4,722 Times View My Garage	Good things.-amazing chicks Bad things-cost cutting forces to work in night shifts.
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8th February 2009, 12:19	#13
Nikhilb2008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 5,194 Thanked: 10,178 Times	Good things: Get to see lot of exotics! Work with cars which I love Bad things: The place is too small. It's in a crowded zone so very heavy traffic. Am breating truck's exhausts most of the time.
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8th February 2009, 14:04	#15
sj_koova BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 677 Thanked: 625 Times View My Garage	Good: 1. Fortune #1 Best place to work in 2009 and in top 10 for past 5 years 2. Friday Beer bash. 3. Work from home option and flexi-timing. 4. Freedom everywhere. 5. This is my 5th year in this company and I joined when we had less than 100 people in India Bad: 1. Bit of cost cutting and hiring freeze otherwise what bad can be there in #1 best place to work 2. Office does not have its own campus in India. I hate STPs where many offices are in one campus. 3. Work from home and flexi-timing causes less interaction between employees.
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