Open-plan offices are the worst invention in corporate history.
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Work hot takes
Unpopular opinions about jobs, offices, meetings, remote work and hustle culture.
LinkedIn is the cringiest social network in existence.
Hustle culture is just unpaid overtime with a motivational poster.
Daily standups are micromanagement dressed up as agile.
Office small talk is actually nice and remote workers are missing out.
Side hustles are just second jobs with a cooler name.
Every salary at a company should be public.
Most office jobs shouldn't require a college degree.
A four-day work week should be the standard everywhere.
Networking events are just awkward small talk with name tags.
Never answering work messages after hours should be completely normal.
Promoting from within beats hiring from outside every time.
Cover letters are useless and nobody reads them.
The best performers almost never make the best managers.
Team-building activities are a waste of company money.
Hot desking is the worst office trend ever.
Staying at one company for 10 years is a career mistake.
Office birthday cake celebrations are awkward and should stop.
Annual performance reviews are mostly theater.
Working from home only works because nobody can see you lie down between meetings.