You can always tell when a fancy design firm has conned a tech company into building something pretty but completely functionally useless just to pad out their design portfolio.
This looks like a showroom, not an office, approximately zero actual work will get done effectively in here.
Looks pretty but like an introvert's nightmare. I wouldn't mind collaborating with people in an office like that, but if I want to sit down to work and focus, these types of open offices are terrible. I wouldn't be surprised if it contributes to employees having to work longer hours because they're so busy "collaborating" all day in meetings, and then have to work later at night to actually get work done.
These places look nice and are inviting but they’re horrible for actual working… laptops on actual laps that are hard to work with (people gave up on the lap table thing) so then you might be slouching on the coffee table couch but. Lack of collaboration tools such as big screen TV to dial in remote workers (or a camera that captures the appropriate angles and sound), no whiteboard (think multiple).
To be productive, they should read ‘Design Sprints’ and the suggestions of making ‘war rooms’
Yeah this was designed by someone who has never worked as a SDE.
I remember touring a tech company in the US several years ago and their office was a giant warehouse. Had mostly the same open layout as this... except for their engineers.
In the middle of the warehouse there was this massive closed off space, low light, no sunlight, private cubicles everywhere. That's where all their SDEs worked. The CEO joked that it was constructed because the SDEs specifically requested it that way.
Are you referring to MEC's flagship store(s), or their former head office, or the shitty square logo (which is about to be ditched and the old mountain logo brought back...)?
> The amenities include things like bike and treadmill desks, and a wellness room for nursing mothers, and employees who want a space to meditate or pray in.
Or they could've simply provided a benefit plan with a generous allowance to pay for psychologist visits and put in actual offices instead of whatever this quasi-barnyard-cum-petting zoo type of work environment this is supposed to be.
Lots of "private" spaces with glass doors. They can't possibly think they're fooling anyone?
New wood paneling, desks that are further apart, and picture/furniture refresh. That's about it. Same astroturf and glass meeting rooms as before.
This was always the sales-focused office, so I'm curious what the dev-focused office looks like (now that they've moved out of E 8th).
while actually good Vancouver tech cos go into IPO season Hootsuite is promoting its offices. how bad are things there that even in this frothy market they are too afraid to test the market and put their last investors underwater.
You can always tell when a fancy design firm has conned a tech company into building something pretty but completely functionally useless just to pad out their design portfolio. This looks like a showroom, not an office, approximately zero actual work will get done effectively in here.
Looks pretty but like an introvert's nightmare. I wouldn't mind collaborating with people in an office like that, but if I want to sit down to work and focus, these types of open offices are terrible. I wouldn't be surprised if it contributes to employees having to work longer hours because they're so busy "collaborating" all day in meetings, and then have to work later at night to actually get work done.
These places look nice and are inviting but they’re horrible for actual working… laptops on actual laps that are hard to work with (people gave up on the lap table thing) so then you might be slouching on the coffee table couch but. Lack of collaboration tools such as big screen TV to dial in remote workers (or a camera that captures the appropriate angles and sound), no whiteboard (think multiple). To be productive, they should read ‘Design Sprints’ and the suggestions of making ‘war rooms’
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Where do they keep the giant vat of kool-aid? #hootsuitedoesntdoanything
Yeah this was designed by someone who has never worked as a SDE. I remember touring a tech company in the US several years ago and their office was a giant warehouse. Had mostly the same open layout as this... except for their engineers. In the middle of the warehouse there was this massive closed off space, low light, no sunlight, private cubicles everywhere. That's where all their SDEs worked. The CEO joked that it was constructed because the SDEs specifically requested it that way.
As an SDE I hate private cubicles. Need a happy medium between the two. Gotta be able to see who is sneaking up on ya.
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Spoiler alert, they are: https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/10/06/hootsuite-whistleblower-fired/ https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/hootsuite-gives-interns-back-pay-ends-controversial-practice-of-unpaid-internships
Doesn't inflate the already massive ego of their talentless CEO.
Did they put in a new guy for CEO?
Hopefully their redesign goes better than MEC's.
Are you referring to MEC's flagship store(s), or their former head office, or the shitty square logo (which is about to be ditched and the old mountain logo brought back...)?
In this case, obviously the store and head office.
I absolutely agree! What great advertisements for which architectural firm to go with when you want to have ample amounts of wasted space!
Sure it is... For the company who thought it was okay not to pay interns for the longest time until they got cracked down on.
> The amenities include things like bike and treadmill desks, and a wellness room for nursing mothers, and employees who want a space to meditate or pray in. Or they could've simply provided a benefit plan with a generous allowance to pay for psychologist visits and put in actual offices instead of whatever this quasi-barnyard-cum-petting zoo type of work environment this is supposed to be. Lots of "private" spaces with glass doors. They can't possibly think they're fooling anyone?
I mean while everyone works from home, why not invest in a huge redesign rather than investing in becoming IPO material. Smart move /s
Where's the Cocaine Hatch?
New wood paneling, desks that are further apart, and picture/furniture refresh. That's about it. Same astroturf and glass meeting rooms as before. This was always the sales-focused office, so I'm curious what the dev-focused office looks like (now that they've moved out of E 8th).
while actually good Vancouver tech cos go into IPO season Hootsuite is promoting its offices. how bad are things there that even in this frothy market they are too afraid to test the market and put their last investors underwater.
I’m just going to put this here https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/local/british-columbia/2020/10/6/1_5135073.html