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So i've been put in charge of bringing the devs together to form a small dev team, instead of having 3 separate devs (including me) sitting apart on separate projects. The idea was to have us talk more, work together more, learn more about the other projects, reuse more code etc.

(I've been arguing to let us do this for a while)

So I asked my manager could we move to the 4 desks in the corner, so we can have our own space, talk without having to book a meeting room each time etc. Its also a bit quieter over there and we all really need that in our noisy office.

Manager sent me an IM today while I was working from home to tell me we can have the desks. Was super happy, messaged the devs to tell them they can start moving.

Just got a message from one of them to say our manager has started moving his stuff over too. Seems he agreed with me that it is quieter over there and he doesn't like the noise either ... so he's joining us.

A huge part of the move was us wanting to work on side projects to automate and speed up various things in the team, that he has been against. We know we can make huge improvements but he doesn't see it. He's only interested in Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

So now we have our space, and anytime we try to work on something we are actually interested in, we'll have a little voice in the corner to pop up and point out what other things he deems more important and tell us to stop wasting our time.

Pretty fucking annoyed to be so happy and then get shot down like that. Happy weekend everyone!!

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  • 3
    7y
    Fuck man :( that is a great way to fuck with your good vibes and shit.
  • 3
    7y
    That's too much...
  • 5
    7y
    Time to order some acoustic wall padding and make him his own quiet corner. Then one day move all his stuff and when he comes in act like it’s always been there.
  • 2
    7y
    Sucks to hear man... Is there no way to convince him to let you guys try one of your ideas. So you can convince him by example?
  • 5
    7y
    @plsCompile well that was the point of all of us sitting in the corner that we could build a demo away from him and then present back something cool when it works.

    But he has frequently told us that what we consider is an issue, he thinks is just how the team needs to work. So when we try to work on it, he will interrupt and tell us we are wasting our time
  • 2
    7y
    Just chat over a messenger app that he doesn't hear it ; )
  • 1
    7y
    LMBO 😂😂😂 am I the only who find this funny? It killed me when I read that the manager also started moving his stuff to the devs area. All the best though lol
  • 3
    7y
    @ThreadRipper ha I’ve had similar ideas alright. He really didn’t get the whole “we need a place to talk” thing. We have a load of stuff to do with like picking 1 tech stack for all the new projects and what not.

    I’m going to send out hourly calendar invites to have a loud argument about something we’ve already agreed on.
  • 1
    7y
    @lucaIO lol not the work messenger app tho!
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