Sunday, February 13, 2011

Why the Office Is the Worst Place to Work

(CNN) -- Companies spend billions on rent, offices, and office equipment so their employees will have a great place to work.

However, when you ask people where they go when they really need to get something done, you'll rarely hear them say it's the office.

If you ask, you'll usually get one of three kinds of responses: A place, a moving object, or a time.

They'll say their house, their back porch, an extra bedroom they've converted into a home office, a library, the coffee shop down the street, the basement. Or they'll say their car, or a train, or a plane -- basically, during their commute. Or they'll say really early in the morning, really late at night, or on the weekend. In other words, when no one else is around to bother them.


Read the whole article and view the video of the seminar by Jason Fried at CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/05/fried.office.work/index.html?hpt=C2
by Jason Fried, special to CNN
Dec. 5, 2010

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