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- jerryjamesstone, on 11/05/2009, -0/+54 Study Finds 100% of Workers Have Issues With Being in the Office
- Harboggles, on 11/04/2009, -1/+32Study finds that only 2% of people think to dress warmly.
- LowRentDiggs, on 11/05/2009, -1/+25If you're constantly cold it's a good idea to leave a jacket at the office.
- jaytek13, on 11/05/2009, -0/+21This is really the problem... you can't cater to everyone. I prefer 68-70. 75 and I'd be burning up.
- Super6, on 11/05/2009, -1/+18Temperature hack: Set thermostat to make the most hot-natured people feel comfortable, everyone else add layers as needed
- beetrixi, on 11/05/2009, -0/+16As I read this, my co-workers and I are wearing scarves and thick sweaters... It's freaking freezing in here Mr. Bigglesworth.
- strongsad, on 11/05/2009, -0/+14it's hard to type when your hands are really cold, but it's even harder to type when you're wearing gloves... never-mind mittens.
- candre23, on 11/05/2009, -0/+13As an HVAC controls technician, I can attest to the fact that no office with over four people will EVER be 100% satisfied with the temperature. I have had people complain that their fingers were turning blue from the cold in a 73 degree space. I've had people tell me they are sweating to death in a 71 degree space. After dealing with this sort of thing for years, I have come to the conclusion that the phenomenon is 20% legitimate discomfort and 80% office drones looking for any excuse to focus on something other than their ***** jobs.
That's not to say there aren't plenty of buildings out there with poorly controlled HVAC systems. I've been to buildings where the control systems had been broken for years, and people had to work in what anybody would consider "uncomfortable" conditions. The thing is, the people in the broken-down buildings were no less happy than those in well conditioned buildings. Office workers are miserable no matter what the temperature, and at least in a building with a broken thermostat, everybody can AGREE that it's too damn cold. - akseitz, on 11/05/2009, -1/+14Wait... so 98% of office workers are women going through menopause?
- Hodor, on 11/05/2009, -0/+12somebody whines every single day about the temperature, humidity, light, something.. must be hell to be in facilities mgmt.
- chinaman1212, on 11/05/2009, -0/+10My dad used to work for a well known aircraft manufacturer when i was a kid. One of their larger office buildings had a problem with this. With one thermostat per floor, all the office workers kept changing the thermostat. after locking it up, the maintenance got nothing but phone calls all day long to raise or lower the temp. They remedied this by putting a thermostat in every office. after bringing the wires up into the drop ceiling the bundled them up and let them lay. everybody thought they had control of their own office. Nobody complained. problem solved.
- mwerks, on 11/05/2009, -0/+10Sorry couldn't hear you over the noise.
- Shadic, on 11/05/2009, -0/+9If you're too cold, put on more clothes. Bam, problem fixed.
You can only not wear so many clothes. Thus, cold > hot. - fant0m, on 11/05/2009, -0/+8You know that if you work in a large office, chances are the therm-o-stats that you see on the wall are fake?
It's a placebo affect. I know this because of another article on Digg that I read about crosswalk buttons and elevator (close door) buttons.
Everything I learned came from Digg.
Except for Girls. Does not compute. - Shadic, on 11/05/2009, -0/+8Exactly, ***** that. 65-70.
- Gigglecream, on 11/05/2009, -0/+7It's better to be cold than hot. If you're cold, you can put on a sweater/jacket. If you're hot, there's nothing you can do about it. Those who are 'cold' should not dictate the temperature setting of the thermostat.
- jcounterman, on 11/05/2009, -0/+7It's easier for you to put on a jacket than for somebody else to take off their shirt. Even if you think it is too cold, somebody else can think it is too hot.
- CourageWulf, on 11/05/2009, -4/+11Keep it at 72-75 yr round plz, thx.
- peterjmag, on 11/05/2009, -0/+7***** that! 38-40... Kelvin.
- Gigglecream, on 11/05/2009, -0/+6I don't know what you consider 'glove' temperature, but I'm assuming it's less than 60 degrees Fahrenheit, which I WOULD consider unreasonable for an office setting.
BUT, you have to be crazy and/or selfish to assume that a reasonable office setting is anything above 75. - Tddupre, on 11/05/2009, -0/+6***** that! Absolute 0
- OverDriven, on 11/05/2009, -0/+6They are seriously surprised that most people don't feel that the room temperature is perfect all the time? No *****, Sherlock.
- MrSteamTank, on 11/05/2009, -3/+9Actually it's because HR tends to be mostly women so they crank up the thermostat and all the men boil. It sucks. 8(
- densetsu23, on 11/05/2009, -2/+898% of offices are kitchens?
- akchrs, on 11/05/2009, -3/+8Our secretary is always saying "why is it so cold in here?" Cause we live in Alaska??
- endgame, on 11/05/2009, -3/+898% of women have an issue with the thermostat!
- cruzweb, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4Where I work, our office was created by being walled off from the office next door. Not only do we not have our own climate control zone so we're stuck with whatever the guys next door want...but I sit right under the vent :(
- T8erT0T, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4Honestly surprised this isn't an Onion article.
- indyGuy, on 11/05/2009, -1/+5Sure seems like it some days...
- GusterBear, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4Placebo thermostat... niiice.
- candre23, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4I know it because I've installed fake thermostats at the request of building owners before.
More frequently though, we'll put invisible limits on the thermostats instead. People can adjust them up and down all they want, but the stat doesn't register anything lower than 69 or higher than 73. - spoonchucks, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4I like my degrees with an F next to em!
Commie... - tacojohn48, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3I work for Target and all of our stores thermostats are controlled remotely. When it starts getting cold in Minneapolis we all burn up. They just don't get it.
- Metalcastr, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3WHAT?
- angrytortilla, on 11/05/2009, -4/+7Would you wear a jacket to work on a day where it's 95 degrees plus? No.
- freshgrease, on 11/05/2009, -1/+4Just keep it constant year round. I hate it when they turn it to 80 (and it is 80 inside the building) just because it's cold outside. No problem with cold. You can always add layers. You can only strip so many clothes off before it gets indecent, and I am a fat guy (so no this would not be pleasant for anyone).
- killdashnine, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3The rule: You can ALWAYS wear MORE clothes. If you're cold, put on a freaking jacket. If the temp gets over 80, I'm working from home.
- majortom1981, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2I am lucky I am in the computer room which is a constant temperature.
- Feyr, on 11/05/2009, -1/+3said the person who never had to work in a place that had the temp set so cold that you had to wear GLOVES all year long, inside
- uvscwolverine, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2I have my own office, but it's part of a suite with a single control that's actually managed by our campus central plant. If we want the temp changed we have to make a phone call. Unfortunately all of the offices in the suite are on a single loop...and I'm on the end...and the rest of the people in the suite are women...and I have two servers running full-time in my office. In the middle of summer the women who get the A/C first are running those little electric space heaters and/or wearing coats. Meanwhile I sit in my office and sweat...with a fan running. During winter they're still running their space heaters, and my office just gets even hotter. One of these days I'm going to lock the door and sit there in my underwear with my fan on high.
- Barackalypse, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2All the more reason to let them work from home. They can keep the temperature whatever they want and it doesn't cost you anything.
- Ajajadude, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2Dressing warmly doesn't help when it's ridiculously hot in the workplace.
- AGONYTUESDAY, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2I work at a t-shirt printing shop, and one of my tasks is to stand in front of a 350 degree oven and take shirts out for several hours at a time, in the summer. We have fans, but they don't really do very much to cool us off. mostly, they just give us the illusion of cool with the movement of air. I've learned to dress for it, though, so I can't really complain.
- fantasyflamz, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2I usually do have an issue. Usually it is TOO HOT and I <3 the cold.
- GusterBear, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2Maybe you should have your circulation checked out? That really can't be healthy.
- GusterBear, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2Exactly, and large people always run at a slightly warmer body temperature. I would personally prefer the office to be 60, but there are some thin as a rail ladies who get cold at anything under 85. Not my fault they have not meat on them bones.
And smokers, let's not forget about the smokers who ALWAYS seem to be cold. - happyseamonster, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2The ones who are cold should wear a sweater. There's nothing the hot people can do but lower the temp. A fan isn't good enough.
- lycaon824, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2My office is always too warm. I would do my work naked but my co-workers wouldn't get much done.
- bellgong, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2Controlling your vent - by taping a piece of paper over it - makes a huge difference. I had a frost shower coming down on my head for over a year before I figured that one out.
- darkstar949, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2Nah, there are always those one or two people that seem to enjoy their job no matter where you go.
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