[kylec]

Thank you for not allowing pets. I both dislike and am allergic to dogs, and it annoys me when people think it's no big deal to bring their dog into the office. This is not your home, this is a professional workspace that we all share.

[balls187]

Tangentially unrelated, with all the kids with strong peanut alergies, what's going to happen in 10 years--will offices ban peanuts and peanut based foods?

We informally had a dog policy at our old office, which was an offshoot location. I'd bring my dogs in, until we hired a woman who had grown up in an area of the world where wild dogs were a real problem, and was deathly afraid of them. My co-workers loved having them in the office, but where you work should provide an environment where everyone can do their best, and given dogs weren't germaine to our business, it was best they were left at home from that day forward.

[edanm]

I think that usually, peanut/other allergies are only dangerous if the person is eating peanuts, which that person can avoid (or other food provided for him/her if the office provides food).

If you're talking about a dog though, it is usually impossible for the person to avoid the dog.

[dragonwriter]

> Tangentially unrelated, with all the kids with strong peanut alergies, what's going to happen in 10 years--will offices ban peanuts and peanut based foods?

Offices and other workplaces with sensitive individuals are already doing that.

[dudul]

I'm also very surprised by this "perk" that seems to be so widespread in the US. I sometimes feel like "dog people" can't internalize the fact that just because they like dogs, not everybody does! :)

Our office is "dog friendly", but we have some rooms where dogs are forbidden to make sure allergic employees have a space to go to. Still don't really like this policy.

[taternuts]

That doesn't even make much sense, unless the dog-free rooms are on a different floor those with bad allergies will still suffer I imagine.

[dudul]

They're not. And yes, I agree. I don't see how it works TBH. I'm not allergic myself and I don't know who complained about dogs walking around so I can't ask them if they're still suffering.

[notyourday]

Especially small yappy dogs.