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by Joeri 2963 days ago
I wish my company would have a hidden room where I could go with a laptop, disconnect everything and emerge only after the work of the day is done.

I used to work at a place with focus rooms, one person workspaces with a (glass) door that you could do focused work in. We were all told to go sit there when we needed to concentrate. One developer decided he always needed to concentrate and just took one for himself all day every day. Soon after we were told those rooms were not meant for the developers, since we already had a dedicated working space where we could make it quiet if we wanted. People kept walking into that space and asked questions whenever they wanted, interrupting everyone's work. Then we got a door put in at the entrance of the developer space. The door kept two thirds of people out. Turns out they interrupted because it was so easy, adding a little friction made sending an email just as good.

All of which is to say: this sort of thing is never binary, and the appropriate solution is different for every team.