[jimmaswell]

I've never had a job with a permanent individual desk like this. The one in-person real job I had, it was only shared working space that different people used at different times of the day or on different days, and I think you were discouraged from leaving anything. The idea of there being "your desk" with a framed photo of your kids and favorite coffee mug seems like a nearly extinct piece of nostalgia. It must have been nice in a way, far preferable to the new style of open office at least.

[pavel_lishin]

May I ask how long you've been working?

I'm in my early 40s, and I've never had a job where we've "hot-desked" like that, even when a company was out-growing an office.

[antod]

I'm on my third job since COVID. None have dedicated desks, and this ranges across startups, corporates and large govt agencies.

Every job I had before COVID back to when I started back in the early/mid 90s had dedicated desks.

[jimmaswell]

2017 I believe.

[PunchyHamster]

That seems like "why the fuck even go to work place" type of work