Post by EllieArroway on May 10, 2018 8:41:52 GMT -5
I am super tall so I've never even considered the proportional furniture thing. Thanks for giving me a new perspective!
I dress like it's the dead of winter in my office year round. It's always freezing. That's the #1 thing I would like to change.
Other than that, I need a quiet, private space to work but also an open collaboration area and plenty of huddle and conference rooms for meetings. I would like to have a women-only gym with a nice shower area. We have a gym at work but I never use it because for some reason I am uncomfortable working out with some of my male co-workers. I don't know if I've ever seen another woman in there. Also the showers suck and there's no good place to dry your hair/do your makeup so it's really just a perk for the men in the office.
I don't want or need flowery pink decor or fake phone booths (wtf).
wonder how the rest of the 25% of architects who are women feel about this. If I were a female architect I'd be pissed as hell at this lady for making us look like simpering idiots
Post by stephm0188 on May 10, 2018 15:33:14 GMT -5
It's the office version of a razor. Make it pink and now it's for women!
I feel like this really trivializes women in corporate America. All you need is a twee faux telephone booth and petite pink chairs to be successful. Who cares about overt sexism in the workplace? Let's perpetuate it with floral wallpaper and a place for primping.
Post by meshaliuknits on May 10, 2018 15:51:27 GMT -5
I like the idea of a primping area. There's not much counter space in our bathroom and in the mornings the space gets taken up by ladies putting on their eye brows so we do a lot of dancing about each other.
I actually like it but I love pink. I went to a women’s college and a lot of alums swear by this place but we are kinda known man-haters I guess. Honestly I’d pay a premium just to avoid temp co-working alongside a bunch of annoying af bros when I’m in DC for day trips. Plus I’m 5’0’’ so furniture that fits a variety of different heights would be awesome.
I like the idea of a primping area. There's not much counter space in our bathroom and in the mornings the space gets taken up by ladies putting on their eye brows so we do a lot of dancing about each other.
I do, too!
And I say that as the makeup-less person who has to wash her hands.
I don't want to jostle with people putting on mascara. LOL.
I actually like it but I love pink. I went to a women’s college and a lot of alums swear by this place but we are kinda known man-haters I guess. Honestly I’d pay a premium just to avoid temp co-working alongside a bunch of annoying af bros when I’m in DC for day trips. Plus I’m 5’0’’ so furniture that fits a variety of different heights would be awesome.
I don't love pink, and I didn't go to a women's college, but I still liked the look.
I'm 5'3" and always cold at my office, so I found a lot of this very appealing.
I like the idea of a primping area. There's not much counter space in our bathroom and in the mornings the space gets taken up by ladies putting on their eye brows so we do a lot of dancing about each other.
I find this interesting. I've never worked anywhere where there is an overrun of women in the bathroom trying to put their makeup on - or even just a woman or two!
There's a woman-focused co-working space here; I've gone to a couple networking meet-ups there. It looks a lot like other co-working spaces. The biggest differences - on-site drop-in childcare and extra security, especially after dark when people are walking to their cars.
We have private bathrooms on each floor (in addition to the multi-stall ones) for transgender employees. I think they’re really important in general as a civil rights issue.
We had individual bathrooms on the first floor of each building and they were marked male and female. They’ve been turned into unisex bathrooms which is great- except for the fact that men now piss all over the seat and floor in both bathrooms.
Why can't men learn to go in the toilet? I know someone who trained their cat to use the toilet, and he doesn't get his piss everywhere.
I like the idea of a primping area. There's not much counter space in our bathroom and in the mornings the space gets taken up by ladies putting on their eye brows so we do a lot of dancing about each other.
I find this interesting. I've never worked anywhere where there is an overrun of women in the bathroom trying to put their makeup on - or even just a woman or two!
It's not a large space and there are A LOT of people on this floor, most of whom roll in all around the same time. Plus we have the auditorium that everyone can access so we get bunches of extra people hanging about. Just getting in there to pee around lunch is a whole thing.
My unpopular opinion is that I hate public unisex bathrooms.
they aren’t a thing here. If they were, I’d hate them too.
im working on a multi-building complex and all washrooms will be unisex. The government agency is pursuing this since then they do not need to worry about gender identity issues.
I can see their point, but I would not want to work in one of these buildings. Brutal.
These office threads are making me really glad I work from home.
I should bookmark them to read on the days my boss drives me crazy.
I mean, I work from home now, but I still run into issues when I travel for work. Conference centers are FREEZING, ZOMG. I like to wear dresses and I've tried to make them work, but 90% of the time I'm uncomfortably cold unless I'm in pants, a shirt and a jacket/blazer -- i.e., the equivalent of what the men are wearing, because that's what the environment is designed to accommodate. And often the "comfy chairs" and such at those places designed for networking conversations are awkwardly deep/squishy and/or low to the floor and hard to get in and out of when you're in a skirt.
I don't usually think too much about it, but conversations like this make me realize that those environments don't just happen -- they're the result of design and operations choices by actual humans, and the utility and/or comfort of those spaces for women has never really been considered beyond, maybe, the number of bathroom stalls. It's sort of fascinating to think about how that absence impacts my focus and comfort in those spaces, even if it's not day-to-day.
I kind of like it. That one conference room that is all shades of pink blending together is kind of gag-worthy, but the pink furniture in the lounge space seems reasonable and it just looks like soft colours elsewhere. I also get the impression that naked lady wallpaper was a client choice.
I don't think I'd like the temp up that high but 60s is definitely too cold. I hate air-conditioning cranked in the summer. I also mostly have to sit cross-legged in chairs because it hurts my knees to let my feet dangle over the floor but desks are usually so high that I have to have my chair adjusted tall for comfortable typing (even WAH because standard desks are just high). Quiet floors for heels sounds great.
I’m all for warmer offices. I dream of a day where no woman needs a desk blanket/desk sweater!
When you hit 50 or so, you may change your mind. I am ALL about, "This is my classroom, and it is going to remain cool enough that I don't melt my face off. If you are cold, bring a sweater." Because you can always add a layer; I can't take anything off without scaring people.
Nope. Not for me. Above 72 in work clothes and I will be sweating. For some reason it is common to see men sweating and dabbing their brows with handkerchiefs but I am the only woman in the room that had to do it and has to absorb the sweat along my hairline and underneath. I would much rather have to put on a sweater inside than make people sit around sweating their asses off (myself included).
I love Harpy’s suggestion.
I have two tower fans in my office and also reached out to building management and asked if I paid for it could I have a tree planted outside my office to fend off some of the afternoon sun. Pumping it up to where the rest of the office is 74 would make my office 78 or 80. No!
INDIVIDUAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL. Yes, women generally prefer warmer temperatures to men, but we also have varying hormonal issues that may contribute to some women preferring it cooler - especially pregnancy, breastfeeding, and menopause.
I changed jobs last fall. The very first thing I noticed was that I CAN CONTROL MY OFFICE TEMP!!! It's heaven. It's currently set at 72 degrees. Also, this was the first thing I would tell my former colleagues about my office. We all had space heaters and blankets in our old office space.
INDIVIDUAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL. Yes, women generally prefer warmer temperatures to men, but we also have varying hormonal issues that may contribute to some women preferring it cooler - especially pregnancy, breastfeeding, and menopause.
I changed jobs last fall. The very first thing I noticed was that I CAN CONTROL MY OFFICE TEMP!!! It's heaven. It's currently set at 72 degrees. Also, this was the first thing I would tell my former colleagues about my office. We all had space heaters and blankets in our old office space.
I’m SO JEALOUS. The first two offices I had at my current job were FREEZING. My current office is much warmer, which has been terrible for breastfeeding. By the afternoon, I am so fucking hot that I’m just dripping sweat. It’s awful. I’m so glad I only have to go there twice per week.
My unpopular opinion is that I hate public unisex bathrooms.
they aren’t a thing here. If they were, I’d hate them too.
It's in Denver's city code that all single-stall public bathrooms have to be unisex (was added a couple years ago, but compliance wasn't required until May 1st of this year, so locally people have noticed the switch).
The pink is a little over the top, but the idea is great. I am on the short side... and awkward office furniture I have to sit weirdly in so I don't expose myself while in dresses/skirts are the bane of my existence.