Dumbest business decision ever

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: PricklyPete

Originally posted by: ScottyB
I would quit. Anything over 70 degrees is uncomfortable.

For the love of god...I hope you are kidding.

Every company should just set the temperature to 78 and sweat out all the morons.

Have you ever worked, sitting down, in an office, with stagnant, non-moving air, for 8 hours straight, when it was 78 degrees? It feels VERY different from 78 degrees outside, which is damn near perfect (especially with a gentle breeze and some sunshine).

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: PricklyPete

Originally posted by: ScottyB
I would quit. Anything over 70 degrees is uncomfortable.

For the love of god...I hope you are kidding.

Every company should just set the temperature to 78 and sweat out all the morons.

Well, the people who want it at 70F or lower definitely aren't the morons here.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Have you ever worked, sitting down, in an office, with stagnant, non-moving air, for 8 hours straight, when it was 78 degrees? It feels VERY different from 78 degrees outside, which is damn near perfect (especially with a gentle breeze and some sunshine).

It definitely clouds the mind, which is a bitch when you're writing code or working on databases.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: lokiju
How about having everyone work through the night instead? When it's dark it it's not as hot right?!!?!?!?!?


Looks like it's time for you to look for a new job.

If the company you're working for is going to that kind of extreme to cut cost then chances are they're on the brink anyway.

You'd shit a brick if I told you who it was.

Time warner?

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Crusty

Originally posted by: lxskllr

I wouldn't quit, but I agree, over 70 is too hot.

Is your thermostat broken? :Q

I keep my thermostat on 57F in the winter, and 78F in the summer. My 78F feels cooler than an office's due to my house construction, but it's still too warm. I just don't want to go broke keeping the house cool.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: glenn beck

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
While I'm sure that's irritating I find it hard to get too irritated about this. During the school year I drive a school bus whether it's 15 or 98 outside, and this summer I work outside in a state park and it is always at least in the upper 80's around here, if not in the mid 90's. Granted, it still sucks for you, but I'm so used to the heat that 78 actually feels pretty good. You'll get used to it.

ummm you are comparing getting a lot of air circulation compared to none, Office buildings
tend to heat up pretty quickly and can get quite stuffy

this is true, our AC went out here at work for a day, and it was hitting 85+ in here, quick!

our ac in half the office went out last summer. in az. it was 100 inside by noon. i shut down the servers and work stations and called it a day. the owner didnt really like that, but after reminding him of the cost of all that equipment, he was ok with it. besides, we were open for business before we had a centralized system and computerized process. we just went back to paper for a couple days until the unit was replaced.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: PricklyPete

Originally posted by: spidey07


You'd shit a brick if I told you who it was.

You've peaked my interest.

The company I'm currently working on a project for cuts the air-conditioning around 6:30pm on weeknights and on the weekends...it gets toasty in the building if you work late a lot or on the weekends (which has been necessary with a recent go live in 3 locations).

My place does that also but at 6pm on the dot.

Gets hold as hell real quick in the summer, especially when I have to come in after hours to do some server work, of course until I get into the server room.

 

[Billyzeke]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Crusty

Originally posted by: lxskllr

I wouldn't quit, but I agree, over 70 is too hot.

Is your thermostat broken? :Q

I keep my thermostat on 57F in the winter, and 78F in the summer. My 78F feels cooler than an office's due to my house construction, but it's still too warm. I just don't want to go broke keeping the house cool.

Dude, you need to get a better paying job!

Or a smaller house, those temps are insane!

Guess I can safely assume you are not married. :laugh:

 

[SuperSix]

Dumb ass greenies FTL. :thumbsdown:

Save a few bucks on elecricity - and kill morale.

78 is indeed unbearable at work.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Billyzeke

Originally posted by: lxskllr


I keep my thermostat on 57F in the winter, and 78F in the summer. My 78F feels cooler than an office's due to my house construction, but it's still too warm. I just don't want to go broke keeping the house cool.

Dude, you need to get a better paying job!

Or a smaller house, those temps are insane!

Guess I can safely assume you are not married. :laugh:

Not any more :^D

I just like it cool. My idea of perfect weather is Ireland. Cool and wet year round. If the temperature never got above 65F I'd be perfectly happy :^)

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Crusty

Originally posted by: lxskllr

I wouldn't quit, but I agree, over 70 is too hot.

Is your thermostat broken? :Q

I keep my thermostat on 57F in the winter, and 78F in the summer. My 78F feels cooler than an office's due to my house construction, but it's still too warm. I just don't want to go broke keeping the house cool.

68F in the winter and 76-78 in the summer for me. No idea where you are located, but being in Austin certainly affects my winter temperatures as it really doesn't get that cold here. If I had no heat I would bet my house wouldn't go below 62-64F during the winter so it really doesn't cost that much to heat to 68-70F.

Summer is different through, last May - June we had 50+ days in a row of 100F+ and it was brutal on the electricity bills.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Crusty


68F in the winter and 76-78 in the summer for me. No idea where you are located, but being in Austin certainly affects my winter temperatures as it really doesn't get that cold here. If I had no heat I would bet my house wouldn't go below 62-64F during the winter so it really doesn't cost that much to heat to 68-70F.

Summer is different through, last May - June we had 50+ days in a row of 100F+ and it was brutal on the electricity bills.

I'm in MD, so humidity is a big problem. Winters have been on the warm side(avg probably 40F, but variable) for the last 15 years or so, and summers run about 90F, but with oppressive humidity. I start getting irritable when the outside temperature hits 75f, and downright surely at 85F :^D

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Crusty


68F in the winter and 76-78 in the summer for me. No idea where you are located, but being in Austin certainly affects my winter temperatures as it really doesn't get that cold here. If I had no heat I would bet my house wouldn't go below 62-64F during the winter so it really doesn't cost that much to heat to 68-70F.

Summer is different through, last May - June we had 50+ days in a row of 100F+ and it was brutal on the electricity bills.

I'm in MD, so humidity is a big problem. Winters have been on the warm side(avg probably 40F, but variable) for the last 15 years or so, and summers run about 90F, but with oppressive humidity. I start getting irritable when the outside temperature hits 75f, and downright surely at 85F :^D

:laugh:

I complain when its over 100F.. otherwise you're a pansy. 😉 Several years ago the Austin City Limits music festival had an entire weekend where it was 108+ and 112 on the Saturday. That was brutal, there's very little shade on the festival grounds and the ground was so dry it was terrible.

Growing up in Houston I can sympathize with the humidity and it blows, nothing like 98F and 95% relative humidity. All you have to do is step outside if you want to get wet.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Crusty

I complain when its over 100F.. otherwise you're a pansy. 😉

Shovel 18" of snow in a kilt, then come back and we'll talk about pansies :^P

 

[SlitheryDee]

78 degrees on a slow day = sleep through the last 4 hours of work. I become a zombie in the latter half of the day if temps are too high indoors. Things are dire if I ever consider turning up the A/C to save money.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Crusty

I complain when its over 100F.. otherwise you're a pansy. 😉

Shovel 18" of snow in a kilt, then come back and we'll talk about pansies :^P

Hey now.... I've lived in snow before, one winter when I was 5! I definitely could live where it snows a little bit, but not somewhere like Canada 😛. I wouldn't want to do it for too long though, I belong in the warm... preferably on a beach somewhere!

 

[Billyzeke]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Billyzeke

Originally posted by: lxskllr


I keep my thermostat on 57F in the winter, and 78F in the summer. My 78F feels cooler than an office's due to my house construction, but it's still too warm. I just don't want to go broke keeping the house cool.

Dude, you need to get a better paying job!

Or a smaller house, those temps are insane!

Guess I can safely assume you are not married. :laugh:

Not any more :^D

I just like it cool. My idea of perfect weather is Ireland. Cool and wet year round. If the temperature never got above 65F I'd be perfectly happy :^)

Shovel 18" of snow in a kilt, then come back and we'll talk about pansies :^P

I see why you are no longer married.

You froze her to death inside your home during the winter and then buried her in the back yard while wearing a kilt! 😀

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Billyzeke


I see why you are no longer married.

You froze her to death inside your home during the winter and then buried her in the back yard while wearing a kilt! 😀

I wish... My life would be so much easier right now :^D :^P

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wow that's brutal lol. It's like 15C in our office. Think the maintenance guy even clocked it at 12 once.

(15C = 59F)

 

[Leros]

Its good to know that your company values its employees. Screw that.

 

[randay]

generator + air conditioner

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Wow that's brutal lol. It's like 15C in our office. Think the maintenance guy even clocked it at 12 once.

(15C = 59F)

It sounds like someone there knows what they're doing :^)

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Wow that's brutal lol. It's like 15C in our office. Think the maintenance guy even clocked it at 12 once.

(15C = 59F)

That's because it probably doesn't get any warmer then that outside ever for you 😛. I'm sure you have a much better tolerance for cold then I do. If it's < 60F out I'll be wearing a light jacket for sure. Below 50F and I'll wear my leather jacket!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: Crusty

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Wow that's brutal lol. It's like 15C in our office. Think the maintenance guy even clocked it at 12 once.

(15C = 59F)

That's because it probably doesn't get any warmer then that outside ever for you 😛. I'm sure you have a much better tolerance for cold then I do. If it's < 60F out I'll be wearing a light jacket for sure. Below 50F and I'll wear my leather jacket!

lol if it was that warm outside I'd be happy. It's more like -1ish. 😛

Normally buildings here are kept like 21ish but here it's cold because of the server room. They decided it was smart for the heat/AC vents to all be part of the single system, so we can't turn off the AC or turn up the heat without it affecting the server room which is on the other side.

I suggested we just get some spiral tubing and duct tape it to the back of the SAN and vent the hot air it in our room, but they did not go for that. LOL

If it's too cold, just run a defrag on all the servers.


It's odd though as +10 in a room actually feels colder then when it's +10 outside. Must be a humidity thing, or the fact that outside you're usually doing something other then sitting at a desk.

 

[Reckoner]

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