That’s why when new people start work at the company, they’re not allowed to sit off by themselves in a corner.
Sounds like pretty strong social pressure to me.
Sounds like pretty strong social pressure to me.
It sounded good to me.
Other people are reading it as a dictat. It sounded bad to them.
But Joel just explained what he meant explicitly, you can't keep on challenging him after that.
Joel is a very influential person. And the perspective that some boss in a not-so-nice environment as Fog Creek understand the "policy" like we have and "copy" it is really really scary.
It could definitely get lonely if a new person starts and they don't develop a regular lunch routine with a group when they are used to it (from their previous job?).
People who actually prefer to sit alone and aren't making this up should be able to sit alone (or do their own thing).