Ask HN: Examples of cool stuff in your office

5 pointspunnned14y ago9 comments

We've just moved into our new office. New staff and there's no real 'office' culture built yet.

What kind of cool examples do you guys have in your offices? that makes it an awesome place to work.

Most team members are Sales reps.. I remember reading somewhere a startup having a bell that they would ring everytime a sales rep closes a sale.

stuff like that? Would love to hear your suggestions :)

9 comments

dkersten14y ago

"I remember reading somewhere a startup having a bell that they would ring everytime a sales rep closes a sale."

The engineers in your office would HATE this. Imagine, you are deep in concentration developing the latest feature and someone rings a bell. Distracting at best, detrimental to morale and code quality at worst.

rdl14y ago

I think it depends on the pace of sales.

If I worked on a team which had just closed a $10mm enterprise sale, I'd probably be at the bar with the sales reps, and the only bells ringing would be in my head.

At Amazon, this would get absurd.

staunch14y ago

They did this at Amazon in the early days, but had to stop because it got annoying when sales became huge.

triviatise14y ago

I have a chaos tower in my office

http://www.chaostoy.com/

We just got a wii (team has been playing mario kart)

Thumbprint scanner for the lock instead of key cards - not installed yet, hope it works

Thinking about foosball table, massage chair or high end espresso maker

starter14y ago

The internal glass panes in our offices have motivational quotes written in marker. Words like "Less is more." and "Why would you study it when you could be doing it." by M.Z.

spencerfry14y ago

We have a toy sloth hanging from our emergency sprinkler system!

http://carbonmade.com/about

rdl14y ago

You have a very nice looking office, too!

spencerfry14y ago

Thank you!

latch14y ago

later this summer we'll move to the 95th floor...hopefully we'll get to keep our ocean view (currently 21st floor). possibly not what you meant.

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Ask HN: Examples of cool stuff in your office

5 pointspunnned14y ago9 comments

We've just moved into our new office. New staff and there's no real 'office' culture built yet.

What kind of cool examples do you guys have in your offices? that makes it an awesome place to work.

Most team members are Sales reps.. I remember reading somewhere a startup having a bell that they would ring everytime a sales rep closes a sale.

stuff like that? Would love to hear your suggestions :)

9 comments

dkersten14y ago

"I remember reading somewhere a startup having a bell that they would ring everytime a sales rep closes a sale."

rdl14y ago

I think it depends on the pace of sales.

If I worked on a team which had just closed a $10mm enterprise sale, I'd probably be at the bar with the sales reps, and the only bells ringing would be in my head.

At Amazon, this would get absurd.

staunch14y ago

They did this at Amazon in the early days, but had to stop because it got annoying when sales became huge.

triviatise14y ago

I have a chaos tower in my office

http://www.chaostoy.com/

We just got a wii (team has been playing mario kart)

Thumbprint scanner for the lock instead of key cards - not installed yet, hope it works

Thinking about foosball table, massage chair or high end espresso maker

starter14y ago

The internal glass panes in our offices have motivational quotes written in marker. Words like "Less is more." and "Why would you study it when you could be doing it." by M.Z.

spencerfry14y ago

We have a toy sloth hanging from our emergency sprinkler system!

http://carbonmade.com/about

rdl14y ago

You have a very nice looking office, too!

spencerfry14y ago

Thank you!

latch14y ago

later this summer we'll move to the 95th floor...hopefully we'll get to keep our ocean view (currently 21st floor). possibly not what you meant.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse