Why are we spending $60+ million on an updating the office to open space concept nobody wants and at the same time shipping work overseas to ENGINE?
Is this groundwork to sell the buildings or make it easier to lease floors to other companies?
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Remodel my house, yes. I dont knock down all the privacy walls and then tell my family to sleep in any open bed.
Don't you remodel your house? It looks tired
Making it easier to rent out once the Bridgeland campus is completed. C-suite and division heads will keep their views and everybody else will be freed from driving downtown.
How much is the building even worth
uplift the property value
sell it off
rent it back at reduce floor space
They are spending $60+ million on Houston buildings to increase value of their properties , so they can eventually sell them. They are not doing it for the employees.
The only employees remaining will be a fraction of people working in new HQ after most positions have been moved overseas in the next 10 years. Only Executives, assistants and lawyers will remain on the top floors.
Try to enjoy the free snacks as that is the best part of modernization project.
Y’all are id--ts. No one wants to work for a company that’s managed like the DMV.. imagine actually wanting to go to the office versus dreading it. San Ramon worker here and I’ve never worked a more inspiring energizing Office.
Sr mgmt wants peons in the office and there’s no way they could unload the real estate.
They will ki-l hybrid to justify the expense
No idea but I have never talked to anyone who likes the open office concept. It was trendy at tech companies last decade until they realized it was stupid.
The open space idea is to squeeze everyone from San Ramone plus anyone not fired or sent to India into the towers or maybe even just one tower (stretch goal).
Because this company is managed by mo--ns