Coca Cola unplugs corporate HQ voicemail

[CountDeMoney]

I've never used my voice mail. Always annoys me when people whine at me for not getting a message they supposidely left on it.  Good move

Same. It's just pointless.

Et tu, Shiv?  I expected it from Sir Sourpuss-upon-Avon, but not you.  Disappointing. 

[alfred russel]

CdM would have attributed the replacement of the Pony Express by the telegraph to anti social assburgers too.

Increasingly insulated and isolated workplaces filled by Millennial ass twats with more fucking social anxiety disorders than you can shake a stick at lose the ability to discern in email what one can otherwise interpret in a telephone conversation, and even voice mail.  But by all means, keep eliminating the avenues to interact with other human beings effectively.  That will do wonders for everybody involved. 

Let's all waste time writing unnecessary emails back and forth, misinterpreting intentions with your "A is A" lack of nuance, when it can all be resolved by a conversation--even a one-way conversation like voice mail.

I think miscommunication is less likely in an email than a voicemail, but that aside, the trend in workpaces isn't insulation and isolation: the cube is increasingly being retired to go to open workspaces, and even where it is being retained the walls are being lowered so that you can see people from all angles when standing. Office spaces are being designed in ways to facilitate discussions between different levels of the organization and different teams in common spaces.

[Zanza]

Increasingly insulated and isolated workplaces filled by Millennial ass twats with more fucking social anxiety disorders than you can shake a stick at lose the ability to discern in email what one can otherwise interpret in a telephone conversation, and even voice mail.  But by all means, keep eliminating the avenues to interact with other human beings effectively.  That will do wonders for everybody involved. 

Let's all waste time writing unnecessary emails back and forth, misinterpreting intentions with your "A is A" lack of nuance, when it can all be resolved by a conversation--even a one-way conversation like voice mail.

The whole point of a mobile phone is that you are mobile and not tied to your desk. That allows you to actually meet your co-workers to talk and still be available for others via the phone.

[CountDeMoney]

I think miscommunication is less likely in an email than a voicemail,

You're making the dangerous assumption that individuals possess the ability to convey their message cogently and lucidly in writing.  That is becoming a dying art form with the modern workforce, and that is why you are wrong.

but that aside, the trend in workpaces isn't insulation and isolation: the cube is increasingly being retired to go to open workspaces, and even where it is being retained the walls are being lowered so that you can see people from all angles when standing. Office spaces are being designed in ways to facilitate discussions between different levels of the organization and different teams in common spaces.

That would depend on the industry and the particular workplace, now wouldn't it?

[Ed Anger]

I'll have my secretary take the message. I'm busy.

[Berkut]

Seedy ranting about other people with social anxiety disorders is OSSUM.

[CountDeMoney]

Seedy ranting about other people with social anxiety disorders is OSSUM.

That's because I have none.  A foul disposition is not a disorder.  That's kind of like confusing Tourette's with a bad attitude.

[Ed Anger]

Keep on fighting the good fight against these Assburgers Seedy.

[11B4V]

So what, is it just going to ring and ring now?

[derspiess]

Good riddance.  There are far more efficient ways to get in touch with someone these days.

No shit.  Hope this helps thin out those who can't adapt.

[katmai]

Derspicy hates Seedy.

[Ideologue]

God, I hope I never get that old.

[CountDeMoney]

So what, is it just going to ring and ring now?

Apparently the conduct and commerce of business between human beings is going to be optional.

[CountDeMoney]

Good riddance.  There are far more efficient ways to get in touch with someone these days.

No shit.  Hope this helps thin out those who can't adapt.

Enjoy spending 40 minutes texting a conversation that could be over in 40 seconds.

[Berkut]

You know, not having voice mail doesn't mean that you cannot call someone...