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To: Jeff Fox who wrote (54261)	4/23/1998 5:51:00 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd	Read Replies (1) of 186894

Only Intel can believe it's reasonable for employees to spend 37% of their time in conference rooms They didn't say anything about "reasonable" at all. They cited overall statistics for the US, which indicate that this is the trend. Certainly Intel doesn't have 10 million conference rooms. That's the total for the country! Only Intel has the cash to think $14,000 is fine for a phone and phone line. Intel "standard" is a fairly basic phone on every desk, and a fairly basic analog line with "voicestation" type speakerphone in every conference room. Real cheap and basic stuff. SOME conference rooms at Intel (and at many companies) have fancy video-conferencing equipment and appropriate lines, which is what sells for $14,000 and up. This stuff pays for itself really quick: Consider that bringing in three or four regional managers for a one-day staff meeting could cost that much in airfares and hotels ALONE! Only airlines think that investing in videoconferencing is NOT a better investment than continually paying for travel... And for the record: Intel folks do spend a lot of time in conference rooms. That's the way they work there. You do your individual work in your cubicle (which is really not big enough for more than one person anyway) and if you've got to meet with the team, hash out a problem with a colleague, discuss your status review with your boss, you just get a conference room. It works quite well, and makes most efficient use of the available floorspace. Compare it to a lot of companies which give out huge offices that often have only one occupant unnecessarily hogging a lot of space. mg

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