Define: "Hot Desking / Hoteling" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Claim the conference room and refuse to leave."
An office organization system where desks are used by different people at different times to maximize space efficiency.
What does "Hot Desking / Hoteling" actually mean?
"The dystopian reality of arriving at the corporate office at 8 AM only to find you have to work from a cafeteria chair because the company sold off 60 percent of its floor space."
"Hot desking allows us to utilize our real estate footprint more effectively."
"I tried to comply with the RTO mandate but the hoteling software was broken and I had to sit on the floor next to the printer."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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