I work at a pretty small company, but we all work together in one large floor of a building.
I have been there now for a few years, as have a few of my workmates. One issue that is only getting worse is the fight over the thermostat. It is an open plan office, so we all have to agree on one temperature. This has not happened at all. Every season there is disagreement about where the temperature should be. It seems that every week or so somebody will send an email complaining about the temperature. Our company does not own the building, and so it seems that installing zone control is out of the question. It is all causing a lot of fighting among staff. The bosses allow as many space heaters and fans as people want to bring, but more than a few times now these have caused fuses to blow and power to go down. They have looked into ductless mini splits and multi splits, but the landlords have also said no to these. This is why our company is looking for a new building to move to. Everybody is OK with us moving, but now that they have found a few potential sites, different people want the company to rent buildings closer to where they live, so it is causing more fights and closed door meetings. If i was to be honest, most of my workmates are acting like children about the move, and nobody wants to compromise on location if it makes them look weak. I don’t know when it will be sorted out. What I do know though is that all potential sites have the newest HVAC technology, so no matter where we go at least that problem will be gone.