Comments on: Is the Bullpen Bullshit? http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/02/20/is-the-bullpen-bullshit/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Mark http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/02/20/is-the-bullpen-bullshit/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 Mark Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:10:13 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/02/20/is-the-bullpen-bullshit/#comment-1552 I don't see paper notes as being current currency. Email's the way things are done today. So why would there be a load of graphite covered paper on anyone's desk? Except for people who doodle, of course. Electronic records are FOIAable, btw. The Bullpen idea seems like an interesting management technique. Everyone in it is in constant view of everyone else. Absences and distractions would stand a high(er) chance of being noticed. Of course there are private conference rooms. There need to be. I don't see paper notes as being current currency. Email's the way things are done today. So why would there be a load of graphite covered paper on anyone's desk? Except for people who doodle, of course. Electronic records are FOIAable, btw.

The Bullpen idea seems like an interesting management technique. Everyone in it is in constant view of everyone else. Absences and distractions would stand a high(er) chance of being noticed. Of course there are private conference rooms. There need to be.

]]> By: Cherkis http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/02/20/is-the-bullpen-bullshit/comment-page-1/#comment-1551 Cherkis Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:43:26 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/02/20/is-the-bullpen-bullshit/#comment-1551 It just means Fenty is FOIA proof. So don't expect to find any e-mails from the mayor about his outfits during the next snow storm or crime emergency. It just means Fenty is FOIA proof. So don't expect to find any e-mails from the mayor about his outfits during the next snow storm or crime emergency.

]]> By: BULL http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/02/20/is-the-bullpen-bullshit/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 BULL Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:27:02 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/02/20/is-the-bullpen-bullshit/#comment-1548 What's really bullshit is the utter suck-up job of a news feature the Post has done here. A bunch of desks in a room--big fucking deal! The "now-famous bullpen"--excuse me, famous? Would you be referring to the fame that comes from your own articles? Enough Fenty-fluffing already. What's really bullshit is the utter suck-up job of a news feature the Post has done here. A bunch of desks in a room--big fucking deal! The "now-famous bullpen"--excuse me, famous? Would you be referring to the fame that comes from your own articles? Enough Fenty-fluffing already.

]]> By: B http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/02/20/is-the-bullpen-bullshit/comment-page-1/#comment-1547 B Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:08:18 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/02/20/is-the-bullpen-bullshit/#comment-1547 1. a lot of the major players actually have offices elsewhere in the building; 2. this bullpen thing may be great for getting info from your coworkers, but what about when you actually have to focus in on a job (i.e., writing a complex policy brief or absorbing a lot of data); 3. what happens if one of the relief pitchers (or whatever the mayor wants to call the folks at these desks) has to hold a private conversation, for example on a sensitive political or legal issue. 1. a lot of the major players actually have offices elsewhere in the building;
2. this bullpen thing may be great for getting info from your coworkers, but what about when you actually have to focus in on a job (i.e., writing a complex policy brief or absorbing a lot of data);
3. what happens if one of the relief pitchers (or whatever the mayor wants to call the folks at these desks) has to hold a private conversation, for example on a sensitive political or legal issue.

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