My team has a group of desktop engineers in it. Without exception, they all lack the concept of tidiness. Every day, I look at their desks and surrounding environment and dispair: Redundant desktops, old monitors, cables, unpacked boxes, towers of CDs defying gravity, stands, semi-disected laptops, a large box of keyboards… the list could go on. We have adequate storage, albeit not on our floor, and yet it continues.
This kit could so easily get stolen or just ruined by someone kicking it, dropping it or stepping on it and it’s just not good practice to just leave kit lying about the place.
The team gets a regular talking to by their team leader and yet it still goes on. I moan at them, tell them to get it shifted and yet it fails to move. I don’t want to resort to disciplinary procedures because that feels like overkill, but I need something to happen.
I can’t be the only one to have this problem. What are people’s experiences, and in particular has anyone found a way of resolving the situation in a positive manner?
