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By: #MYDESK What does your desk look like? « Identity Chef

#MYDESK What does your desk look like? « Identity Chef — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:42:21 +0000

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By: A messy desk undermines your career Penelope Trunk Brazen | adirondack chairs

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:15:15 +0000

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By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:14:18 +0000

"You can judge someone's personality by what his or her work space looks like." – Wow. That's a bold, brilliant statement right there. Psychological profiling via desk clutter. Amazing. I guess we can all go back to judging people by their skin color and religious affiliation, too, huh? Some constructive criticism, Penelope – those who waste their coworkers' time obsessing over petty b.s. like "workspace neatness" clearly don't have enough work to do themselves.

By: dallas jobs

dallas jobs — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:24:25 +0000

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By: J.R.

J.R. — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:16:00 +0000

Clean desk = anal retentive person.

Busy desk = somebody who gets things done.

Messy desk ~~= a creative person.

Messy desk with last month's pizza box buried = slob.

By: A Messy Desk « Shawn’s World of Information

A Messy Desk « Shawn’s World of Information — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:36:26 +0000

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By: Five Sure Ways to Get A Raise « Shawn’s World of Information

Five Sure Ways to Get A Raise « Shawn’s World of Information — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:24:45 +0000

[...] (I'm not making this stuff up — researchers actually study offices. Here's a summary of why you should have a clean desk.) [...]

By: Living Off Dividends & Passive Income

Living Off Dividends & Passive Income — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:40:42 +0000

I think in some ways the messy desk thing might be true.

I like to keep my paperwork at home in order and periodically I fall behind with the paperwork and the clutter increases. Once I deal with the issues and file/discard the paperwork, my desk looks tidier.

maybe there's some truth to that after all.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:12:40 +0000

I had the cleanest desk in the place and they thought I didn't have enough to do. Everyone else had stacks so high you couldn't even see the person in the cube!! As a result – they more than doubled my workload – that'll teach ya not to have a clean, orderly desk!

By: coder

coder — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:04:51 +0000

I just don't have anything on my desk except the computer. It's much simpler. Papers are becoming less and less necesary. It's certainly not necessary to keep them around.