My allergies say noooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
One dog in my current line of work is too much already usually. However I always love it and makes me happy to give my attention to a pup. But I’d say in general no. Too many cooks.
I would find it awkward if not only my colleagues but also their pets would suddenly be in my home. I would need to wear pants and I don’t even know how everyone would fit in here. There’s not enough space.
Terrible, my colleagues all seem to love it though. It smells bad and when both the chihuahua and big dog are in together the barking takes me out my flow constantly. They now know I don’t love them licking my hands from under the table suddenly so the owner will fetch it. Was annoying when I just started and folks assumed everyone likes it.
It’s great and I wouldn’t have been able to have a dog otherwise, back when I still went to the office.
I understand, if there are many dogs it can cause problems between them. My previous job requires all dogs to stay in the room and not run around freely.
Of course, if the dog is misbehaving or colleagues have allergies, then it’s simply not possible. If it’s a big company they could have a dog daycare.
If a workplace:
- Does not routinely interact with the public/people outside the company (ex: delivery people)
- Has all members give equally respected, explicit consent (so new hires has the negotiations start over) for which dogs and how long and off limits areas and dog owners know they are responsible for routine cleaning and general animal care
- Is not my workplace
Then sure, have fun.
Otherwise no. For the sake of those with allergies, those with a fear of dogs (some), those who can’t stand the noise/smell/distraction (me), it’s cruel to impose your pet upon others in places where that is not the default; if you work at a pound that’s different. If you need accommodations, by all means, seek those out, but those should aim to negatively affect other people as little as possible.
I am not a dog lover. I find them needy, melodramatic and hierarchical: some of the features that I try to avoid in humans.
I work in an office around one day a week which often has more dogs than humans - since one of the regular staff has two dogs. In general, however, they aren’t much of a problem. One frequently nudges people’s elbows to get attention and howls whenever a phone rings. Another gets in the way of the door an awful lot - resulting in the owner installing a child gate at an inner doorway, and another has been traumatised in the past and needs to be taken out whenever a fire alarm test is due. However, this is not more that the needs and quirks of other people, really, and is fairly easy to work around.
I am glad that I do not have to work in that office all the time, but overall it is not a big deal.
The only time I’ve seen it be appropriate was one lady at my work who trained service animals, and so the dog went everywhere she went. Every 2 years there would be a new dog in the building.
I am fine with service animals and well behaved animals. At my company they had a trial run with “work buddies”. It resulted in people bringing in their untrained mutts that would fight among each other, shitting on the floor and generally making a mess of the office. One dog tried to jump on me during a meeting and I shoved it aside, the owner came over and was all pissy that I wasn’t more friendly to his dog. That policy did not last long
If they dont make noise. And are generally welbehaved… sure.
It really depends, I think. I love dogs, unfortunately my experience with them in the workplace (for me, the office) has been negative on the balance when they’re a regular feature.
My boss at one job brought in his Doberman cross, it would always hang out in the room me and my coworkers used, and would fart regularly and copiously. The room wasn’t ventilated, and the boss’s solution was to come in and spray a half can of air freshener if we complained. It smelt as bad as you’d imagine. I loved patting and walking the dog during down time, but damn, it was stinky.
That being said, if the workspace were larger, and ventilated, I’d be totally on board.
It sounds like the issue there was the poorly ventilated workplace and stupid boss, not the dog
The workplace, that has no need for hygiene or customer care, fine. My workplace? No. It’s me or the dog and no half measures. Same for cats - I don’t need toxoplasmosis.
Are you… anti dogs and cats? What does that even mean?
Dunno - I don’t get to find out. If a dog comes in I have to go out. And cats would be ok, if they didn’t have an endemic disease and didn’t devastate the local wildlife and came when you called.
But no, I think I’m a people oriented person - you can get a conversation out of them. And I heard there were very few pets posting to Lemmy.
That’s not what I asked at all lmao your name is antimutt. And your answers are weird as fuck. I still don’t get it lol
So you want me to explain No. Well, let’s see if I can break that d… No!
His name is antimutt, you tell me
Hard to imagine a dog wearing safety boots, hardhat, hi-vis vest and safety goggles while also having completed the proper safety training to enter the jobsite
Not acceptable at all. But bringing a cat would be just fine.
What a nightmare
No work would get done because of all the cats on keyboards!
I’m totally against pets and children at workplaces.
I prefer one dog for the whole place. But if everyone could bring a dog and there were cubicles or offices, keep your dog in your own area unless you are coming or going.
Also, I would require a behavior test. Good mmanners, no aggression, no accidents, and no incessant barking.
If all that criteria were met, then 100% yes.
