Are You In This Generic Sales Office?

Here's a couple of screenshots from the pair of camera angles deployed by an ad forced upon me whilst scrolling MSM.

The inference from the start being that this "Generic Sales Ltd HQ" is not a desirable workplace.

The flash of background colour happens to be remarkably similar to the advertiser's own present brand palette.

That apart, their simulacrum shows the typically vapid meeting room we've all suffered.

It's certainly half a working lifetime since 1999's Office Space movie satirised so well the suffocating, restrictive, impeding environment of cubicle culture that many sellers today still battle against. As this clip reminds.

The desk seems disproportionately small for the room, to perhaps amplify that.

Is it just me, or does that chap have no pen?

And by the way, who wears a tie?

Any stapler these days surely a prop gag?

As must be the apple.

Still, the lady appears attending literally empty-handed.

And don't you love it when there's a continuity cropper. Now in shadow from opposite angle, check out the stapler.

If this is a one-on-one, with privacy paramount, they are indeed a persistent, frequent, recurring event in our Sales lands.

I guess once in a while such venue can suffice.

Yet I remain astounded how so few offices have curated a room to get the best out of such regular forum. One at the very least the impending prospect of which can take up much mental bandwidth.

There's plenty of options elsewhere. From what was once called the 'foyer market', to a secluded corner of a cafe or even the less stringent pedeconference walk-and-talk.

But in-house, is it sufficient to simply book a meeting room? Or can we make ourselves edge closer to worldclass?

I've been in offices lately refurbed to create booth vibes. Some certainly cosy. Perhaps too claustrophobic for this purpose. Only allowing for head-on face-to-face positioning. Watch out for that spotlight lamp in yer face. Not all of them soundproof, either.

I'm yet to see a triangular table in such. Sculpted in between a focus whiteboardable wall with screen and a pair of comfy benches angled either side, for instance.

It's so easy just to take what you're given.

In this ad example, deliberately I guess, there's nothing adorning the walls or windows of note.

The bare minimum all round.

We can go beyond. Does your sales endeavour?