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Facebook head office reminds me of my old days
The civil disobedience in Egypt finally forced Mr. Mubarak to step down. The revolt opened the door to democracy. Since Facebook played a remarkable role in making it happen, more Japanese people, especially those who are unfamiliar with Facebook, started paying attention to it, wondering what it was like. Under these circumstances, a TV news program allocated some time to introduce this most popular social network service in the world. In the program, a well-known Japanese reporter went to the head office of Facebook in California, showed you around the office and interviewed Mr. Mark Zuckerberg. According to the program, this was the the first time that a Japanese TV program was allowed to shoot inside the office. Given that Facebook has been struggling to gain Japanese subscribers due to the great popularity of the Japanese social network service called mixi, I suppose that Facebook views the present time as a good opportunity of expanding awareness of itself.
Anyway, it was reported in the program that office partitions to secure private space hadn't been installed in order to make their workers feel free to discuss. The placement of office desks like the one in the attached picture and other reports about the office reminded me of when I just started working for a traditional company many years ago right after graduation. At the time, office partitions weren't common in Japan and office desks were arranged that way in many Japanese companies, although the partitions are currently used there. So, I was working in a sort of open office space. On top of that, I was encouraged to feel free to discuss and allowed to discuss even at cafes etc. The open office space and small talk with coworkers often helped me come up with new ideas, although when I wanted to focus my full attention on doing something, I felt like the openness caused me to be distracted.
I was a little surprised to see things in common between Facebook and the traditional Japanese company.
Anyway, it was reported in the program that office partitions to secure private space hadn't been installed in order to make their workers feel free to discuss. The placement of office desks like the one in the attached picture and other reports about the office reminded me of when I just started working for a traditional company many years ago right after graduation. At the time, office partitions weren't common in Japan and office desks were arranged that way in many Japanese companies, although the partitions are currently used there. So, I was working in a sort of open office space. On top of that, I was encouraged to feel free to discuss and allowed to discuss even at cafes etc. The open office space and small talk with coworkers often helped me come up with new ideas, although when I wanted to focus my full attention on doing something, I felt like the openness caused me to be distracted.
I was a little surprised to see things in common between Facebook and the traditional Japanese company.
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Facebook head office reminds me of my old days job. (Or: "The Facebook head office reminds me of my old office")
In the program, a well-known Japanese reporter went to the head office of Facebook in California, where he (she?) showed you viewers around the office and interviewed Mr.
Anyway, it was reported in the program that office partitions to secure private space hadn't been installed in order to make their workers feel free to discuss. (A better option: "Anyway, it was reported in the program that Facebook had decided against office partitions in the hopes that workers would feel free to discuss ideas openly")
On top of that, I was encouraged to feel free to discuss and allowed to discuss even at cafes etc. (A better option: "On top of that, I was encouraged to feel free to discuss various things with co-workers, even at cafes, etc.")
>where he (she?)
She. Her name is 滝川クリステル.
>That's interesting that traditional Japanese companies don't often use partitions
I think that now, many traditional companies use partitions, but they have become common in the past decade.
When I started working, many workers wished they could have worked at desks with partitions.
The Facebook headquarters reminds me of the old days ["headquarters" is more natural]
The civil disobedience in Egypt finally forced President
Under these circumstances, a TV news program allocated some time to introduce it, the most popular social network service in the world.
In the program, a popular/famous Japanese reporter went to the headquarters of Facebook in California gave a tour of the office and interviewed the creator of Facebook, [popular/famous is more natural here, but I can't explain why.]["gave a tour of the office" is good, but I also prefer HeyMcCall's correction.]
According to the program, this was the the first time that a Japanese TV program was allowed to film inside the office. [I feel like "film" is more natural. I would use "shoot" for a movie or a TV show like a drama, or for a photoshoot.]
Given that Facebook has been struggling to gain Japanese subscribers due to the immense popularity of the Japanese social network service "Mixi," I suppose that Facebook views the present time as a good opportunity to promote itself. ["immense popularity" is a natural term. "great popularity" seems unnatural.]
Anyway, it was reported in the program that office partitions to secure private space hadn't been installed in order to make their workers feel free to have discussions.
At the time, office partitions weren't common in Japan and office desks were arranged that way in many Japanese companies, although they now use partitions. [more natural]
On top of that, I was encouraged to have discussions, even when I wasn't at work.[more natural]
I was a little surprised to see things in common between Facebook and a traditional Japanese company.
Have you seen "The Social Network"? It was a pretty popular movie here. I haven't seen it yet, but it's about the rise of Facebook, although it wasn't endorsed by them.
I need my partitions. I am a big slacker at work so I don't want anybody to see me =)
何度も読んでやっと少し理解できた気がしました。
フェイスブックが今まさに世界を席巻している感があります。
Thanks for your help as always.
>Have you seen "The Social Network"? It was a pretty popular movie here
I haven't seen it yet, but I plan on seeing it. The movie is very popular here, too. Popular American movies usually gain popularity in Japan since main actors / actresses etc often come to Japan and appear on popular Japanese TV programs to promote their movies.
>I need my partitions. I am a big slacker at work so I don't want anybody to see me =)
Hahaha, I totally understand your feeling. I've already got used to working at a desk with petitions, so if I worked at an open space like I did in the past, I would feel like I were being watched by somebody.
Hi 小さい魔女さん
コメントありがとうございます。
私は４年ほど前からfacebookを使っていますが、その成長ぶり・影響力の大きさを実感しています。
Facebookの本社をテレビで見たとき、新卒で働いた超日本的な会社の私の職場を思い出しました。ここ10年、日本のオフィスは個人スペースを確保するためパーテーションで仕切られ、アメリカナイズされたようにも感じていましたが、Facebookの本社には昔の日本企業の雰囲気があり、不思議な感じがしました。