I'm working somewhere where it's all hotdesking so you have to clear your desk every night - are there places where you have to have a "clean" desk even when you're working during the day?

Ugh, I'm already significantly less satisfied at work (and I think less productive too) because of hotdesking, not being allowed things during the day would be terrible.

I'm a lean person. I HATE 5S in offices (more than absolutely necessary) and I totally disapprove of most tidy desk rules. They are a pain and only of value in situations where an office literally needs hot desking for space issues because of the time of year or an inability to expand fast enough.
Desks need a certain degree of tidy or neighbours hate working beside you. But more than that and you spend too much time just cleaning your desk.

I'm glad to have evidence from a 3rd party to support my position. I ended up in a fairly massive fight in my last work place trying to explain why it was not a good idea. And I lost to someone who liked things to LOOK right even if they weren't functional. Drove me batty.

Edited at 2016-11-24 12:07 pm (UTC)