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Hot desking

Office arrangement where employees don't have assigned desks and work from any available space.

Definition

Hot desking is the office arrangement where employees don't have assigned desks and work from any available space. Founders reach for it when a vague conversation needs a shared, specific meaning. Name it clearly, then let the next decision — a hire, a price, a test, or a pass — follow from that meaning.

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How the word shows up in a real conversation.

Two cofounders disagree until they define Hot desking. Once they agree it means “Office arrangement where employees don't have assigned desks and work from any available space”, the argument becomes a decision.

Common mistake

Using Hot desking as a label instead of a fact. If you cannot point to the evidence — a number, a customer, or a written assumption — you are using the word as jargon.

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