hot desk
v.— «In a scheme that could be rapidly rolled out across Whitehall, all civil servants at the Department of Trade and Industry are to “hot desk”, a process beloved of management consultants, which will see mandarins of all ranks move from desk to desk throughout the department.» —“Civil servants will ‘hot desk’ to cut costs” by Robert Watts Telegraph (U.K.) June 27, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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