I can't seem to find where, but I remember reading about this a few years ago...
Some company had connected their Continuous Integration server to the exit door. Breaking the build would lock the exit door until the build was fixed.
Near the end of the day, some programmer would announce his big commit, and the rest of the team would rush to exit the room :)
IIRC, this practice was put in place by the developers themselves (not by management), as some kind of "productivity joke". Propping the door open would defeat the purpose.
I'm seriously annoyed that I cannot seem to find the original story...
Some company had connected their Continuous Integration server to the exit door. Breaking the build would lock the exit door until the build was fixed.
Near the end of the day, some programmer would announce his big commit, and the rest of the team would rush to exit the room :)