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Re:The collaboration curse by allemagne on Monday February 01, 2016 @01:05PM (#11013720)
>Maybe grouping a few people in a private office instead? Or set "quiet hours"? Have designated "quiet rooms" where talking is prohibited? I feel like there are a lot of things that can be experimented with or try that are not a huge expenditure.

Having two dedicated "work from home" days every week at my company seems to serve this exact purpose. Those are often some of our most productive days and it cuts back on commute times which have a lot of benefits.

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Re:The collaboration curse by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Monday February 01, 2016 @02:00PM (#11014323)
I work from home full-time so you won't see much argument from me :) In an ideal scenario, I would prefer something like 4 days at home, 1 day at the office for face-to-face meetings.

I'm curious, given that you say you're more productive, are there any discussions in your company about expanding remote work to not only be a part-time thing?

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