The open-office trend is destroying the workplace (2014)

Re:The open-office trend is destroying the workplace (2014) by adamnemecek on Sunday February 05, 2017 @02:50PM (#13574175)

It's good that people are finally talking about this. Like 7 years ago, people were commonly pretending that they liked it (or maybe they just didn't watch their productivity).

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Re:The open-office trend is destroying the workplace (2014) by naranana on Sunday February 05, 2017 @02:54PM (#13574204)

It's normal: you make such a big investment (moving to an open office), you have to pretend you didn't screw it up good.

Like when people pretended they liked standing desks because they spent $1000 in one. Imagine standing still for eight hours a day.

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Re:The open-office trend is destroying the workplace (2014) by option on Sunday February 05, 2017 @02:57PM (#13574216)

Adjustable stand/sit desk with motor is a way to go. Has been common in Microsoft and Apple for years.

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Re:The open-office trend is destroying the workplace (2014) by ams6110 on Sunday February 05, 2017 @03:51PM (#13574566)

I scoffed at standing desks until my new workspace installed them (the motorized kind, that adjust up or down) and I tried standing for a few days. I found I liked it a lot. I almost never sit at my desk now.

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Re:The open-office trend is destroying the workplace (2014) by madgar on Sunday February 05, 2017 @02:59PM (#13574229)

> Imagine standing still for eight hours a day.

Imagine sitting perfectly still for eight hours a day.

I just imagined both, and I preferred the standing still nonsense to the sitting still nonsense.

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Re:The open-office trend is destroying the workplace (2014) by sharkweek on Sunday February 05, 2017 @03:08PM (#13574291)

Just to throw it out there, I much prefer sitting at my desk, but I make it a point to spend some time wandering around the office/outside the building for at least a few minutes every hour.

I'm also not a developer though, so I don't need to be in focus mode for long periods of time.

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Re:The open-office trend is destroying the workplace (2014) by Swizec on Sunday February 05, 2017 @02:59PM (#13574233)

As I've learned after being a huge opponent of offices and then beijg forced to work in one: Terrible for individual productivity, great for group productivity.

Teams work better when everyone's in a room together. Alas.

Also, if you have problems with interruption: stop being macho and write some fucking notes while you work. Don't keep that shit in short term memory.

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