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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by Cacti on Saturday September 16, 2017 @08:22AM (#15264324)
Who wants to get 3/4 of the way through the construction and admit your brand new building isn't big enough? Easier to just shove everyone in.

Apple is usually a smart company, but it is always a large company, and large companies are prone to making broad one-size-fits-all mistakes.

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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by leggomylibro on Saturday September 16, 2017 @10:41AM (#15264823)
Just do what Amazon is doing, and build another one. Not enough room? Erect another skyscraper.

And another one. Then a third.

And then when you start facing the prospect of your employees getting lynched by locals who are furious about their rent, ask some other cities if they might have room.

My prediction for the future: Amazon's internal transfer process is extremely smooth. Seattle is not gonna weather the opening of this second HQ well, once it gets up and running. But the point is, you gotta keep moving forwards - it's always day 1, right?

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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by dannysu on Saturday September 16, 2017 @06:04PM (#15267009)
When I had my internship at Amazon it was mostly cubicles. It's actually quite annoying and I had to have my earphones to get work done. Is it any different now?
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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by tempodox on Saturday September 16, 2017 @08:53AM (#15264437)
> ...and admit your brand new building isn't big enough?

How do companies believe in ever-lasting growth and then not reflect that in their plans on usage of space? Feels like cognitive dissonance to me.

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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by QAPereo on Saturday September 16, 2017 @10:33AM (#15264793)
If it were a person, sure, but it's a company so it's just shitty leadership exposing a lack of coordination among various discrete entities.
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