Re:Our Open-Plan Office Failed, So We’re Moving to a Towerin...
by trhway on Friday September 29, 2017 @02:48PM
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As the open-floor plan is already basically a Panopticon - with the director in his office with a glass wall through which he directly overlooks us in the open-floor area, and the manager just at the strategic table (his back to the window, face overlooking our team) adding any "cell" walls would be a vast improvement (which also would result in improvement for lighting (limiting direct Sun hitting eyes/monitor), AC and ventilation (better turbulence/mixing before cold/fresh air just rivers away like it does in the open-floor) and thus less virus spreading effects, etc...) The new Apple "spaceship" building would have "pods" so depending on how field of view is organized there it may be kind of Panopticon.
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Re:Our Open-Plan Office Failed, So We’re Moving to a Towerin...
by Animats on Friday September 29, 2017 @03:03PM
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Banks used to do that explicitly. The managers sat on a raised platform, in the open, overlooking the tellers and banking floor. Some bank branches still have a raised platform.