The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea

Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by BoysenberryPi on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:02AM (#17514654)

I slack and email co-workers who are within spitting distance of me. More often than not they are busy and I don't want to interrupt their flow with something that does not require immediate attention. So I'll shoot a Slack or email their way and let them get to it when they get to it.

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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by skgoa on Friday July 13, 2018 @04:36AM (#17521381)

You are a saint. I have a near retirement age coworker in the same office who mutters a lot while working and from time to time will just start talking loudly to people across the room. It's one of the main reasons why I got a noise-canceling headset.

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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by jamaicahest on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:54AM (#17520792)

That's a nice sentiment, however a lot of people have notifications turned on in both their email client and in Slack, so you end up interrupting them anyway.

There was a study done on the interruption effect of e-mail https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/1328726018000...

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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by thirdsun on Friday July 13, 2018 @02:08AM (#17520845)

While true, there's a significant difference: It's very easy to ignore a notification - the same can't be said about a verbal/face to face interruption.

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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by mnky9800n on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:50AM (#17521652)

I do this as well. Mostly I want a record of what was discussed because how will I remember otherwise.

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