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 darth_mastah on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:43PM (#17516349)

I'm sorry, what criterion other than the commute time do you use to determine who "needs to" work from home? Increased productivity while working from home does not simply stem from lack of commute. It's all in the article.

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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by ohnoesmyscv on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:30PM (#17518355)

Why bother with offices at all then? Why are companies paying tons of money for office space on prime real estate in SF, or dishing out free lunches and dinners, if people are more productive working from home? Google and Facebook should just mandate that people work from home.

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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by BerislavLopac on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:33AM (#17521577)

Covered here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17506044

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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by hw on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:41PM (#17518416)

I didn't say that commute was the only factor, but it is a major factor. Give each person a private room and eliminate the commute, people will still work from home. It's comfortable, you don't need to deal with your manager or colleague in person, and everything's async so you can focus without getting interrupted by a knock on your private office door.

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