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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by another-cuppa on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @08:04AM (#17917126)
I think some comments are missing the point. I used to work in an office that definitely had "natural light" because it did have windows, but the view from the windows was basically just other grey buildings about 10 metres away. I now work in an office where I can look out and see grass, trees, and the sky, and it's much nicer.
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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by ehnto on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @08:13AM (#17917199)
Trees and greenery in general take a space from "concrete wasteland" to "human living space" for me. I have no idea why we build plazas as big concrete slabs. Who thought that was what people wanted?

Who has every thought to themselves, gee, I sure wish there was more flat concrete to look at.

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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by jrockway on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @08:58AM (#17917447)
> Who thought that was what people wanted?

You don't have to pay someone to mow the concrete slab, I guess. (And in the winter, don't shovel the snow, just make a sign that says: "warning, slippery!")

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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by monocasa on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @11:42AM (#17918957)
It's supposedly so that events are easier to setup as "it's a more free form space". IMO it doesn't really make it all that much easier, and looks like shit when an event isn't going on.
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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by PascLeRasc on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:10PM (#17919943)
Skateboarders do, but then we can't even use the space because of hostile design.
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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by betterworldb on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @09:54AM (#17917957)
It's modernist design. And it sucks.
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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by gjhicks on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @11:08AM (#17918654)
Maybe bad modernist design or the out-of-favor brutalist design. Modernist design does not favor large slabs of flat concrete. Really, no form of design does. So, it's really just bad design.
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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by monocasa on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @11:40AM (#17918940)
Even brutalism wasn't for big empty slabs for a plaza.

I've heard that cities are going that way to make pop up events easier. I don't think it really makes it that much easier though, and it looks like shit when an event isn't going on.

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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by legohead on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @12:17PM (#17919341)
How much does it improve your work experience? I have the same view, but we have all the window blinds closed because it's too much light, causes glare on people's monitors, etc.

Personally I'd much rather have free lunches or unlimited PTO.

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Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light by another-cuppa on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @02:16PM (#17920561)
It's hard to say because there are many other things that are better any my current office. Having the nice view outside certainly isn't a bad thing. At home I work in classic geek style darkness, though.
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