Re:The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration
by sonnyblarney on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @06:59PM
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"because the savings over cubicles are too small to be worth the risk of reduced productivity"
No, it's definitely about the money.
The cost savings 'per person' are quite a lot, and that's hard dollars on the spreadsheet.
'Productivity' is a very difficult thing to quantify.
In that business case, the 'hard measure' almost always wins.
Business runs on decisions like that, not on intuition, it takes somebody with a lot of power to override or make a bet on something that's going to 'cost the company money' according to the accountants.
Square footage is expensive, so are cubes, and especially offices ... when your VP Ops is running around, he's trying to get a sweet and cool location ... 'hey we can get this sweet studio for $x/sq foot' in SOMA two books from Caltrain station ... or we can work in the burbs of Oakland ...
No, it's definitely about the money.
The cost savings 'per person' are quite a lot, and that's hard dollars on the spreadsheet.
'Productivity' is a very difficult thing to quantify.
In that business case, the 'hard measure' almost always wins.
Business runs on decisions like that, not on intuition, it takes somebody with a lot of power to override or make a bet on something that's going to 'cost the company money' according to the accountants.
Square footage is expensive, so are cubes, and especially offices ... when your VP Ops is running around, he's trying to get a sweet and cool location ... 'hey we can get this sweet studio for $x/sq foot' in SOMA two books from Caltrain station ... or we can work in the burbs of Oakland ...
Sadly, it's mostly a cost decision.