Re:The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration
by mlthoughts2018 on Thursday October 25, 2018 @07:04AM
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It’s critical to not let up on this topic, and to pedantically keep energy focused on hammering home the points that cost-effectiveness does not support choosing open plan layouts, headphones don’t solve the problem, and to understand this choice by corporations you have to look at status signalling and sociological problems.
Even treating the topic like it’s some kind of even or fair debate about productivity is a problem now. It’s well beyond dispute that productivity suffers to such a degree that it erases any cost savings. It’s important to stop acting like there is some need for further proof or debate about this, and move on to social outrage and unwillingness to engage with companies that choose for _everyone_ to be embedded in open plan layouts (rather than letting some workers choose open spaces if they like it, other workers choose private offices if they need it, and simply just paying what this costs).
Even treating the topic like it’s some kind of even or fair debate about productivity is a problem now. It’s well beyond dispute that productivity suffers to such a degree that it erases any cost savings. It’s important to stop acting like there is some need for further proof or debate about this, and move on to social outrage and unwillingness to engage with companies that choose for _everyone_ to be embedded in open plan layouts (rather than letting some workers choose open spaces if they like it, other workers choose private offices if they need it, and simply just paying what this costs).