Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work

Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by tabtab on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:43PM (#19092253)

It's my opinion that open-air office design fit depends on the person. Some people are too easily distracted, and some are "charged up" by social interaction. One-size-fits-all doesn't work.

Maybe slide-able walls could be a way to be able to focus when needed, but also interact heavily when needed. I haven't tried sliders myself. Any opinions on them?

The boss in the movie is average, not "toxic" as the article claims. While he is annoying, he's not loud or blatantly abusive. It's relatively subtle "abuse", and common behavior.

I've had much worse bosses, included a Trump-like boss who had one foot in marketing and one foot in tech. He was technically clueless, rash, ADHD, embellisher, media-savvy, forgetful, termination-happy, etc. Crazy days. (Even if you personally believe T is a great President, working for him may not be. Compare it to Steve Jobs: rough on employees although {arguably} he produced great results.)

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by jplayer01 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @03:13AM (#19093542)

I'm not sure how programming is improved by constant social interaction. Distractions per research are a huge hit to productivity just because of how long it takes the brain to reach the same state again. If you're in PR or a job that is by nature social, then maybe it has its benefits, but for knowledge workers, there's plenty of research showing deep thought requires deep focus which isn't (generally) properly sustainable with a lot of external stimulus.

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