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A comment on Ask HN: Why are leaders given offices in an open office layout?.

Re:Ask HN: Why are leaders given offices in an open office l... by Ancalagon on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:49PM (#20945653)
Confidential discussions: hirings, firings, compensation talks, bonus talks, need-to-know and leadership-only conversations, etc.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are leaders given offices in an open office l... by ThrowawayR2 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @07:08PM (#20945756)
They could use a conference room for such things.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are leaders given offices in an open office l... by wmf on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @07:19PM (#20945831)
Then they perma-book the conference room and use it as a de facto office.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are leaders given offices in an open office l... by _virtu on Thursday September 12, 2019 @12:22PM (#20953322)
Maybe at that point they shouldn't be using an open office layout.
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