Re:Open-plan offices decrease face-to-face collaboration: study
by Hamuko on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:27PM
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>I am not sure why employees would message and email more if they can just turn their chair around to chat about something they are working on.
Well first of, if I just turn my chair around, I'm talking to the wall.
Secondly, I could yell at another develop from one table and they might not even realise because they're wearing noise-cancelling headphones. I mean, of course they are, they are in a room with 30+ other people.
If I want to collaborate in an open office, I need to get up from my desk, walk to someone else's desk, tap them on the shoulder to get them to remove their headphones and then stand there and talk to the other person + 10 people around them.
Well first of, if I just turn my chair around, I'm talking to the wall.
Secondly, I could yell at another develop from one table and they might not even realise because they're wearing noise-cancelling headphones. I mean, of course they are, they are in a room with 30+ other people.
If I want to collaborate in an open office, I need to get up from my desk, walk to someone else's desk, tap them on the shoulder to get them to remove their headphones and then stand there and talk to the other person + 10 people around them.