Employers are rethinking open-plan office design

Re:Employers are rethinking open-plan office design by flanbiscuit on Friday May 22, 2020 @05:02PM (#23276982)

I'd even take something like those offices in Terry Gilliam's film "Brazil" https://media3.giphy.com/media/phV9pLhPDUb3a/source.gif

Looks actually kind of roomy in that gif

edit: here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3eIAIFyo8

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Re:Employers are rethinking open-plan office design by hedora on Saturday May 23, 2020 @12:46AM (#23279979)

The Zero Theorem has a brilliant treatment of open seating toward the beginning.

It’s really worth watching the film (that one scene is worth it on its own) but you can get a glimpse of the seating arrangement and the manager after “We is stressed” in the trailer:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHrQ30oT9o

I see now that there are plexiglass dividers between the desks. Terry Gilliam is a visionary.

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Re:Employers are rethinking open-plan office design by nerfhammer on Saturday May 23, 2020 @12:42AM (#23279955)

wow, and a coat rack.

open offices never have coat racks. I've been told it's because they don't like they look nice. In one office I worked in people just threw their jackets on the floor, especially when it was rainy out and they couldn't be kept on the back of a chair.

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