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Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by ghaff on Monday February 19, 2024 @11:23AM (#39431530)
I think the reaction is in comparison to having a private office. Though truth be told, everywhere I've worked with offices, the norm has always been open door policy unless you were on the phone or otherwise needed some privacy or maybe heads down time. It was never typical for people to go the day with their door shut and would have been remarked on.
Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by sokoloff on Monday February 19, 2024 @11:28AM (#39431608)
From 1997-2001 I worked in a glorious place where everyone had an office with a door and a window. Indeed, the doors were mostly open, but they opened onto corridors, meaning it was [by overwhelming] default quiet in the offices.
Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by ghaff on Monday February 19, 2024 @01:37PM (#39433127)
I worked for a very small company for almost 10 years. For about half that time I had a spacious office that overlooked a river. From a scenery perspective even better than my home office which is nicely appointed but doesn't have much of a view although it's in the country.
Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by mvanbaak on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @08:28AM (#39453492)
I have the same experience. Where I worked the offices were 2-person offices, and this worked very good for mentor-student environment, or when 2 ppl had to crack a really tough nut. The doors were also mostly open, and the corridors were quiet and peaceful. If you wanted to chitchat etc you would walk to the social area with a coffee machine, the lunch setup etc.

It was really nice, and if I ever have to go back to an office, this is how I would like it to be again. Otherwise I continue my working from home.