Re:Death To The Open Offices Floor Plan
by jaredmcateer on Friday January 10, 2014 @01:21PM
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I prefer my brother in law's set up, it's an inverse of what you want, open office but with isolation caves assigned to no one that can be used when you need silence. I think making isolation an opt-in rather than opt-out makes for a much more inclusive environment.
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I think "inclusive" is really getting over rated by so called "efficiency experts"...My last gig had these "focus booths" occupied by a single person all day every day. They used them as their offices because they wanted to concentrate in silence.
Re:Death To The Open Offices Floor Plan
by mattgreenrocks on Friday January 10, 2014 @03:07PM
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Inclusive? I'm not at the office to socialize, I'm there to focus and do work.
Re:Death To The Open Offices Floor Plan
by jaredmcateer on Friday January 10, 2014 @04:43PM
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I think that's a false dichotomy. Without socialization it's very difficult to understand the people you're working with and this, in my experience, is often the root of friction between teams and departments.
I've been working from home with my distributed team all over the USA (and world) for over a year now. I haven't met a few of them ever in person yet. Our company and team are doing fine just socializing over Skype and conference calls / Google Hangout (occasionally) when needed.
Someone doesn't need to be sitting right next to me able to interrupt me whenever they like to "promote synergy"