The Open-Office Trap

Re:The Open-Office Trap by toomuchtodo on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:31PM (#8696765)

Have your developers work from home then. I work for a fully funded startup where the entire team is remote. I would never go back to an office (I have insane levels of productivity compared to my last gig that had an open office plan, not to mention 0 commute time).

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Re:The Open-Office Trap by briandear on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:41PM (#8696819)

Bravo! My productivity (and motivation) is orders of magnitude higher when I can work in my house in the South of France or at my mother in law's house on the Mexican Riviera.) I will give you 10 hours a day of full productivity if you can save me from my old Jersey City-NYC commute. I don't need to play ping pong with you to build great software for you.

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Re:The Open-Office Trap by toomuchtodo on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @06:28PM (#8697022)

Thank you! Part of my motivation for taking the job was my wife wanted the ability for us to live in Nice, France for a bit. I've noticed you mention in your HN posts that you live in the South of France; congrats on the ability to do that!

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Re:The Open-Office Trap by pbreit on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @06:01PM (#8696922)

There are very few companies that enjoy outsized success with such a setup. So I think the retort to your final sentence is likely "Yes, you do".

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Re:The Open-Office Trap by toomuchtodo on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @06:28PM (#8697025)

Perhaps those companies should learn how to manage better?

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Re:The Open-Office Trap by briandear on Friday December 12, 2014 @05:52AM (#8739425)

How many have actually tried it?

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