Give people offices, or at least a cubicle. This open concept thing is dumb.

Mar 24, 2019
8:12:37pm

ballen All-American

It isn’t hard to collaborate with IM, email, etc. People enjoy having their own space, a place to put up a pic of their family, especially considering how much time people spend at work.

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We are designing a new office. I am trying to balance collaboration with privacy

SausageKing

3/24/19 8:02pm

I've never had anything but a private office. Working in an open environment would be very strange for me.

kccougar

3/24/19 8:05pm

Give people offices, or at least a cubicle. This open concept thing is dumb.

ballen

3/24/19 8:12pm

I agree with this 100%

cougarfann888

3/24/19 8:15pm

RE: Give people offices, or at least a cubicle. This open concept thing is dumb.

85fan

3/24/19 8:55pm

This

RUNBYU1

3/24/19 10:15pm

All the tech companies are moving to open office. They have these people come

QBarrister

3/24/19 10:28pm

Amen.

ballen

3/24/19 10:34pm

And when I hear this

Heinz57

3/24/19 10:41pm

productivity is worse

ArchbishopMitty

3/25/19 1:19am

Open office makes sense for certain teams but not all.

kapcreations

3/25/19 12:49pm

Most amazing "open office" idea: no break room

HuskerFan2

3/25/19 1:35pm

The idiocy of people astounds me sometimes.

ArchbishopMitty

3/25/19 1:37pm

For focus and privacy have higher walls for offices since you are also having

Albuq_Coug

3/24/19 8:14pm

Plus, if you want people to stay long-term it’s more likely if you don’t have an

Albuq_Coug

3/24/19 11:11pm

What kind of employees? What they do makes a difference in how you design it

Hang10

3/24/19 8:14pm

Professional services industry

SausageKing

3/24/19 8:45pm

I'm a programmer and I'm not a huge fan of open office

letthewookiewin

3/24/19 8:16pm

i think open office designs are counter productive

BlueFrog

3/24/19 8:16pm

I have worked in both. It really makes no difference to me. Work is work

Garn

3/24/19 8:22pm

Open office with quiet rooms and conference rooms.

RalphWiggam

3/24/19 8:29pm

Open offices are a cacophany of every obnoxious office noise you can imagine.

HuskerFan2

3/24/19 8:32pm

Yep, people end up using headphones for privacy.

Albuq_Coug

3/24/19 8:45pm

Open office is distracting and lack of focus is a productivity killer.

BYUfan92

3/24/19 8:38pm

RE: Open office is distracting and lack of focus is a productivity killer.

85fan

3/24/19 8:57pm

Please, for the love of everything holy, do not do an open office

DryFlyUte

3/24/19 10:30pm

I currently work in an open office. I hate it.

StrongBad

3/24/19 11:14pm

Here’s a study that shows open office aren’t getting the results

WashingtonCoug

3/24/19 11:34pm

Give people options. Some like the open floor plan, many hate it. There is

ArchbishopMitty

3/25/19 1:43am

As other have said, have offices. Do other things to foster collaboration.

j20

3/25/19 8:11am

Open offices are going away...pretty much all recent studies show

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