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No one should be sitting "among employees" - everyone should be in a private office with a door that closes.
by cballard 11y ago
No one should be sitting "among employees" - everyone should be in a private office with a door that closes.
- jusben1369 11y agoI'm always wary of the "one size fits all people" mandate.
- paulcole 11y agoWow, pretty sweeping generalization. You can't think of anyone who might prefer an open office arrangement, or you can't think of anyone like you who would prefer it?
- intrasight 11y agoI can't think of anyone
- cballard 11y agoI suppose an office with library rules would be tolerable. https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3357-an-office-with-ldquolibrary-rulesrdquo https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3357-an-office-with-ldquolibr...
- xacaxulu 11y agoIf they are engineers/devs, I think they should at minimum have the option to close the door and get some work done, or at least have quiet spaces to work in from time to time.
- ionforce 11y agoThat's a strong "should". What would the cost of such an office be?
- jarek 11y agoQuite probably not more than all the "lose on every sale, make it up on volume" shenanigans VC land does with VC money. Personally I am getting to a point where I would be thrilled with even a "grad student" setup: three desks to a room and if someone needs to talk they go into the corridor if not a meeting room. It cannot be that expensive to give people working with their minds some peace and quiet to think.