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It's also possible that employee productivity doesn't matter as much as the speculative price of the company's shares. If the company's office plan looks like
by jchewitt 11y ago
It's also possible that employee productivity doesn't matter as much as the speculative price of the company's shares.
If the company's office plan looks like Google's, then surely they're going to generate earnings like Google one day. I don't think the analysis necessarily goes that much deeper than that.
We've gone from managerial pseudoscience of the early 20th century that attempted to measure and optimize productivity into full on mysticism that rests on vague notions of 'increasing opportunities for collaboration.' At least scientific management attempted to use quantitative analysis and empiricism to make employees more productive. In the new age, we just need vague slogans, beanbags, and chi consultants.
- p4wnc6 11y agoI definitely agree. This is why I almost always reject further interviews with a company that unnecessarily uses open-plan offices. What bigger slap in the face can they give to a developer? They are basically saying, up-front in one of the earliest conversations they have with you, that your value to them is more determined by your ability to look like a good piece of office furniture than by the product of your software development labor.