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IMO, the fact that they're cheaper is only a justification. After all, most places are open-office rather than remote. The big reason why management likes open
by ThrustVectoring 10y ago
IMO, the fact that they're cheaper is only a justification. After all, most places are open-office rather than remote.
The big reason why management likes open office is, in my opinion, that those environments make them feel like they've got more oversight and control.
- georgeecollins 10y agoI agree it isn't the cost. It's mostly that you can see what everybody is doing. If you don't have management or processes you trust, and a lot of new employees, you worry that you will have some kind of bad behavior. Also that its easy to move people around, which you do a lot when you are growing. I work at a startup with open offices (my second) and the absenteeism blows me away. I really believe it is because the office is an unpleasant place to work. But hey, we have ping pong tables!