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Where I work (at Google), it's generally pretty quiet; you'll occasionally have conversations going on, but most of the time all you hear is typing. It's not qu
by QuercusMax 10y ago
Where I work (at Google), it's generally pretty quiet; you'll occasionally have conversations going on, but most of the time all you hear is typing. It's not quite "library-like", but making phone calls at your desk is very strongly frowned upon.
At my last company, we generally had 1-2 person offices; it was very easy to stay in your office all day long and never interact with other developers. With the open plan here, we're much more likely to have impromptu team conversations.
I think it would be better if we were in separate rooms in groups of 8-10, but open offices definitely are not all negative. When I work from home I miss the human interaction.
- jrockway 10y agoI mean, Google is a big company, and it varies widely. I sit in an open office space with the staffing team. They are much louder than our team, most of the time. I like the idea of team rooms, we should try more of that.
- Consultant32452 10y agoDid you not have a team chat application in your 1-2 person offices? In my experience that has always provided an excellent balance between distraction and isolation.
- QuercusMax 10y agoSure, it helps to some degree, but can also be very distracting in its own right. Being able to turn to the person next to you or behind you and ask a question is very different from pinging somebody over IM / IRC / etc.
- chris11 10y agoHow do you like the office plans? From what I've seen Google seems to mainly use open offices.
- 1_2__3 10y agoTry sitting in an area near, say, a marketing team. It's not quiet.