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The open versus closed office debate feels new, but it's a pendulum that has swung for decades from one extreme to the other. The reality is that most modern wo
by hoodwink 10y ago
The open versus closed office debate feels new, but it's a pendulum that has swung for decades from one extreme to the other. The reality is that most modern workers need access to a multitude of workspaces: open, social areas for collaboration and closed, private areas for concentration. A progressive company recognizes this and sets its people free to choose the workspace they need for the work at hand.
- abecedarius 10y agoI started in the 80s, and the trend this whole time seems unidirectional.
- hoodwink 10y agoThe pendulum swings slowly. Here's what offices looked like for many white-collar workers in the 1950s/1960s: http://sites.psu.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8069/2015/06/Steno-Pool.jpg http://sites.psu.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/806... The 1980s represented "peak cubicle". The tech industry ushered in open plans in the 1990s.