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Most new buildings at Microsoft now have open office plans.
by Chris911 9y ago
Most new buildings at Microsoft now have open office plans.
- qq66 9y agoThis is mostly due to employee demand (although some employees are very angry about it).
- existencebox 9y agoMicrosoftie here. I haven't seen any indication for it to be due to employee demand. The vast majority of engineers on my team, and my last N teams, have agreed it was top down from leadership; and even those that preferred open offices agreed that cost cutting and space utilization are likely driving factors. To contribute to the broader discussion; SOME teams here still have offices, but it's a dying breed. I consider myself very lucky that I found one that did, and it was certainly a factor in my choice.
- orange_bear 9y agoFormer Apple employee here. That sounds exactly like what I witnessed. The new Apple HQ is very much open office and the design was definitely top-down from execs - I just know that I had no input at all even though it was my workplace. Always got my best work done at home.
- crispytx 9y agoIf companies can't afford to give programmers their own offices, then they should just let them work remotely from their own private offices in their homes.
- sabarn01 9y agoAlso work for MS I have an office, but wouldn't care if we went open. I worked for wall street for a while and was used to it.
- toweringgoat 9y agoSpeaking to someone there: they were planning to remodel the whole campus. However they stopped after a few conversions due to feedback. Converted buildings are staying open, but other buildings are reportedly staying as individual offices. This is second hand, could be wrong.