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Executives somehow never seem to join the open office plan. They normally seem to have their offices or just book up a meeting room week after week. If you go o
by wdb 9y ago
Executives somehow never seem to join the open office plan. They normally seem to have their offices or just book up a meeting room week after week. If you go open office I think everyone needs go open office including the executives.
- gdulli 9y agoI worked at a large internet company where no one, all the way up to the CEO, had an office. But directors and up spent 90+% of their time in meetings anyway so it was a transparent, empty gesture. And then they each had their own reserved conference room anyway.
- Clubber 9y agoIn all fairness, when I interviewed with Intel many years ago, they had a cube farm, and Andy Grove had a cube; they showed it to me. This was 20+ years ago, so things might have changed since. But to your point, yes, managers typically have offices. They know open floor plans suck. It's amazing that Apple got duped into thinking it wasn't bullshit.
- trapperkeeper74 9y agoInterruptions and distractions are productivity genocide. Another subtle problem with open/unassigned layout is wasting time tracking people down.
- paxy 9y agoIn every tech company with an open floor plan I've been to executives, and sometimes even CEOs, have a desk just like everyone else.
- aedron 9y agoAnd have you noticed how they are never actually at that desk?
- CardenB 9y agoWhen I was at Tesla, Elon had a desk next to everyone else.