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> Do they determine that people just take more sick days because they need some level of privacy Yeah, I too think this could explain it better. Say a work day
by ElectronShak 9y ago
> Do they determine that people just take more sick days because they need some level of privacy
Yeah, I too think this could explain it better. Say a work day is 8 hours, ideally, you cannot work on the same thing for 8 hours. But an open-plan office forces you to do this, or pretend to, because you are being "watched"...and this can be exhausting.
A cellular office plan, gives you the privacy to relax, and maybe do something else, then say when you feel refreshed, you get back to working.
An open-office plan encourages collaboration, but that's based on the assumption that we all work the same way.
- maxxxxx 9y ago"An open-office plan encourages collaboration" They always say that but from my observation this is simply not true.
- damontal 9y ago2nd day in our new open office and I'm trying to work while 2 guys are having a catch with a football over my head.
- maccard 9y agoDo you think if you shared a 3 person office with those 2 guys that problem would go away?
- logfromblammo 9y agoAn open plan office encourages lying to the employees about why you have an open plan office. It's cheaper, and more of a panopticon for the floor-walky managers. It encourages the creation of a projected isolation shell, like some kind of psychic box turtle. Noise-cancelling headphones are essential to that effort. When I actually collaborate, I am far more likely to do it if I can do it privately with a specific person, rather than with everyone who may be listening.
- ghaff 9y agoI suspect a lot of people involved in these decisions have actually convinced themselves that they're good for collaboration/innovation/etc. At the same time, if open floor plans actually cost more per employee than private offices I'm pretty sure that any arguments espousing the benefits of the open plan would fall on deaf ears in a big hurry.