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Where I have found open floor to be fine is small companies of 5-15 people, as long as there are quite corners to retreat to. There are some collaboration advan
by dalbasal 9y ago
Where I have found open floor to be fine is small companies of 5-15 people, as long as there are quite corners to retreat to. There are some collaboration advantages to open plan, and I feel that for some (small) size, these can outweigh the distraction and blender-brain effect.
I always wonder why people don't split the difference, chop up the big company office into 5-10 person mini open plan offices.
- dgacmu 9y agoGoogle Pittsburgh is like this in many places. I like it.
- geekbird 9y agoI've always thought that the idea of a "team room" with mini cubicles around a central whiteboard and gathering space would be a good compromise. People could do heads down in cubes, the team as a whole could close their door at crunch time, but people could meet, collaborate and brainstorm when they needed to.