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I wonder how much of a pay cut the average programmer would accept for different working conditions? I suspect cubicles effectively cost more than $200/year be
by Bartweiss 8y ago
I wonder how much of a pay cut the average programmer would accept for different working conditions?
I suspect cubicles effectively cost more than $200/year because they eat more space than open-plan desks, which forms the real cost. But even so, I suspect you could find a lot of people who would give up $1000/year of salary for that benefit.
And even closed offices could probably be offset on a salary level. I think a lot of mid-career or later devs would probably give up an annual raise in return for a private office if they were offered an explicit choice.
I could be wrong about specifics, maybe it's not cost effective to offer. But I seriously doubt that's how the choice is being made - I think a lot of people really do believe the hype about 'better collaboration', or just want to look like other companies.
- mikestew 8y agoI wonder how much of a pay cut the average programmer would accept for different working conditions? Somewhere else on this page is a comment from me that I'd take $20K/year less for an office with a door. I got my wish. There are other aspects to the job that make it appealing (short commute, laid back atmosphere, etc.), but if it were open office, I wouldn't have taken the job for the money it pays.
- Izkata 8y ago> they eat more space than open-plan desks, which forms the real cost Midway compromise, that we've joked about at work: Use those walls per-team instead of per-person.