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No, open offices are never fine. I wear glasses, noise cancelling options are limited to on ear or in ear, neither are good for long periods of time. Not to me
by codycraven 8y ago
No, open offices are never fine. I wear glasses, noise cancelling options are limited to on ear or in ear, neither are good for long periods of time.
Not to mention many women have brought up discomfort issues related to being visible at all times—which sounds 10,000% justified.
- Zach_the_Lizard 8y ago> Not to mention many women have brought up discomfort issues related to being visible at all times—which sounds 10,000% justified. This is an entirely new negative aspect of open plan offices to me. As a man I never thought about this, but I could see how it could be uncomfortable for women. Seems to go against the stated goals of achieving a more balanced workforce
- watmough 8y agoWow, new to me too. I had never thought of that. Oh Christ, it could be awful. Luckily, and as an unremarkable looking male, I'm still clinging to a cube, and the noise there is bad enough.
- dingaling 8y agoI'll be contrary and say that I can't see how that's any way justified. My employment contract didn't include any provision for being non-visible during working hours. How is a workforce supposed to be cohesive and collaborative if half of it doesn't know when it's allowed to look at the other half? Perhaps in the future both men and women will wear burqas to the office. But then we'll all have to agree one one 'non-intimidating' colour.