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Ah, but accountants don't measure productivity, only cost. It doesn't matter if it takes 3 times as long to ship your product, the only way they'd justify the h
by larrik 8y ago
Ah, but accountants don't measure productivity, only cost. It doesn't matter if it takes 3 times as long to ship your product, the only way they'd justify the higher cost of the office is if it meant cutting jobs.
- linuxftw 8y agoI agree, and often times is several engineering teams that have their own budgets for labor, verses an entirely different department (facilities) using a different pool of money. Each department has incentives to cut costs independently and often at the expense of other departments. I would happily buy my own sodas (I don't drink them anyway), chips/snacks (I don't eat them at work), coffee (I do drink coffee!) if it meant I never had to sit in an open office environment again.
- maltalex 8y ago> Ah, but accountants don't measure productivity, only cost. Accountants don't get to decide the office layout in my experience.
- larrik 8y agoYou'd be surprised how often accountants run a company unofficially, and all the ways that it happens.