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> “It's popular because it worked at successful companies.” Is there evidence of this? I’ve only ever heard of cases where companies succeeded in spite of the
by mlthoughts2018 8y ago
> “It's popular because it worked at successful companies.”
Is there evidence of this? I’ve only ever heard of cases where companies succeeded in spite of the open plan office, meanwhile you’ve got a place like Stack Overflow that is succeeding even when footing the bill for private offices in Manhattan. Nobody’s copying them...
I think you have to enter the reality of executive status-seeking, cargo-cult copying, narcissistic corporate vanity and opulence, and other sociological problems to begin to understand open-plan offices.
- JeremyBanks 8y ago> Is there evidence of this? I’ve only ever heard of cases where companies succeeded in spite of the open plan office, meanwhile you’ve got a place like Stack Overflow that is succeeding even when footing the bill for private offices in Manhattan. Nobody’s copying them... Stack Overflow is going out of business...
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoI searched around for info on this and couldn’t find anything really supporting your claim. At best I think you can say SO is going through all the same stuff that most other growing startups go through: needing to layoff some workers, pivot product strategies. That they are still raising money seems an indicator there is belief in the products, but sure, they might not make it. For purposes of evaluating whether open-plan offices are effective, your comment seems at best disingenuous and at worst just some axe to grind against SO.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoProbably not. I was speaking to the perception. I suppose I should have been more specific. But your point to my point proves the point.
- bradknowles 8y agoBecause that shit is expensive. You mean, you want human beings to be treated like ... actual human beings?!? What kind of crazy person are you?!? ;)