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it's all anecdotal opinions

• deathanatos 8y ago
  No, it isn't; there have been studies done on open office floorplans, and they come to the same, obvious conclusion: they're bad on any metric you care to measure them on, except the one the article points out: if you ignore the productivity loss and all the other costs, they're cheaper. From the Wikipedia article on open floor plans, > A systematic survey of research upon the effects of open-plan offices found frequent negative effects in some traditional workplaces: high levels of noise, stress, conflict, high blood pressure and a high staff turnover. > Open-plan offices have been found to elevate the risk of employees needing to take time off for sickness. The article's citations will allow you to delve into the studies, if you wish. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_plan
  • jiveturkey 8y ago
    The cited studies all date circa 2011. But open office was trending well before then, and studies were done before then. For example, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494405000538 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02724...