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No, that's just another public rationale. Programmer salaries are much more expensive than even private offices. In a past life, when I wrote software for a l
by ken 7y ago
No, that's just another public rationale. Programmer salaries are much more expensive than even private offices.
In a past life, when I wrote software for a living, I would ask my managers how much it cost, so I could pay out of pocket for my own private office. In every case, when pressed, they admitted it wasn't about the money at all. They just needed me to be a Team Player.
It wasn't even about built-out cost. The private offices already existed, and were sitting empty, in anticipation of future sales team growth -- even though I don't think we were hiring for that yet. Everyone on the business side always got a private office. Come to think of it, I don't remember ever hearing management try to explain why the sales team apparently didn't need to be team players.
- Hamuko 7y ago>I don't remember ever hearing management try to explain why the sales team apparently didn't need to be team players. Because it's a free-for-all for those signup bonuses/commissions.
- 0xffff2 7y agoI am in no way advocating for open offices in any circumstance, but one common complaint I've heard from open-office dwellers is how they sit right next to the sales team who are always on their phones.
- Hamuko 7y agoWe have sales people in a room, but there's support people next to the developers. And Bose sells another pair of QuietComforts.
- dsr_ 7y agoAs a person who is frequently called by that sales team: I can tell immediately when I'm talking to someone who is in an open-office, and I associate them with phone spammers. So, sales people: you're losing money because of that open-office environment.