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In the early 90's in college I worked in an open plan in a small software company - 10 developers? Management kept proposing cubes and we argued against it. I
by rrauenza 5y ago
In the early 90's in college I worked in an open plan in a small software company - 10 developers? Management kept proposing cubes and we argued against it. I can't imagine why we argued against it now?
Maybe we had fewer personal items on our screens due to the internet not being used all that much? We argued that it was nice to be able to turn around and ask someone a question. Maybe it's just because we were such a small close knit team?
On the other hand, we also had fairly large desks as well.
- mc32 5y agoThere are full height cubes, half height and cubes with "visibility shields" or whatever they call them. I think the half height ones are a decent compromise. You stand up and you can see the people around you. If you sit, you have your privacy. With stand up desks this can be different, but you can orient desks so that people aren't looking at you from behind. I can see where if a team grew organically that an open office can work --but you never know when that will change (team changes, management changes, etc.)