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A good office should attract people and by extension, serve as a recruiting tool. Their modern facade of bright colors and "hip" furniture doesn't conceal the
by ericfrenkiel 15y ago
A good office should attract people and by extension, serve as a recruiting tool.
Their modern facade of bright colors and "hip" furniture doesn't conceal the fluorescent lights, low ceilings, and berber carpeting.
Imagine the opposite - 20-foot ceilings, lots of natural sun light, and hardwood floors - and you can feel it's much more conducive for working.
- 9999 15y agoI wholeheartedly agree with you. Lighting, ceilings and floor choice are tremendously important in workspace design, and that place looks, frankly, like most other poorly designed office spaces. Once you commit to open plan, you've already thrown acoustics and a quiet working environment almost entirely out of the window. At that point the awful carpeting and 1970s style ceiling tiles only serve to reinforce the disingenuous nature of their supposedly hip concessions to progressive workplace design (I'm looking at you, Herman Miller fluorescent light fixtures). Then again, it's really shocking how strict most office space management companies and building code bureaucrats tend to be when it comes to how you can use your space. I've seen several really great spaces with all kinds of potential just completely hamstrung by idiotic restrictions surrounding fire sprinklers and ancient ventilation systems. When you add in the stupid expectations and demands from management (like giving up tons of space for a dedicated reception area when you don't have and will never have a receptionist) it makes it even harder to create a good workspace.
- Karellen 15y agoHardwood floors? No thanks - they're noisy.
- dredmorbius 15y agoWhat's the advantage of hardwood floors, if I may ask?
- ericfrenkiel 15y agoThey're much cleaner than carpet and reduce allergies.