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I'm confused. The article mentions 8 acres (i.e. 3 hectares, 5 city blocks) of open-office space. Surely that cannot be contiguous. And if it is broken up into

I'm confused. The article mentions 8 acres (i.e. 3 hectares, 5 city blocks) of open-office space. Surely that cannot be contiguous. And if it is broken up into sub-units, then surely the size of the sub-unit ought to be mentioned. (Not that I think cubicles are all that great, in large numbers.)

in_cahoots 4y ago
You are correct. And Meta isn’t paying a 40% premium due to that 8 acres, it’s functionally no worse than any other company I’ve been in with an open-office plan. Longer lines of sight but somehow less noisy due to a lower density and a strong culture of moving collaborations to a more private space. I understand people hate open offices, but this article calling out Meta in particular doesn’t pass the smell test.
microtherion 4y ago
I believe it IS contiguous: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/facebook-s-new-headquarters-where-openplan-is-king-and-frictionless-working-is-the-aim-a6756426.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-fea... The building appears to be 860m long on the map: https://www.google.com/maps/dir//''/@37.4805293,-122.1563983,17.1z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x808fbdcb8a31833d:0xd8bd64d31e7a1ea5!2m2!1d-122.1562408!2d37.4809878!3e0!5m1!1e1 https://www.google.com/maps/dir//''/@37.4805293,-122.1563983... It's like a work environment designed by Terry Gilliam: https://www.evanerichards.com/wp-content/gallery/brazil/brazil-040.jpg https://www.evanerichards.com/wp-content/gallery/brazil/braz...