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Why are open-concept offices a waste?
by goronbjorn 15y ago
Why are open-concept offices a waste?
- bri3d 15y agoThis one's been beaten ad-nauseum: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2270424 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2270424 (HN developers prefer private space) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3729302 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3729302 (A good summary discussion and a blog post about why open plan offices suck) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2876261 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2876261 (Another discussion and article summarizing research into the negative effects of open plan offices). It's very, very hard to get any kind of real creative work done in an open-plan office with more than a few people in it. The open office plan generates a vast quantity of distractions and doesn't scale.