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In a very long work career, I've spent time in just about every office configuration you can imagine. As I read this article and the comments here I thought bac
by hsmyers 15y ago
In a very long work career, I've spent time in just about every office configuration you can imagine. As I read this article and the comments here I thought back over where I was most productive and most comfortable. And surprised myself! As it turns out I find that a sort of compromise between open office and cubical space seems to work best for me---large cubical with 4 work spaces, each placed in a corner. They are far enough away so that I can ignore them as need be, yet near enough for conversations/questions about the current project. In the two instances where that was the situation, I was both productive and comfortable---hard to argue with that. It never occured to me to ask whose idea the setup was, but it was a good one in my estimation.
- matwood 15y agoI was also thinking about the question over my working career. My best work has been done in a closed office shared with 1 or 2 other people also working on the same project. I worked at home for 2 years and while I had great spurts of productivity when the task was well defined, getting questions answered or bouncing ideas off others hurt some types of work. Cubes never did work well for me because they rarely get any natural light. I'm a sun driven person and try my best to insist on a window in my office.