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Facebook offices have always been open plan. I personally like it. It can occasionally been frustrating, but overall the benefits outweigh the negatives for the
by underwater 14y ago
Facebook offices have always been open plan. I personally like it. It can occasionally been frustrating, but overall the benefits outweigh the negatives for the way we work. I don't believe that it has ever been about minimizing costs.
Many people work from home or camp out in a small meeting room if they want privacy. There are also over ear head phones available for free all around the campus.
- troymc 14y agoWikipedia has an article that links to a lot of the research on open plan offices (and other configurations): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_plan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_plan
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- drgath 14y ago> I don't believe that it has ever been about minimizing costs. At Facebook, no, it hasn't been. What parent is saying is that he hopes FB did some research on whether this will actually help or hurt productivity before risking the lifeblood of the company (engineer productivity).