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One thing that really grates me as a more-introverted-than-not person is the modern Open Plan Office. Constantly having to hear the annoying voices of other pe
by laichzeit0 14y ago
One thing that really grates me as a more-introverted-than-not person is the modern Open Plan Office.
Constantly having to hear the annoying voices of other people, interruptions, etc. I'd must rather be in a little corner office with the door closed. I really have no problem going entire days without interacting with another human being and I'm way more productive that way. Music is also not an option really. I don't want or need any further "stimulation" to concentrate. Just the thoughts in my head are enough.
(I know this from experience as I worked for more or less 1 year on my own from 9-5 with no human interaction doing development).
- InclinedPlane 14y agoOpen plan offices suffer from a few very difficult to fight effects. One, a lot of people think they are great for "collaboration". Often this is because they have collaborated successfully in some way in the past in open plan offices and imagine that there would be no way to achieve the same level of collaboration with a different office plan (classic "post hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy). Two, it's currently very popular and hip, especially in the tech. community. It feels more informal and less "old business" so a lot of startups and companies that want to project a youthful image adhere to it. Three, it's often significantly cheaper than offices. When taken together you end up in a situation where open plan offices become the de facto choice and where fighting against them is a huge uphill battle.