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There's more to it than that. Management and HR people need to have conversations that not everyone else is privy to. Having everyone listening to a coworker
by tsotha 13y ago
There's more to it than that. Management and HR people need to have conversations that not everyone else is privy to. Having everyone listening to a coworker being asked by her boss to wear more appropriate clothing to the office is just asking for a lawsuit, as is a conversation between HR and an employee discussing leave for an embarrassing medical problem.
Of course you can have small conference rooms for those kinds of conversations, but if it's a significant part of the job an office just makes sense.
- YZF 13y agoThe thing is that I think healthy teams need to have those conversations as well. I.e. ones that not everyone is privy too. Team cohesion requires trust and I found the inability to have private conversations easily is a problem.
- mgkimsal 13y agoYeah, that's another aspect I'm aware of, but I don't buy it as much. The majority of time I've seen mgt in their offices, it's not being used for that. Regardless, I'm not advocating for people to not have private offices - I'm arguing for more people to have private offices, and I think decision makers simply aren't capable of putting themselves in the shoes of people who do 'thought work' as their primary task.