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What specifically about an open floor plan demoralizes hackers? Would you still be demoralized if the company provided noise cancelling headphones? The kitchen
by EvanKelly 13y ago
What specifically about an open floor plan demoralizes hackers? Would you still be demoralized if the company provided noise cancelling headphones?
The kitchen one is also really bizarre to me. I've never worked anywhere with a "company dishwasher". It's just assumed that people should clean up after they eat.
- lifeguard 13y agoMaybe the art department having a dance party in the late afternoon while engineering is trying to get a release out?
- yen223 13y agoI have no idea either. While I'd like to have my own private office, I much prefer open floor offices to cubicles. It doesn't feel as stuffy.
- geldedus 13y agoopen floor plans are one of the most potent destructors of productivity
- smartician 13y agoInterestingly, these two points resonated with me. Since we moved to an open plan, my productivity plummeted. I find myself coming in late and staying later just to get stuff done. After 6, when half of the people left, it's much easier to concentrate. Noise cancelling headphones help somewhat, but you can only listen to music so much, and it doesn't help that IT blocked Pandora, so I run out of music to listen to without getting crazy. RE: the dishwasher, this has been a sore point too and discussed ad nauseum, culminating in the CFO (!) sending a page long email on how to use the dishwasher: http://i.imgur.com/nujKULZ.png http://i.imgur.com/nujKULZ.png