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> Cost-effectiveness of open floor plans Office space is expensive, labor is cheap. That's the conclusion. It's the economy, stupid.

• normloman 13y ago
  Programmers are also expensive. If open offices are lowering their productivity, every manager in tech is penny wise and pound foolish.
  • steverb 13y ago
    As a manager in tech, it's not my fault. I've complained so much about the open office layout that I've been told point blank to shut up about it.
    • tzakrajs 13y ago
      Good thing you love your job.
      • steverb 13y ago
        I love my people. I took the management gig because I was tired of seeing other people do it poorly. I figured I could do it at least little better than they were. Results are currently mixed. :-)
  • ExpiredLink 13y ago
    > Programmers are also expensive. I seriously doubt that. I see so much wasted programmer time in my daily work. It must be a cheap commodity.
• greenyoda 13y ago
  Software developers are much more expensive than the office space they occupy. For the price of a developer, say $100K a year ($8333 per month), you can get rent an entire luxury apartment in NYC. A hundred square feet of space in an office building (the size of a single-person office) is a tiny fraction of that.