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Sounds like a conspiracy theory. Why would a company want its own employees to be unproductive? I think it's more likely that open floor plans cost less per s
by tieTYT 13y ago
Sounds like a conspiracy theory. Why would a company want its own employees to be unproductive?
I think it's more likely that open floor plans cost less per square foot or seem productive.
- npsimons 13y agoI don't think it's a "conspiracy theory" in the traditional sense (although I do admit that my post was slanted a bit that way). I'm fairly certain it is as Crito said, "unplanned [and] unorchestrated". And there's no need for conspiracy: simple human nature in the aspects of politics and pettiness can easily explain it - it doesn't matter if you can prove what is more productive or cost effective, management ("owners" or their representatives) will continually push for more leverage and control over their workers, until they experience pushback, profits be damned.
- _kfb 13y agoA company wouldn't. I posit that individual middle managers are the problem: whilst they do want the people working for them to be productive, they often subconsciously act to make sure they have the supposed "status" and that this comes (unknowingly, to them) at a cost.