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Maybe we need to re-brand the "open plan" to something else. "Open" is something many tech businesses want to be, especially internally. So an "open" layout hel
by gojomo 12y ago
Maybe we need to re-brand the "open plan" to something else. "Open" is something many tech businesses want to be, especially internally. So an "open" layout helps people be "open" in other desirable ways, right?
Well, not really. It's an unfortunate decision-scrambling word-collision.
It deserve a name that's still descriptive, but of a loud, crowded place where it's hard to get work done. "Stadium plan"? "Nursery plan"? "Transit hall plan"?
- evan_ 12y agoAwful Plan? Noisy Office Plan? Distract-o-matic?
- hga 12y agoHow about boiler room? Has a lot of negative connotations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_room_(business) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_room_(business)
- wmeredith 12y agoExposed office plan. Cheap office plan. I really like Cheap Office plan actually. For all the ra-ra Kumbayah BS around open office plans, the fact that they are cheaper in the short run is why Cheap Office PLans (tm) are popular with management.
- gojomo 12y agoHmm. Unfortunately 'cheap' also has some positive connotations in business – and it doesn't necessarily imply productivity-damaging. "It's both 'cheap' and 'open'? Sign us up!" But breaking down 'cheap' into more-explicit descriptions of missing-amenities could work. The "infantry barracks plan". The "shantytown plan". The "disaster shelter plan". The "resettlement camp plan". The "soup kitchen plan".
- scotty79 12y agoWe just call our largest openspace the Chinese Sweatshop. Even managers use this name.