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You're missing the most important part, which is there is far less square feet / person in open plan than with individual offices. The cost per person is much

• falcolas 11y ago
  EDIT: Mis-read your comment. Far less square footage is true, but the "far less" is not that much less. In the best case, it's a few scant square feet. In the worst (250 for a president-sized office, 60 for an exceptionally cramped open office footprint), it's still only about 190 square feet - which comes to around $19k a year. Still a pittance compared to the other costs of the employee. ORIGINAL: The cost per person scales directly with the cost per square footage - that's the only practical difference between an employee in an open office and in an individual office (well, discounting potential increase production and fewer sick days). There's going to be some additional up-front construction costs when you first take over a space, but when amortized over the fifteen years (which is how the accountants will book those costs), it's going to end up being pretty small. What other costs do you feel that I'm missing?