On 6/30/2015 8:32 AM, Matt Lawrence wrote:
On 06/30/2015 10:22 AM, Atom Powers wrote:
I read recently (LinkedIn article?) that open floor plans are much
denser than cubicles so the cost savings of the higher density
out-weighs the productivity loss due to distraction. There is other
research tha
At my company there are those little golf "Quiet Please" signs that people have
stuck to their cubicles all over the place, because it's too noisy.
Adam
> On Jul 2, 2015, at 8:22 PM, Michael Ryder wrote:
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> You want to talk to someone? Nobody is stopping people from gathering in
> confer
You want to talk to someone? Nobody is stopping people from gathering in
conference rooms or offices or hallways.
Open floor plans? We have one in my building, and you see their people
constantly having to get up and walk away to take phone calls.
The next step of the open floor plan idea that
We worked with around 15 people in a large office for around 9 years.
> On 01.07.2015, at 10:26, David Lang wrote:
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> On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Stephen Potter wrote:
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>> There are several thought factors at play with open floor plans. They may or
>> may not be fully valid, but they are why some
Mario Obejas wrote:
>Alas, about 10 years after inception, some bean counter decided
>that on some Excel spreadsheet we weren't profitable "enough" (yes,
>despite some other product lines being perennial loss centers). The
>product line was closed down, warranty work was transferred to
>another lo
When I was involved in Air Traffic Control work, we made a deliberate effort to
look at the research and design a work environment that would maximize
productivity. The core finding was that people needed about 25% of their time
in a collaborative environment, and 75% of their time focused witho
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Stephen Potter wrote:
There are several thought factors at play with open floor plans. They may or
may not be fully valid, but they are why some people like them.
Open floor plans increase interpersonal interaction. The ability for anyone
to be able to provide input into
If your work involves using the phone for conference calls and/or tech
support (giving or receiving), then an absence of insulated walls with
closeable doors is a real productivity hit. If the guy in the cubicle
next to you swears when things break, and you're giving tech support,
you can only hope
I'll point out the resource that scales worst: the number of toilets.
Everything can be scaled but toilets.
[You COULD scale them by adding more plumbing, but... that's lame.]
--e
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Brodie, Kent wrote:
> On the flipside, EPIC (*massive* healthcare software comp
On the flipside, EPIC (*massive* healthcare software company based nearby) is
making sure their campus has an actual office for EVERYONE.They long ago
found that cubicle layouts-- open or whatever- are totally counterproductive.
They have ample meeting space for collaborative work, includi
There are several thought factors at play with open floor plans. They
may or may not be fully valid, but they are why some people like them.
Open floor plans increase interpersonal interaction. The ability for
anyone to be able to provide input into anything is "good".
Collaboration, crowd so
Back in 2007 I worked for a company with an open floor plan. It covered
the entire company, from the CEO on down to the lowest-paid employee. As
a result, the necessary etiquette and manners required to make an open
floor plan work were part of the company culture -- and it pretty much
worked, incl
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On 6/30/2015 11:32 AM, Matt Lawrence wrote:
> He has noise canceling headphones. They help. Unfortunately, he
> also gets migraines from glare from the lighting. He can wear a
> hat to stave off migranes or he can use headphones.
I know someone
On 06/30/2015 10:22 AM, Atom Powers wrote:
I read recently (LinkedIn article?) that open floor plans are much
denser than cubicles so the cost savings of the higher density
out-weighs the productivity loss due to distraction. There is other
research that shows employees who spend more time chat
When I made the move from being a Machinist to a "desk jockey" I started
in an open floor environment. A converted warehouse with desks and walls
that only separated the offices. It was very distracting but by being in
the open it got me promoted as another office saw I was the only one with a
PC
I read recently (LinkedIn article?) that open floor plans are much
denser than cubicles so the cost savings of the higher density
out-weighs the productivity loss due to distraction. There is other
research that shows employees who spend more time chatting with each
other at lunch are more producti
Speaking as a Millenial (just barely, by most definitions), it seems to me
like a lot of the people coming up behind me are more interested in
socializing at work than actually getting much work done. I think open
floor plans appeal to that type of person. Of course, that said, I have
never worked
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Matt Lawrence
wrote:
> I have a friend who loves everything about his current job except the fact
> that it is an open floorplan office. When everything I read (going back to
> "Peopleware" by DeMarco") agrees that an open floorplan is so full of
> distractions
I have a friend who loves everything about his current job except the
fact that it is an open floorplan office. When everything I read (going
back to "Peopleware" by DeMarco") agrees that an open floorplan is so
full of distractions that productivity is severely impacted that I have
trouble un
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