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It's Official: Open Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time -- (link)

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jul 23 '18, 10:26

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A new study from Harvard reveals that open plan offices decrease rather than increase face-to-face collaboration. (www.inc.com)

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Worse than Six Sigma? (caveat, haven't read yet) -- nm* - MDH Jul 23, 10:47 3
- *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Jul 23, 10:56
- Heh. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:53 1
  - Ha! First line. -- nm - MDH Jul 23, 10:56
Related - we have our “three months after moving to open plan” feedback survey happening right now -- nm - Roger More Jul 23, 10:45
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- It's terrible. But I'm getting an office this week. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 23, 10:42 2
  - woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 23, 11:38
  - yay! -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 10:47
My manager and my manager's manager both have to sit in open plan. It makes zero sense given the sensitive info they deal with -- nm - ty97 Jul 23, 10:31 7
- Maybe we should organize like car dealerships, big open plan with the decision makers on elevated platforms in the corner of the room -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:33
- wait, so they have to go to an office and you get to sit in your living room in your underwear? -- nm - decline Jul 23, 10:31 4
  - My manager goes in 1-2 days a week and works from home the rest of the time. - ty97 Jul 23, 10:34 3
    - do you ever have house parties where you all get together and work at someone's home? -- nm - decline Jul 23, 10:40 2
      - Ummm...or auditors are taking us to a Yankees game next week? - ty97 Jul 23, 10:58 1
        
        can you get me a pretzel with cheese dip, please? thanks! -- nm - amanda Jul 23, 11:03
- (To my second line's credit, he was offered an office but figured if his team was going to be open plan, so was he) -- nm* - ty97 Jul 23, 10:31
They really are terrible for productivity. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 23, 10:27

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