It's amazing how consistent the research is in showing that the only benefits from open and other high-density office designs are cost savings, and those are likely only short-run cost savings. I mean, if you save a million bucks, but the loss of talent and innovation and productivity costs you $2 million the next year, are you really better off?
via Lisa Chabot
Originally shared by Peter da Silva
http://www.smh.com.au/business/how-hotdesking-offices-can-wreck-productivity-20131229-301lh.html
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When we let politics trump science, people are needlessly put in harm's way. http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/self-censoring-fears...
Yay, research! I've been saying this forever.
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle the management disagrees cause they only listen to paid consultants and not hired hands.
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You're right about saving money by packing people in tighter, but there's one more aspect: mutual surveillance. Everyone's got web access and can goof off indefinitely. If you're packed like a sardine, your coworkers get to see what you're doing.
ReplyDeleteIt has to be driving people out of certain spheres of employment, though. Software engineering has always had its quirky members, many of whom are a bit OCD or Aspergers-y; routine is a comfort and focusing mechanism.
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