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onemorepassword | 12 years ago

I'm tired of these kind of generalizations. Our open plan office is geared towards developers and quiet and peaceful 95% of the time. Standing rule is, you wanna talk, you take it outside into the kitchen or the meeting room. Simple.

Also, people can work from home whenever they want. Most prefer to be in the office because it's nice and quiet.

The problem isn't open spaces, the problem is the people in it.

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6d0debc071|12 years ago

I don't see how it can be quiet and peaceful if people are typing in close quarters. That stuff's loud.

Not to mention that there's a psychological pressure just from being around people who are in the same room all the time - difficult to give yourself permission to relax and focus in on one thing when someone might come and interrupt you at any point.