On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Matt Lawrence <[email protected]> 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 that productivity is severely impacted that I have trouble > understanding how this makes business sense. Is there something so > fundamentally different about Millenials that such an environment is > effective? Or, is this some sort of fad that really is a bad idea? What > am I missing? > > -- Matt > It is a bad idea from start to finish. There are people who work well in teams, and there are times to get folks together for brain-storming or other discussions. However, the assumption that everyone works well with noise, phone calls, and other distractions is silly. Leam -- Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/>
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