Linked – Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace.
On the particular day that I was talking to those folks, they admitted that the office was only half-populated, because of the number of folks taking advantage of that flexibility to stay home and get some work done.
As it turns out, if you want to get work done, particularly the kind of work that requires long periods of focused attention, you need to stay home to do that. The office environment, the place where we all go to work, wasn’t conducive to working. So in my own thoughts, it occurred to me that if you worked there, you would come to the office to have meetings, but stay home when you needed to focus on anything.
How does that make any sense?
If you work in an open environment, what has your experience been? Do you appreciate the collaborative space, or does your work require you to avoid it whenever possible?
Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace.
I agree!
Brigid Volk liked this on Facebook.
I agree as well. Too much unnecessary talking. I’ve read it is really a scheme to reduce square footage.
Nancy Epperly Netherland liked this on Facebook.
Agree too much talking leads to distraction.