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When I was hired, my firm had its main office in the suburbs. I felt pretty good about the location and environment and purchased a house nearby. At that time, many employees and managers lived in the area. Since then, the firm has changed hands, and the original office space, as part of an ineffectual cost-saving move, has been reduced in half. Ineffectual because the new lease no longer included utilities. The "savings" were spent opening a new office in the city, and a bunch of young sales hires were made for a small bullpen type office. There are no cubicles in the city, and the few offices are reserved for a handful of lucky first movers. Now they are looking for cost savings again. The firm's plan is to shut down the office in suburbia because "having everyone in the same location inspires the best ideas."
Can someone point to some research (e.g., from HBR [Harvard Business Review] or similar) indicating that R&D teams may be best served by being in distraction-free environments separated from the gossip and hubbub of sales? Or that accommodating workers who want to be away from the city may save on labor expenses and employee turnover?
(Score: 4, Informative) by Grishnakh on Wednesday August 16 2017, @05:32PM (1 child)
You want research? Who cares? Your management isn't going to listen to any research, and they're going to see you as a rabble-rouser for bringing this up and questioning their new open-plan office with sales and development co-located for "innovation" and "collaboration".
If you want a more productive way to spend your time dealing with this problem, I have the answer right here in these links:
www.dice.com
www.indeed.com
www.monster.com
www.cybercoders.com
www.glassdoor.com -- be sure to post a review of your current employer here before you head to the job listings
Publicly questioning upper management is *always* a very bad career move.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday August 17 2017, @02:14AM
Actually I think this idea is brilliant. If your techies are within striking, or at least walking, distance of the salesweasels they can reach over and club them to death with clue bats whenever they sell customers products that don't exist, can't be built, or violate the laws of physics. Then after a week or so when there are no more salesweasels left, the techies can take over their office space. It's a win/win situation.