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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: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday August 16 2017, @05:49PM (1 child)
I concur with the above.
Regardless, sales people and developers can have useful interaction, if sales actually takes note of what developers say. Sharing office is likely to impede developer productivity however. Consider constant interaction without anything useful to say.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Thursday August 17 2017, @12:48AM
But that's not going to happen. Sales, if given any input to development, will always pollute it with off-focus crap that is interesting for all of 5 minutes.
This is why In Dash Entertainment systems connected to the internet is creeping into new Automobiles instead of safety features. This is why every new application coming down the pike as the ability to post to Facebook and why HR systems are now just gateways to Linkedin.
It probably doesn't matter what field of industry we are talking about here. Sales staff are poisonous people with a bright tie, a firm hand shake, a fake smile, and someone else's interests at heart.
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