>From working 30 years on systems to development projects and just about >anything that needed to be done, I can see when open office can work. I can >see when it would have helped with productivity. Usually projects doing >something new and quite fast. The caveat is, with the right people that fit >with what we're doing. Not what management, analysts, and project people >think we need. No one would think it through. I would stare at "Ted" for a >year, but never had any reason to work with "Ted. "
The flip side is often the tasks my team needs to do require research, testing, coding, QA testing what has changed, and setting up everything for implementation. Tasks best done without interruption. The large cube with 6 foot walls, and small entry made me incredibly productive. As we went to small cubes with short walls, that changed a lot. With a laptop I could hide places with a network drop, and once there was wireless LAN connectivity, options were unlimited. "Don't do anything without a ticket." "Don't give people free, easy access to me, when it's quicker to do something and make them go away." The "Interesting, trendy name here" open cubical experiments over the years were generally unsuccessful because they were too generic. It treated workers like a herd, and not looking at our job differences and what we had to accomplish, and what resources we needed to be successful. (3 paragraph rant on contracting/outsourcing projects are often the same way, retracted). Mark -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2019 1:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com You haven't lived until you have to talk to a vendor on the telephone while surrounded by other conversations. To be fair, they don't appreciate your reading out loud from the dump any more then you enjoy their chatter - which might also be with vendor support groups. Dumbest of all time? I'm not sure. But dumb enough - no question. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Regan <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com For those of you who find yourselves in this type of working environment. https://secure-web.cisco.com/1F4O7Jngr9Ip6KIwviFvSVIESyGORRnsgACKq0T9XEdiHfGeJmPbukhwhAS0BInhkpXD2YjG1TFrgfTGHi3F-d96aaH1AJbzjaFoFe0QanBV-Y50uvJ-sH1T2bP3nwrhhFZ8qAsZQuYmoZf8UucIHp0L59_GZQwA5e1PegPVVqX5ybkj5bfykFYzBr1GIyc7JxL8K9J8-vBW2OPaZ0nFB_WIHXaADIahBcNukyLqLrMNNRbkQEXemaT99CFBnI1x25KCiNh5fEuVQCU6xMQ9EYGBTCQAnCPQ7NKsA_3yXInXn1zQvP6BfG6ubix3adrSFH7s9RdOvaBlwsNth6c-KDSMq44E93ezA4UDj-ZJorkIoFJo_4X5dw09LWAXJ96GG9Vpcih23-AJDJP-d5LX2u9q83jr1JhbWWwZvSVTyn_klCi8NwncsKRtu0yi84PYv/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inc.com%2Fgeoffrey-james%2Fits-official-open-plan-offices-are-now-dumbest-management-fad-of-all-time.html Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN DISCLAIMER: This email and any attachments may contain confidential information that is intended solely for use by the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of the information contained in the communication. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender by reply email and immediately delete the communication. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
