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| Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: tooki on February 13, 2020, 10:25:53 pm ---No, that’d be a real economy. It’s a false economy if it actually costs more, which is what happens if you end up reducing productivity by 20%. That more than erases the savings in rent. --- End quote --- As an engineer Dave always urges to do some back of the napkin calculations to gauge viability of a plan. The cost reward estimate here is straightforward and in almost any western market has very clear results in favour of caring for your employees yet it seems surprisingly rare. |
| james_s:
Most of the people who make these decisions are not engineers, they're middle and upper management busybodies with no idea what engineers actually do. |
| tooki:
Yep. Even if they're a hands-on manager who's in the trenches, they'll still do open plan for everyone else because "communication", but maintain a private office for themselves, under the pretense of needing privacy... ::) |
| Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: james_s on February 14, 2020, 02:01:07 am ---Most of the people who make these decisions are not engineers, they're middle and upper management busybodies with no idea what engineers actually do. --- End quote --- Even managers should be able to understand employee cost and the value of almost any productivity increase. You can spreadsheet the crap out of that with very appealing lines moving up. |
| james_s:
Regardless of what they *should* be capable of, they often don't. |
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