<story><title>“Today we moved into our new Facebook building”</title><url>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10101999874192881</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>moe</author><text>&lt;i&gt;a single room that fits thousands of people.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;What a nightmare.&lt;p&gt;These &amp;quot;glass palace&amp;quot; offices may work for bankers or marketing teams. For programmers you could just as well plant their desks into the middle of a mall.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fsk</author><text>The offensive part is the people who say that open offices are MORE EFFICIENT than a traditional office.  I have a hard time believing that one.&lt;p&gt;Given how high programmer salaries are, the productivity loss due to open offices is almost definitely more than the office space savings.&lt;p&gt;It seems like an introvert&amp;#x2F;extrovert thing.  The introverts would prefer a quiet working space (and they&amp;#x27;re usually the best workers), but extroverts want the easy communication (and they&amp;#x27;re usually the bosses).&lt;p&gt;Even small team rooms of 4-10 people get annoying when the other person has a smelly meal, has a cold, prefers a different temperature, or listens to music on his headphones so loudly I can hear it.&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite jokes is when a job ad says &amp;quot;We provide headphones so you can concentrate!&amp;quot; as a serious job perk.  How about a quiet space?</text></comment>
<story><title>“Today we moved into our new Facebook building”</title><url>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10101999874192881</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>moe</author><text>&lt;i&gt;a single room that fits thousands of people.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;What a nightmare.&lt;p&gt;These &amp;quot;glass palace&amp;quot; offices may work for bankers or marketing teams. For programmers you could just as well plant their desks into the middle of a mall.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thearn4</author><text>Everything comes around full circle eventually.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;afflictor.com&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;openoffice.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;afflictor.com&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;openoffice.j...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.basexblog.com&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2011&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;office-workers-1950s.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.basexblog.com&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2011&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;office-w...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>