Comments on: How to Make the Best of Shrinking Office Space https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/02/how-to-make-the-best-of-shrinking-office-space.html Everything to make HR better Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:26:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: JB https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/02/how-to-make-the-best-of-shrinking-office-space.html#comment-204970 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:26:28 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3507#comment-204970 I’ve grown accustomed to small cubicle space and believe I can narrow down two requirements to make it successful for the employee as well as the employer who wishes to save money on office space (which they define as “fostering collaboration”).

First, have mid-size height cube walls. High-enough so that when you are seated, you are protected from visual distractions, but low enough so that you can stand up and see who is in and who is out. Because I am not a jerk I will not actually be “collaborating” with any of these people out in the open and distracting others with our chatter. If we need to “collaborate” we do so in a conference room.

Second, despite how mathematically challenging this may be, embark on the journey of placing departments that share similar elements next to each other rather than the absolute randomized seating I’ve seen. Customer Service and Sales talk on the phone a lot during the day. Perhaps they should be next to each other, not on either side of the Accounting Department with the workers that require quiet to think. Think of this as a way to showcase to your employees who have gone through a 12 step interview process that at some point during the process you actually learned something about what their jobs consist of 🙂

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