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> All of G's employees should move to an open office plan with non dedicated seats.

I've heard about this being discussed at one other large org. It sounds very concerning to me, is there any proven benefit to having non-dedicated seats?

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The proven benefit is cost reduction. You can reduce total desks and therefore office space required by estimating how many people are actually in the office on average and then having that many desks + communal working spaces and conference rooms. When I’ve seen the calculations done it’s normally at least a 10% desk count reduction.

When you add in the cost reductions from employees who quit to go somewhere they can get any work done, the savings just keep stacking!

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