Apple staffers reportedly rebelling against open office plan

Per Bloomberg, Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services, and his team are also working away from the new campus, opting to remain at the older headquarters at Infinite Loop. In the same report, two Bloomberg sources noted that Apple Park’s bench seating, work tables and open cubicles could potentially irk employees accustomed to quiet office environments.

Apple has insisted in presentations to the city of Cupertino that the open floor plan designs are conducive to collaboration between teams, per Bloomberg. But the high-level executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, are exempt from this collaborative environment and have offices on the fourth floor of the new building.

The first staffers have already arrived at Apple Park and groups of 500 move into the space every week. The iPhone maker — Silicon Valley's largest employer— plans to move about 13,000 employees into Apple Park by the end of the year.the villages have become friction points for municipal relations, especially along Winchester Boulevard at Santana Row and Valley Fair, and along Stevens Creek Boulevard.

apple is gross

"think differently"

Not having any privacy is probably good for productivity as everyone can be constantly peer pressured into working harder, but it's got to be hell for morale.

Why do people think open offices are a good thing? I couldn't think of any worse work environment.

>>166438
it's cheaper and a reactionary solution to the dehumanizing appearance of the "cubicle farm"

>>166438
Because people think there are literally two models of workspace, the Apple/Google one in this article or what >>166452 says about the cubicle farm.

Having a nice mixture of the two where maybe the individual work zone is more secluded and doesn't have the same atmosphere as a fucking MacDonald's but the group or social zones are actually open and inviting is the way to go.

>>166438

>cube farm of 80's and 90's gets lambasted as inhuman and sterile
>open floor plan of 2010's gets lambasted as too hip and intimate

In all seriousness I think >>166488 has a good idea, but it inherently depends on the type of work.

Group projects require accessibility and communication. Open floor plans make this apt for large teams.

Solo work such as accounting or lawyers may complete focus driven work better in an isolated environment, or in the latter's half, their own office.

>>166489
Why not just have the building divided into wings with each group being given a floor/wing. Within these there will be a common area for breaks/meetings/open concept as well as individual rooms which branch off. This will promote interaction as you would have to pass through the common area to enter/leave your private space while still affording some measure of privacy.

>>166267
So a bunch of highly paid engineers aren't being pampered too anymore so fucking what if they don't like it then perhaps they should try manual labor instead
Stfu and go to work

It's a slave farm! Plain and Simple... Of course they don't like it.....