Building a Better Office

xjrfx asks: "I'm in charge of setting up a new office for my company. I want to make the place as worker friendly as possible, comfortable enough that long hours don't seem like banishment to a beige hell. I was hoping to get some input from Slashdot regarding past office experiences, good and bad. What amenities/factors cause you to love or hate your office? If you could create your perfect office how would it work?" "Did you feel schizoid in open offices or claustrophobic in cube farms? Were you ever forced to be in an office when you would have been more productive on the road, or conversely have you ever had to leave the office to focus on the task at hand? What's more important; a foosball table or a fancy furniture system? Do you want the same desk space for your duration of your employment or do you want to move around depending on your projects?

Our office will be 40-45 people (15 engineers, 7 creative types, 15 biz dev/sales, and some support staff and part-timers as well), but I'm open to opinions from people from much larger or smaller offices."

Comments

Re:RANT MODE ON

[Anonymous Coward]

You're obviously a PC-support IT person drunk on the tiny amount of power you have. What you reveal is your fear that one day people will realize you're just not necessary.

People who hate dogs

[Zilfondel2]

scare me. Really makes you wonder when they'll just go crazy and start killing other people/animals.

hate is the result of fear.