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Going from an open office plan to individual offices increases the square footage per employee by about 40. This is only about $4,000 a year per employee (in a really expensive office space market), and makes a huge difference in that employee's productivity.

Consider it part of their compensation. After all, you'd not hesitate buying them a $4,000 computer setup to do their work, why is there so much hesitation on offices?

Square footage based on maximum open office estimate vs. maximum executive office from here: http://www.officefinder.com/how.html#sthash.Yfmem34j.dpbs




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