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by bee_rider 1042 days ago
Making offices bigger and nicer will

1) mean fewer offices (per unit space, since they are bigger)

2) make people more likely to come in (since they are nicer)

The point where those cross over seems like a good target, the highest number of happy office workers you can fit.

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> 1) mean fewer offices (per unit space, since they are bigger)

I think this is rather optimistic. If you give more square feet per employee and expect most/all to come in, the idea that it will mean fewer offices doesn't really add up.

Sure, that was the point of my comment. Making the offices bigger and nicer incentivizes people to come in, and reduces the building capacity, the goal should be to find the point where those two trends meet.

Of course, this is under the assumption the company wants people to come in willingly. They could just try and force their employees to come in, but people are really into work from home and good employees have more options.