Finally a reason to love the open office. A two-year study of 2,452 help-desk and other client-service workers at a technology company showed that sitting next to high achievers at work increases your performance by 3% to 16%. The study also found that high quality employees raised the bar for everyone, increasing performance for underachievers by several percentage points — while in creative fields the number could be even higher. Are you inspired by high-achieving colleagues?

Currently, i work as a Graphic Designer here in Lagos, Nigeria. Our workstation happens to be an open office space and i sit right next to my HOD, who holds a higher degree in mass commuication and a credible experience in marketing communications.

My closeness to my HOD has groomed me creatively, in relative to my field of expertise and this has created a worthwhile experience with my team and the organization. Thus, it is quite advisable as a career-oriented person, WATCH WHERE YOU SIT!

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Useless post, evident by me being FTC.
Confirmed by only one view, a mod.
And for the mention, I browse with glo 2g

And also include the lack of freedom and close supervision you get sitting beside a superior.

Its holds huge benefit and at the same time deny you s lot

I'll prefer sitting with a colleague with high performance rate than a superior with an imposing tendencies

We haven't finished finding jobs, it's now to watch where we sit,

BTW if you sit close to someone like me, we go gist till nwaAmaikpe gets sense

Go go go go

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My kind of job I don't sit in a place.
I run around.

#teamProfessionalFootballer

If it happens that where you are sitting is where the company provided for you as the case maybe.... what would you do in such a scenario

Ok

The girl below me is sex starved vvvvvv

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When I saw the topic....I thought juju would be involved

Like seriously?

How do they influence your performance, is it by infrared ray

.not only that

During Exams becareful where you sit

Where you sit also determine the outcome of ur result

When you sit between gurus your chances of passing is high

When you are a guru sitting between olodos then you know what's gonna happen to you

If you sit near a busy body lady boss, you can also be the object of errands; buy me this, buy me that. Are you going to the Canteen, get me my documents at the printer.

They just get soooo lazy.

is dis one a topic

People are just saying thrash. When it's not hushpuppi , buhari or ASUU

I do not see the correlation between the topic and content of the body.


To some, open offices are distractions as they make the office a sort of market place.

To some, open offices allow supervisors monitor junior workers.

To some, open offices are like runways, some people want to be seen as working.

To some, open offices are cost effective, no need partitioning the building.

Whatever the case, it depends on how it is used.

Same applies to where you sit in a class room as a student

My kind of work don't have any sitting arrangement. Come rain come shine, na for field we dey work.

And this made front page? Wonderful

I'm presently enjoying this. I've learnt so much just by sitting close to my colleague. He is a direct challenge for me.

what Da fuckkk

hate open office with passion
can't even have your own privacy not to talk of watching blue film with your computer during work hours . having a quickie with your female colleagues is a not possible
I hate open office

Food for thought. Thank you.

wic kind wahala be this,this cold morning?you might as well say using the same toilet with high achievers would prove you'll succeed abi?

Get a job first and worry about where to sit later.

Azota ala, azoba ute (strive to secure a floor space before striving to get a mat to lie on) - Igbo Proverb.

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