The Ford Credit building (the huge two story building adjacent to the World Headquarters in Dearborn) was filled with perfectly functional high walled cubicles. Jimbo decides to replace them with open office space with four to eight people crammed into the footprint of a cubicle. All brand new carpet, paint and furniture ($$$$$)
Productivity plummeted. People were unable to concentrate, quarreling increased, sickout days increased, morale down the tubes.
Now they are redoing the open space so everyone has 2/3 the open space of the original cubicles ($$$), to attempt to fix the problem they needlessly created. The obvious solution would be to reinstall the old cubicles, but they are most likely in a landfill by now.
Oh the kicker, the Ford Credit building has been on the to be demolished list for years now.
What a senseless waste of money. Employee focus groups prior to the change to open space, all revealed that it was not a good idea. But what Jimbo wants, Jimbo gets.
Well done Jimbo!