When Gettry Marcus moved to new offices this winter, they didn't just leave their old offices behind - they left the old idea of the office behind. Following the vision that managing partner Steve Marcus had for what he calls his ideal firm of the future, the firm abandoned the traditional office set-up and replaced it with an open-floor concept. "Our goal was to improve the interaction and communication among our staff members," said Marcus. Initially the firm was headquartered in New York City, but it moved to Long Island in 1998. By 2012, Marcus started to put his plan into action when he realized that the firm was experiencing a major growth phase. "We were growing at a rate of 15 to 20 percent a year and we were running out of space," he noted. Departments were scattered and isolated. "Communication-wise, it did not work well at all. While we were going through this period of time, I was thinking about how the layout of a new space would work best for the firm as a whole." He was also thinking that it would be best to create a space that kept most of the groups together. He ended up with a space centered on communication and collaboration.
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