Editing NeXT (section)

==Corporate culture and community==
[[File:Entrance view of NeXT Computer Inc..jpg|thumb|Entrance to NeXT's [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]] office in 1995]]
Jobs created a unique corporate culture at NeXT in terms of facilities, salaries, and benefits. Jobs had experimented with some structural changes at Apple, but at NeXT he abandoned conventional corporate structures, instead making a "community" with "members" instead of employees. There were only two different salaries at NeXT until the early 1990s. Team members who joined before 1986 were paid {{US$|75000|1986|long=no|round=-3}} and those who joined afterward were paid {{US$|50000|1986|long=no|round=-3}}. This caused a few awkward situations where managers were paid less than their employees. Later, employees were given performance reviews and raises every six months. To foster openness, all employees had full access to the payrolls, although few employees ever used the privilege. NeXT's [[health insurance]] plan offered benefits to not only married couples but unmarried and same-sex couples, although the latter privilege was later withdrawn due to insurance complications.<ref name="The NeXT Big Thing"/>{{rp|80}} The payroll schedule was also very different from other Silicon Valley companies at the time, because instead of employees being paid twice per month at the end of the pay period, they were paid once per month in advance.<ref name="The NeXT Big Thing"/>{{rp|289}}

Jobs found office space in [[Palo Alto, California]], at 3475 Deer Creek Road, occupying a glass-and-concrete building that featured a staircase designed by the architect [[I. M. Pei]]. The first floor had hardwood flooring and large worktables where the workstations would be assembled. To avoid inventory errors, NeXT used the [[Just-in-time manufacturing|just-in-time]] (JIT) inventory strategy. The company contracted out for all major [[wikt:component|components]], such as mainboards and cases, and had the finished components shipped to the first floor for assembly. On the second floor was office space with an open floor plan. The only enclosed rooms were Jobs's office and a few conference rooms.<ref name="AppleConfidential">{{Cite book | first=Owen W. | last=Linzmayer | title=Apple Confidential 2.0 | publisher=No Starch Press | year=2004 |oclc=52821221 |isbn=1-59327-010-0 | edition=Rev. 2nd |location=San Francisco, Calif.}}</ref>{{rp|323}}

NeXT's expansion prompted renting an office at 800 and 900 Chesapeake Drive, in Redwood City, also designed by Pei. The architectural centerpiece was a "floating" staircase with no visible supports. The open floor plan was retained, with furnishings that were luxurious, such as $5,000 chairs, $10,000 sofas, and [[Ansel Adams]] prints.<ref name="The NeXT Big Thing"/>{{rp|80}}

NeXT's Palo Alto office was subsequently occupied by Internet Shopping Network (a subsidiary of [[HSN|Home Shopping Network]]) in 1994, and later by [[SAP SE|SAP AG]]. Its Redwood City office was later occupied by ApniCure and [[OncoMed|OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc.]]<ref>{{Cite news | title=The NeXT big thing: OncoMed finds a home | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2007/10/29/focus6.html?page=all | publisher=American City Business Journals | date=October 28, 2007 | access-date=June 11, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111014158/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2007/10/29/focus6.html?page=all | archive-date=November 11, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref>

{{anchor|NeXTWORLD}}The first issue of ''NeXTWORLD'' magazine was printed in 1991. It was edited by Michael Miley and, later, Dan Ruby and was published in [[San Francisco]] by Integrated Media. It was the only mainstream periodical to discuss NeXT computers and software. The publication was discontinued in 1994 after only four volumes.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Serial Archive Listings for NeXTWORLD | website=The Online Books Page | url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=nextworld | access-date=June 13, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612124153/http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=nextworld | archive-date=June 12, 2008 | url-status=live }}</ref> A developer [[Convention (meeting)|conference]], NeXTWORLD Expo, was held in 1991 and 1992 at the San Francisco Civic Center and in 1993 and 1994 at the [[Moscone Center]] in San Francisco, with Jobs as the keynote speaker.<ref>{{Cite magazine | title=NeXT makes play for corporate market | magazine=PC Week | date=January 27, 1992}}</ref>