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The pendulum swings slowly. Here's what offices looked like for many white-collar workers in the 1950s/1960s: http://sites.psu.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8069/2015/06/Steno-Pool.jpg http://sites.psu.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/806... The 1980s represented "peak cubicle". The tech industry ushered in open plans in the 1990s.