You: > if your company has an open office, your productivity as an employee isn't actually a factor in the company's predicted bottom line. The company exists

You: > if your company has an open office, your productivity as an employee isn't actually a factor in the company's predicted bottom line. The company exists as a talent pool to be acquihired, The article: >80 percent of all offices now have an open floor plan. Does that mean 80% of companies are aquihire plays whos employees don't factor into the bottom line? I have a hard time believing that. My cynical-but-less-cynical-than-that hypothesis is that it's cheap and hip. Doing the cheap popular thing is harder than the expensive unpopular thing.