Microsoft has been ripping out offices and replacing them with open floorplans - in many cases not even team rooms (which aren't so bad), but full out Facebook-

Microsoft has been ripping out offices and replacing them with open floorplans - in many cases not even team rooms (which aren't so bad), but full out Facebook-style misery pits. From people I've talked to, guidance given to the teams that had to move into them included gems such as "avoid talking in the working space - if you need to have a conversation that could be distracting, please find a meeting room".