Open plan offices do have some advantages: - being able to put more employees in the space AKA being able to scale efficiently as the company grows - easily a

Open plan offices do have some advantages: - being able to put more employees in the space AKA being able to scale efficiently as the company grows - easily able to group related employees together (perhaps on a per project basis) - ad-hoc collaboration can occur - easier/cheaper maintenance How much of these advantages are actually leveraged in practice can vary greatly. (eg: If your company culture is cut throat or demoralised no open plan office is going to foster greater collaboration). There are of course downsides to the open plan office, which I am confident other people will list on this thread. edit: formatting