Mid-level managers often cannot do anything about it. It’s the CEOs and other high level management who have a concept of what they want the office to look like

Mid-level managers often cannot do anything about it. It’s the CEOs and other high level management who have a concept of what they want the office to look like, usually driven by what they read in some magazine with nice pictures. They will claim things like having to keep up with industry trends and being able to look a certain way to attract talent. These people also spend their whole day in meetings while also responding to email at the same time. Their entire life is one distraction after another, and they really have no idea what kind of environment is really needed for their employees to accomplish deep work. They seem to think that “fostering creativity” is the goal above all others, whether or not modern office layouts actually even do that to begin with.