It's not a conspiracy - removing privacy looks nice on the surface, until you realize that every conversation you have at work is now in public corp space. Any

It's not a conspiracy - removing privacy looks nice on the surface, until you realize that every conversation you have at work is now in public corp space. Any jokes you might have told, any friendship type things are now scrutinized at the highest levels by managers who are only "cells" away - in the same big room. Open offices feel like a real dick move by any company that uses it to corral employees as close together as possible. Maybe if they have reasonable break rooms it's not so bad, but how many companies give you more than the bare minimum space you need to work?