> There is a fair chance that your core annoyance is something else. People desiring quiet places or isolation to think isn't a particularly new phenomenon, so

> There is a fair chance that your core annoyance is something else. People desiring quiet places or isolation to think isn't a particularly new phenomenon, so there's a good chance that this is the core problem. That said there's a lot of things that can add stress and in isolation this one particular one might not be too bad. But then it becomes an optimization problem, there are many sources of stress that are hard or difficult to solve but the work environment is low hanging fruit and easy to solve so we focus on that. This is why touring the office is an important part of a job interview, the places with a good environment will be happy to show you around. Fortunately some companies are so clueless they'll even advertise their modern open plan office, you don't even need to apply to those.