Totally agree. IT and other staff needs peace and quiet to concentrate to be productive. People interact less in open plan offices and tend to put on head phon

Totally agree. IT and other staff needs peace and quiet to concentrate to be productive. People interact less in open plan offices and tend to put on head phones to silence the noise. Since you produce less in open plan offices yes they are not smart. Also there is link to noise pulltion and overall health. Open Office spaces will be more noisy than private offices. https://www.pac-intl.com/pdf/NoisePollutionTakesTollonHealthandHappiness.pdf https://www.pac-intl.com/pdf/NoisePollutionTakesTollonHealth... Plus you are more likely to get sick in an open office, for example if you neighbor sneezes. "Compared to cellular offices, occupants in 2-person offices had 50% more days of sickness absence [rate ratio (RR) 1.50, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.13–1.98], occupants in 3–6-person offices had 36% more days of sickness absence (RR 1.36, 95% CI 1.08–1.73), and occupants in open-plan offices (>6 persons) had 62% more days of sickness absence (RR 1.62, 95% CI 1.30–2.02)." Link to study https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3167 https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3167 https://www.rivier.edu/academics/blog-posts/the-price-of-collaboration-open-office-environments-and-employee-productivity/ https://www.rivier.edu/academics/blog-posts/the-price-of-col...