In one line: It affects the ability to work deeply. I'm not against the idea of the open office. I'm against the scale at which it is implemented. Open office

In one line: It affects the ability to work deeply. I'm not against the idea of the open office. I'm against the scale at which it is implemented. Open office for a team is okay (even good, when you're in the idea-bouncing among teammates phase). Open office on a large scale wherein often the entire floor can hear each other is terrible. The core reason: the inability to work deeply for long intervals of time. Especially when you have grabbed a good idea and are trying to implement it before the flow gets broken. At any office there will be people who by their nature will cause disturbances. On a larger scale, the probability that someone will break my flow is greatly increased.