> I'd like team size cubicles. That would sound to me like a good compromise between collaboration, and deep work. I agree, but isn't that just a room? When I

> I'd like team size cubicles. That would sound to me like a good compromise between collaboration, and deep work. I agree, but isn't that just a room? When I was doing research at my university, all of the offices were laid out this way -- each group had one room where they all worked so they could discuss things (and the building is one of the older buildings in our 200-year-old university). Also (though I work from home) when we have face-to-face meetings at my employer's offices, the offices are similarly laid out (2-6 people from the same team in a room). I knew that the open offices thing was the new fad in "efficiency improvements to the workplace which are actually just a way to save money", but is it really so common now that people feel the need to reinvent the room and call it a "team sized cubicle"?