I had written a post on my page some time ago: https://www.franzoni.eu/productivity-the-office-and-an-open-floor-plan/ https://www.franzoni.eu/productivity-the

I had written a post on my page some time ago: https://www.franzoni.eu/productivity-the-office-and-an-open-floor-plan/ https://www.franzoni.eu/productivity-the-office-and-an-open-... TL;DR: the open office may not be a problem per se. Instead: 1) It's a problem if you get a very large open office with excessive employee density and/or with different kind of employees around. This usually results in a lot of noise and/or distractions from unrelated teams. 2) It's a problem if there're not other places where to go have video/phone calls, and/or if some people need to be constantly on their phone/meeting system. Privacy, safety and a calm environment should be a must for an office. Otherwise, what's its purpose?