> Remember Google was the promoter of the open-space office configuration I don't think that's true. First, open-space offices predate Google by many years. (F

> Remember Google was the promoter of the open-space office configuration I don't think that's true. First, open-space offices predate Google by many years. (Frank Lloyd Wright invented the open-plan office in 1936. They were common in tech companies long before Google.) Second, Google used a mixture of enclosed offices with doors and open-space.