Most people would be happier in offices with a door. Managers have decided that THEIR work is the only work that requires privacy and quiet. Employees often eq

Most people would be happier in offices with a door. Managers have decided that THEIR work is the only work that requires privacy and quiet. Employees often equate their own job satisfaction by the differences between how their managers treat themselves versus how they treat the people under them. When you have your own office with a door and a white board and have a company card to expense your meals while your devs are working with their headphones on because of the noise level in their cubicles, you're going to have a problem.