Open or not, the important factor is how much free space you have around you. I claim that a crowded cubicle setup will be worse than a spacious open office. Gr

Open or not, the important factor is how much free space you have around you. I claim that a crowded cubicle setup will be worse than a spacious open office. Granted, SPACIOUS open offices are really rare - the largest motivator is to crowd as many people in as possible. You know what the icing on the cake is? Open office workspaces are almost always crowded into a building that was made for cubicles or a warehouse or whatever. There's never enough parking, never enough toilets. The asshole business owners always play the "well, we're a growing company so you'll have to live with this for now" card. When the company I work for was new, we had big desks in a huge office space, so we were spread out. It was awesome! Like you easily had 8ft of desk to yourself and a cabinet and lots of space to breathe.