When I was a manager meetings were darn close to my whole job. Sure there was some quiet work, but when if I'm going to be spending 6 of my 8 hours in the confe

When I was a manager meetings were darn close to my whole job. Sure there was some quiet work, but when if I'm going to be spending 6 of my 8 hours in the conference room, you might as well save space and just make the conference room my office instead of giving me a cube. Also I think the focus on private conversations is a bit of a red herring. I can assure you, none of the engineers or sysadmins that reported to me wanted me in the middle of the cubes, constantly on the phone or having a conversation. To be clear I think most employees should have offices.