At my job, I asked what they were paying in rent. It came to around $500 per employee per month. For $1000 per employee, they could have private offices for e

At my job, I asked what they were paying in rent. It came to around $500 per employee per month. For $1000 per employee, they could have private offices for everyone. So, if private offices are a 5-10% productivity boost, private offices are better than an open plan office. At one former job, they switched the managers from private offices to cubicles. That really made it hard to have a decent technical discussion, squeezed in their cubicle.