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2014 is the year of the war on open plan offices. Some people enjoy working in them, you know. Not everyone is interested in saying "how high" every time some

• greenyoda 12y ago
  Peopleware was published in 1987. This body of research is not something that suddenly sprang up in 2014.
  • nsxwolf 12y ago
    So are people not allowed to prefer open office layouts? They're not allowed to discern what works for them, because there couldn't possibly be any variables that make the results of some study irrelevant to their unique situation? Edit: It would appear the answer is "no", no one is to be allowed make that decision. HN hates open plans more than they hate sexism.
    • sheepmullet 12y ago
      So meet us "private office folks" half way and have enough private offices and open space for everyone. That way if you want to work in the open office section you can but the rest of us aren't forced into low productivity and constant low level anxiety simply because you enjoy it.
      • nsxwolf 12y ago
        That sounds like a reasonable compromise, but I'll need to see some studies before trying it.