And that's the insidious rot in every open floor plan I've experienced. Once you've put everyone in an open space, step two is to keep packing them in tighter

And that's the insidious rot in every open floor plan I've experienced. Once you've put everyone in an open space, step two is to keep packing them in tighter and tighter until they start quitting because that's the only way to continue improving shareholder value(tm). Anecdotally, the managers always seem to manage to keep their private offices. Funny that...