I wrote about this some time ago in a ranty way: http://georgestocker.com/2014/04/15/how-to-destroy-programmer-productivity/ http://georgestocker.com/2014/04/15

I wrote about this some time ago in a ranty way: http://georgestocker.com/2014/04/15/how-to-destroy-programmer-productivity/ http://georgestocker.com/2014/04/15/how-to-destroy-programme... I really believe that the open office floor plan led me to leaving my former job -- I simply could not be as productive as I needed to be in an open floor plan environment. I wouldn't be surprised if Open-Office floor plans cost more in productivity than they save in rent. I don't mean to 'hate' on it so much; but it's hard to explain just how distracting, noisy, and damaging to productivity it can be.