I worked in a place that did that, it was terrible. When I started, it was part of the culture to have small conversations throughout the day and the team that

I worked in a place that did that, it was terrible. When I started, it was part of the culture to have small conversations throughout the day and the team that I worked on had 3 people. The people that talked throughout the day left and eventually the team grew to 8 or 9 with most people wearing headphones. The manager decided that productivity had gone down because of headphones and decided that nobody would be allowed wear them anymore.