Open floor plan offices destroyed workplace productivity and happiness


Agree

  • Constant noise makes concentration impossible
  • Zero privacy for sensitive conversations
  • Germ sharing increased everyone's sick days
  • Introverts especially suffer in fish bowls

Disagree

  • Collaboration happens more naturally and frequently
  • Walls create unhealthy workplace silos
  • Managers can supervise teams more effectively
  • Headphones solve the noise problem easily

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