[fsloth]

"Having private office for everyone won't be possible on space wise"

Private offices are not the only sane alternative to open offices.

Rooms for two to three persons, such that they each have their own private working space (ie. they have desks and no one has to sit back to the door) is a pretty good arrangement IMO.

[bonjurkes]

That's a good point. Actually I was in this situation. This is what happened: Team X requested a room for their department (4 person in total) because they need silence and quiet atmosphere to do their job, and open office was too noisy for them. Then other teams said that we need quiet atmosphere also, why they can get a room but our team can't.

Result: No team got any room (except heads and managers)

Bottomline: Equal opportunities should get offered to every team or drama happens. People don't mind if managers and heads have their own rooms (not even shared rooms) for some reason but if any other team have shared room but they don't have, then it causes drama.

[fsloth]

Managers deal with confidential employee related data and need to have discrete discussions now and again to operate smoothly. I can totally see the point of managers having offices beyond pure status. That said, if 'regular' employees are doomed to open office this is not a such a good thing for morale.