[dopylitty]

Missing in a lot of discussion about “return to office” is that someone (maybe these same CEOs) had made offices completely intolerable even before the pandemic by introducing the “open plan” office layout where you can’t work because the constant noise makes it impossible and you have no personal space and no privacy.

Small wonder workers don’t want to return to the office when they’re treated like chickens in an industrial henhouse there.

[janalsncm]

Freakonomics had an interesting podcast on the open office predating the pandemic [1]. I like my current office, we have an open office but plenty of more private areas where I can think.

[1] https://freakonomics.com/podcast/yes-the-open-office-is-terr...