[Domenic_S]

> Dollars to doughnuts the most senior person that doesn't have an office has claimed it as their personal domain.

Haha, I remember reading when you said this before and laughing at my cube because that is exactly what happens.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6776833

[owenmarshall]

It's the universal truth of open floor plans. I still remember trying to decide if I wanted to annoy the owner, tech lead, or lead designer when it came time to kick one of them out of the conference rooms so some developers could get on a conference call.

That's what is so funny about this whole discussion on open floor plans: it comes up over and over again even though scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows they are bad, employee satisfaction is shockingly low with them... but we can't seem to kick the habit!