[darklajid]

I have to disagree. One of my main advantages of working at home is that I'm not constantly flooded with tiny requests for comment/help or general small talk - and that's only talking about the engineering part of that company.

(And that company didn't have an open floor plan, but did have shared offices for 2-6 people)

In my opinion it depends on the culture and the people, not the roles/positions in the company.