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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 5 points 1 year ago

At the time, open office space was supposed to create a better environment for collaboration and as alternative to the dreaded cubicles.

This was also in time where people would send physical paperwork to each other through an internal mail system from one cubicle to another. Like there'd be an assistant to carry paper around.

It also made the office sizes more flexible.

It might work for people who desperately need to bounce their creative ideas off each other, but for anyone else it just plain sucks.