I take direct issue with "good offices are wide open spaces," a statement that is strictly opinion in its most charitable interpretation, and actively goes against scientific research on productivity.
I don't mean open offices. They're even more crowded than cubicles. I mean the classic ones where you have walls, a door, your own desk, a few feet from your desk to your door, a bunch of bookshelves, a few monitors, a window, and nobody enters your office unless it's important.
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I take direct issue with "good offices are wide open spaces," a statement that is strictly opinion in its most charitable interpretation, and actively goes against scientific research on productivity.
Are you saying that it's scientifically proven that good offices are cramped rooms and cubicles?
A few seconds of googling yield, among other nuggets of wisdom:
January 2019: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/325959
January 2019: https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/01/jobs-workplace-priv...
February 2019: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/327142
November 2019: https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-truth-about-open-offices
August 2020: https://www.businessinsider.com/open-offices-over-due-to-cor...
I don't mean open offices. They're even more crowded than cubicles. I mean the classic ones where you have walls, a door, your own desk, a few feet from your desk to your door, a bunch of bookshelves, a few monitors, a window, and nobody enters your office unless it's important.
I also thought your original post was advocating for open offices.
Still, I'm more productive in a cramped room with a door that closes than in an open offices, and I'm sure many others are too.