Distracting, intrusive, and now a potential health hazard. The list of grievances against crowded open office floor plans is mounting, and as state officials mull how to safely reopen offices ...

Even high cubicles with doors cost too much. Alas. Old school companies seemed to understand a bit more what developers need. Joel Spolsky understood it as far back as 2003.

I also spent 10 years in B2B tech and software-as-a-service companies, where there's nothing but open office plans. Cubicles are good for deep work and privacy, but they can be isolating ...

Given everyone’s COVID-19 experience, open-office companies face health and safety concerns. Individual cubicles and offices are much more effective at preventing the spread of germs and diseases.

Forget cold cubicles, this Atlanta office space looks more like home “People crave the comforts of home when they’re working,” says one of the interior designers ...

The temporary existence of the cubicle is a daily reminder that those who work within are temporary too. Should an entire division need to be let go, their offices can simply disappear overnight ...

Lots of people always hated the “open” office layout designed to foster collaboration. There’s nowhere to hang your stuff, nowhere to have a sensitive conversation and nowhere to focus ...

Those big, wide-open offices don’t work—both for employees and the companies who think they improve collaboration among colleagues. It’s time to rethink what the office is.

The concept of open office setups made sense in theory: when we ditch cubicle walls and closed-off offices, we foster creativity and collaboration.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has no set guidelines or standards for office cubicle size, and the ADA only stipulates that the cubicles must provide ample space for ...