I hate open floor plans!!! Give me back my office!!! It’s truly inefficient. I spend half the day trying to tune out the chaos around me and the other half trying to book a conference room!!

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You don’t like the modern sweatshop layout?

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I’m in the same boat. It is incredibly difficult to do my job now. Nothing like being in the middle of a client call at my desk and a video game tournament starts up just a few feet away (real example). We don’t have enough conference rooms and people camp in the phone rooms all day, so forget finding a quiet space. The worst part about it - I can no longer spend my lunch time in private looking for a new job on LinkedIn.

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Must be nice to have had an office before 💁‍♂️

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Rebel by having open office “stand up” meetings near boss level people’s desks.

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Not to stir the pot but I actually don’t hate the open office. What I hate is that there are no rooms to book and there are no alternatives for when you need to meet or be heads down

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Preach sister/brother!

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I have exactly 3 feet of space. Connected to other people with 3 feet of space. My desk has gotten smaller as I’ve been promoted. It’s awful.

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Welcome to the jungle. Now we get our revenge.

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SR4 you nailed it. Open office isn’t bad as long as there are still places you can quietly work. But most plans don’t incorporate those, hence the hate.

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Get good headphones and find a spot away from people. I do it all the time. Either sit in the kitchen or find an empty office and squat for a day or two. Or wfh. Not that big of a deal.

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Also, the few places I’ve freelanced that had offices for CD’s and above were much more effective. Not sure if it was the offices or the authority that came from them, but check ins were much more informative

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AD1, we actually did that...and got asked to move 😂

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i’m one of two CDs (or higher) out of a dozen in my building that doesn’t have an office.

Saatchi, CD1?

Did you not know beforehand?

Open offices work for certain personality types so you have to hire that way. If you don’t you will have some miserable people.

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