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>the reason why open plan offices are a thing is that it drastically lowers the land cost per employee

This argument never made sense. How is open office cheaper than WFH? Answer, it's not.

It's just the cheaper option that also allows you to retain your illusion of control.



It’s not being compared to WFH. It’s being compared to employees having private offices. You’re making a straw man argument.


Intentionally in order to point out that such an argument is a false dilemma. There are more options than [private office, open office]


The jump from one office type to another is far less extreme than going from an in-person office to WFH. In the absence of strong external motivators, minor changes will be more preferred due to inertia effects.




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