Open offices are overrated

A short Vox explainer on the history of the open-plan office. It contrasts the original rationale for open offices with the cheaper copies of copies that most companies use today.

HN people pass it around in complaints about open floor plans as a quick history of why they exist and how the idea got watered down.

“Short video on the history of open space and how today's version is a copy of-a-copy of-a-copy of-a-copy”