Oh god, "victims"? This isn't a sex crime, it's a fucking office layout.

It's great that people are choosing layouts that work for them, but this isn't some sort if victory for social justice. Private offices aren't even always good (not everyone is an introvert). Polarizing this into an open office versus private office struggle will only detract from the real solution, which is to understand the needs of your team rather than laying out your team based on a hypothetical team that is statistically average.

More of the same about open offices. Pretty sure there's an article every week about how open offices aren't as productive as they seem and that people hate them.

What bugs me about this article is that the author felt the need to talk about Millennials at the end, and how as a more social generation, they're OK with open offices. The author probably never met a Millennial in their life, because I'd go for a cubicle over an open office any day.

We do office sharing, rotating out WFH days to lend our space to others; we also have open layouts and are all exposed to each other (imagine that, access to team communication). I love it. When I need privacy? I walk to the corner coffee shop with my Trisquel GNU/Linux laptop in tow and have coffee while I produce. Sorry, I don't feel this one.