The answer is not “have you tried wearing noise canceling headphones”.

[wizardofdocs@wandering.shop]

@GrantMeStrength I don't think even extroverts want open plan offices and constant COVID exposure alerts.

Office policy is being made by whatever the corporate equivalent of the surveillance state is.

[wizardofdocs@wandering.shop]

@GrantMeStrength "surveillance market" just sounds like where you go to buy security cameras

[ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com]

@GrantMeStrength I agree with this.

[mr_daemon@untrusted.website]

@GrantMeStrength As someone with adhd, the switch to open spaces over the last decade has been... difficult.

I never thought I'd miss shitty nightmarish corporate cubicles, but here we are

[pdebruin@hachyderm.io]

@ivan @GrantMeStrength with a little help from https://www.klompjes.com/en/product/delfts-blauw-tegeltje-met-tekst/

[ivan@privacysafe.social]

@pdebruin @GrantMeStrength that's awesome!

[kristinhenry@vis.social]

@GrantMeStrength easier said than done. I just try to get by with what tools I can manage to get my work done, and enjoy my life.

And yes, noise cancelling headphones are one of many essential tools for that.

[kristinhenry@vis.social]

@GrantMeStrength I'm thinking that it might not have anything to do with introverts vs extroverts, and a lot more with upper management getting their kicks out of torturing every body.

[bob@epicyon.libreserver.org]

@kristinHenry Maintaining the power differential.

[stevefoerster@social.vivaldi.net]

@bob @kristinHenry While I understand the impulse to assume sadism whenever corporations are involved, I'd think the simplest explanation is just that open floor plans are a bit cheaper.