> Then someone said that open offices offer substantial collaboration for employees.

> From the other side, I get management types telling me to keep my voice down, because I'm disturbing the collaborators.

> But cubicles are somehow terrible.

As someone who grew up in the Eastern Bloc, I find this kind of Doublethink almost... nostalgic? Ahhh, the good old days, when we were all following Dear Leader's flawless directives!