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> spaces to spark creativity with teammates

Uh oh. We know what that's code for.

> Focus and privacy can be found in a soundproof drop-in phone booth

If focus and privacy aren't properties of my primary, permanent space then I'm not considering it a viable employment option.

So there is an implicit promise that no work requiring focus will be expected to be done at one's desk then?

That's pretty much what an open workspace means.

Every open workspace should come with a free pair of noise-cancelling headphones.

This is how you go from cramming people in shoulder to shoulder and get them ear to ear.