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Re:U.S. workers hate ‘open’ office spaces by satokema_work on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:58PM (#19484878)
This. Our desks unfortunately have to be so close as to face each other, and anytime the guy across from me is in the office I have to deal with distractions every time he wants to stretch, stand up, sit down, have a conversation with someone, etc. etc.

Now we actually have a flexible remote policy, but that's an entirely different can of worms, as I liked having a place to do deep work in that wasn't a coffee shop. My home is a bit too distracting sometimes.

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Re:U.S. workers hate ‘open’ office spaces by EForEndeavour on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:30PM (#19485294)
Your comment is a nice example of how low-frequency distractions (A specific coworker shifting position in your field of view) can be much worse than being immersed in a high volume of distractions (strangers milling about in a coffee shop that's probably playing music, running grinders, yelling names, etc.)
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