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Re:Why Open Offices? by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @12:16PM (#9969641)
Your point assumes that management understands that value better than they do.

I think that's a questionable assumption.

Re:Why Open Offices? by jmilloy on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:42PM (#9970250)
No, I'm not saying that you should accept someone else's valuation of your contribution. Instead, I am questioning this particular person's valuation because, like those of so many other employees, it is too narrow.

If you do not even address the long-term value you provide to the company, then you can't possibly make a reasonable argument that open-offices are a detriment to that long-term value. For the record, I believe they probably are a detriment, so I have an incentive for the discourse and arguments to improve.