It&#x27;s also possible that employee productivity doesn&#x27;t matter as much as the speculative price of the company&#x27;s shares.<p>If the company&#x27;s office plan looks like Google&#x27;s, then surely they&#x27;re going to generate earnings like Google one day. I don&#x27;t think the analysis necessarily goes that much deeper than that.<p>We&#x27;ve gone from managerial pseudoscience of the early 20th century that attempted to measure and optimize productivity into full on mysticism that rests on vague notions of &#x27;increasing opportunities for collaboration.&#x27; At least scientific management attempted to use quantitative analysis and empiricism to make employees more productive. In the new age, we just need vague slogans, beanbags, and chi consultants.