Oh, it&#x27;s absolutely a personal opinion. Everyone will react differently, and I truly hope that the folks that work there feel that it benefits and fuels them.<p>I totally get the idea behind open workspaces, and while there are positives to them - they definitely do encourage collaboration and more frequent interaction - I&#x27;m massively less productive in them. My issue isn&#x27;t so much the lack of walls, but the complete abolition of any sense of ownership of a space. Not having a space that feels like <i>my</i> space makes it more difficult for me to get &quot;into the zone&quot;, just because I&#x27;m less comfortable. Drive-by conversations can utterly murder a good half-hour debugging session. The temptation to get distracted by all the things going on around me noticeably cuts into my motivation and ability to buckle down and tear into the really hard problems.<p>I realize that this is just my personal reaction to spaces like this, and I&#x27;m certainly not authoritative on it, but I have absolutely observed that I&#x27;m far happier and more productive in a space that I can both feel a sense of ownership of and use strategically to limit interruptions and distractions.