I seriously think instead of centralized office space there should just be a bunch of coworking spaces. You pick one that&#x27;s convenient for you, and your employer subsidizes it instead of paying for the giant office space for you to come in to work.<p>But I think part of the problem is that giant office space is psychologically useful when you&#x27;re bringing in potential clients for business (or judging how successful of a company you are). The managers want an office full of busy worker bees so they can show off their workspace to clients and the world.<p>Even small startups are guilty of this, although usually they want to show their workplace off as being cool and having fun things like game consoles, ping pong tables, and bean bag chairs.<p>Basically we need a different way for managers to show off. Maybe they can just create some giant park with amazing sculptures as they grow to show off how impressive they are. Maybe have a single conference room in the center of a hedge maze for when those important clients come visit the office.