As an ADHD person I abhor open offices. I do appreciate the ability to socialize and bounce ideas, but it never allows me to get into the zone. Someone walking by my desk or talking near me will disrupt me. Like my text editor, it helps when I can adapt my work environment to me. If you want me to succeed in the office, give me an actual office with a door and a window to the outside. Don't cheap out on the walls and make them thin, optimize long term outcomes not micro actions. A door let's me communicate to others that I'm in the zone and to not come in unless there's a level of importance. This isn't something I can get through slack or an open office. Slack won't let me say "only send me notifications if a user has been told I'm busy and asked if it can wait" (or not ping me until I turn off my focus mode).
The problem really comes down to trying to fit everyone into a neat little box. But we're humans, not automata. Our variance is our strength, not a weakness. To each his own I guess.
I put this in my reviews, my yearly feedback to the company, in-person feedback, etc. Management seems to think its a one way street from full offices to open floor plan and never back again. Their nihilism is exhausting.
I'm just confused why we don't think people are different from automata. We've been calling everyone a unique snowflake for over a decade but pushed harder and harder to make one size fits all
The problem really comes down to trying to fit everyone into a neat little box. But we're humans, not automata. Our variance is our strength, not a weakness. To each his own I guess.