I've got a new corporate master now, and one of the big "perks" is working in an open office plan.
There are plenty of blog posts, articles, studies, etc that show such offices are crap for software development.
However, I realized something this week. They also serve to minimize dissent in the company.
If you are surrounded by people who can watch your every move, you are likely to self-censor your speech, because you have to get along with the cow-orkers every day, so setting yourself up as someone who disagrees with your colleagues is career-limiting behavior.
If you had an office or a halfway decent cubicle (6-ft partitions, minimum) you could have soft conversations about topics that your neighbors did not agree with.
Open offices lead to groupthink. Just say no
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