Escape room

They have been proven multiple times to significantly decrease productivity but they are cheaper to build. Visual and sound distractions break up concentration when you are tying to work.

I had one place that insisted on an open office with these these torture style "ergonomic" chairs. I hated the setup so did some sleuthing. The chair model was discontinued because they sucked and the company got them on a steep discount. The "open office" desks where 1/8 the price of a traditional cubical setup.

My office is moving buildings and they are having an open floor plan. Of course, they are going on and on about collaboration, but they also mentioned that they are getting everyone noise cancelling headphones and will have multiple white noise machines. Dear god how loud do they expect it to be? It sounds like a complete nightmare.

100%. It's stupidly simple. They're cheaper to build, use less floor space so cheaper corporate rent, and BONUS gives management a direct view of you so they can helicopter micromanage your every waking minute.

That's it. And they managed to capitalize on the "cubicle hell" hate that was never true for me at all.

The Matrix can't come up with new assets for every battery. That would be inefficient.