Before they even started flushing money on this, companies were already moving away from it. It’s not productive. You need to be able to sit with your team, and for cross functional teams working on a variety of projects, there needs to be a reduction in visual and auditory distractions to allow people to concentrate on their work. When your team is dispersed all over the place, you’re listening to someone else’s conference call 2 feet away, and folks are camping in the conference rooms all day, it is not a productive environment. A lot of work happens by simply being able to walk over and ask a question. This is awful and stupid, and one of the most devaluing things ever. We’re not cattle, don’t treat us like that. If it’s about fitting in more desktop spaces - just admit it, don’t keep spewing the BS about how this is good or productive because it is absolutely not.