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> Some ass from another department constantly talking on the phone 9 to 5.

Dude, that guy's job probably relied on him being on the phone all day - he's just doing it. It's not his fault that you can hear him, it's your office manager/designer.

Some of us really do have to spend a huge chunk of our day talking to other people on the phone, zoom, etc. There's n other way to get our jobs done, and if they don't give us private office space to do it in, then we have to do it in the open space they do give us.



The counter-anecdote is my first job out of college where a VP would conduct personal calls in the open space office... loudly and emotionally.

Open offices usually at least have quieter spots if you get in early enough, in my experience.




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