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		Devilboy on Jan 14, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open-plan offices are making workers sick I mentioned this in another comment, but the guys from Peopleware did exactly that: http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-S... The also conclude that small offices with 2-4 people and a door that can close is best.

jon_dahl on Jan 14, 2009 [–]

Interestingly, 2-4 people per office on a small team == an open office plan.

Everyone says that Peopleware advocates private offices (e.g. 1 per person), but their main problem seems to be with cube farms.

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