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open offices were designed by people who have never needed to actually concentrate

I commute 90 minutes to sit in a noisy room recreating the conditions of my home office but worse. I have headphones on all day. I am functionally alone in a crowd. This is what they call 'collaboration.'
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SnappyAxolotl8820·2mo

be honest. overreacting?

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