On: Open-plan offices decrease face-to-face collaborat...

[ergothus]

Another trend I've seen is "our CEO/VP sits in the same open floor plan"

...except they are actually in meetings 90% of the time, and may even have a dedicated meeting room (which is just an office by another name).

Actually hours at their open floor plan desk are easily in the single digits per week, of not per month.

[waylandsmithers → ergothus]

CEO at my company did that and seemed to actually enjoy it, but other executives basically forced him to get an office because he was too often discussing confidential information out in the open.

[commandlinefan → ergothus]

> actually in meetings 90% of the time

Or working from their home office. Which isn't an option for the common people.