Open plans have been surprisingly hard to kill, despite research showing that they’re unpopular, decrease employee satisfaction, and hurt productivity. The response so far seems to have been to double down and make it, if anything, worse: cubicles are now decidedly un-cool so no-wall open offices are all the rage, and Facebook brags that its new building will be the largest open floor plan in the world, consisting of a single, ten acre open room.

I've worked in a cube farm and a room where they jammed in six desks and computers. Working in an open area can be super annoying when the person next to you is loud, messy, and/or smells.

I'm most productive working from home and highly recommend people who can do work remotely.

http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2015/01/why-we-still-believe-in-private-offices/