No, thats just the core newsroom which is floors 2 and 3. Rest of the floors are a little different.

agree on the bigger desks bit, but what difference does a 12" tall barrier make?

> agree on the bigger desks bit, but what difference does a 12" tall barrier make?

It keeps your neighbor's shit from spilling over onto your desk, necessitating an awkward conversation (at the minimum). It also gives you a surface to attach taller, jury-rigged barriers, if you're so inclined.

COVID? Not a lot. But normal office work? Just a little bit of privacy. Enough so that casually glancing at what someone else is doing is discouraged. But also, not enough so that communication is too discouraged.

At the last open office I worked at, you could hear people have conversations 8 desks down. I would have quite liked 7 barriers between me and them.

In addition to the privacy aspect, it probably helps reduce the travel distance of any particles that one exhales

> In addition to the privacy aspect, it probably helps reduce the travel distance of any particles that one exhales

Maybe a little bit, but I'd think you'd want barriers that are at least head-height if you wanted to to that.

All the tech offices I have worked in or visited for Meetup groups are long shared benches. How much linear space you get depends on how fast the team is hiring, whether there are interns right now, etc.