"People in a company often collaborate so having them work at the same place/time is useful."
the funny thing is that the same people who talk about collaboration at the office are often the decision makers that set up open offices where everybody wears headphones and nobody ever talks to each other.
I meant more historically why things are this way. Open offices/cubicles have been around longer than people have been wearing headphones in the office. I certainly don't agree with it for modern tech work.
