>If you like open offices, you'll love when they switch you to hoteling so you have no permanent desk, but still need to come into the office!
One does not imply the other. I also prefer open office over cubicle. But not having a permanent desk could be done in a cubicle farm as well. It's an orthogonal dimension of corporate hell.
They're all cost-cutting measures. It's a tradeoff between what the owners are willing to pay for the physical plant vs. what they think they can force down our throats without people walking out the door.
It's the same axis when you look at it as "how do I fit X developers a space that costs Y dollars, and I'm trying to minimize Y."
One does not imply the other. I also prefer open office over cubicle. But not having a permanent desk could be done in a cubicle farm as well. It's an orthogonal dimension of corporate hell.
I need my mise en place.