The only time I've ever had a private office -- outside of working from home at least -- is when I worked for a small company and at one point they bought and built out a much larger office in an industrial center (I think it was for $1.5 million, IIRC).
It was a large building and only about 20 employees, so pretty much everyone with a computer got their own private office (like 12 of the people, some people worked on printing machines or the shipping and receiving area).
Haven't had that since. I've worked in rooms with just 1-2 other people since, and those were startups. Any corporations I've worked at have been wide open rooms with lots of chatter and distractions, and probably contributed to me developing tinnitus (especially since I had music on to drown out 5+ conversations happening around me at once so I could concentrate).
It was a large building and only about 20 employees, so pretty much everyone with a computer got their own private office (like 12 of the people, some people worked on printing machines or the shipping and receiving area).
Haven't had that since. I've worked in rooms with just 1-2 other people since, and those were startups. Any corporations I've worked at have been wide open rooms with lots of chatter and distractions, and probably contributed to me developing tinnitus (especially since I had music on to drown out 5+ conversations happening around me at once so I could concentrate).