But as his workmen began breaking down the office partitions, they discovered a surprising 13, 000 extra square feet of nooks and crannies.

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If you sit in an open office with no partitions, consider rearranging the furniture, positioning your desk and chair so that you face away from your colleagues.

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Plenty of office designers and bosses like it, apparently, including billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who favors a bullpen-style office with big, open spaces and no partitions.

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