Don't Network Administrators Require Privacy? (Score 2, Informative)

2if your job involves any codeing then your productivity will go way down hill in an open plan type space ... (far to much noise)

As has already been discussed your physical security is now wide open, walk off with that HD that has the boss's info backed up on it?

Software disks install No's stuff that your company now pays thousands for are much more accessible to the light fingered.

Good luck with hanging on to your office ... I had a similar battle early this year some of the above helped.