Open plan offices isn’t the end, they’re not that bad, been in them for a few years now, had all the hissy fits at the start with bosses complaining about being in with the minions, security issues would be a nightmare (work in MoD), no privacy, etc, etc, reality is you’re all going to be in the same environment, in your own little clusters, doing the day job, you’re all covered by the same company policy as well, so misconduct and so on will make people aware of what they can and can’t do.
As for doing non work stuff, it gets done, at the beginning folk put so much effort into hiding it, now i walk through an floorplate and you just see folk openly watching their phones, chatting, etc, but it’s recognised as normality in the work day, of course if it’s taking up most of peoples days it gets noticed and stamped down on pretty quick.
Anyway, just accept you’ll have an acclimatisation period, same as everyone else, you’ll find your happy medium, same as everyone else, you’ll survive, maybe even thrive!
