When they moved us, programmers and related staff, to "cubettes" -- not even full cubes, but rather a corner in a shared three-sided "pen" with low walls. Your

When they moved us, programmers and related staff, to "cubettes" -- not even full cubes, but rather a corner in a shared three-sided "pen" with low walls. Your neighbor's shoulder three to five feet away from you. Cube meetings crowding into their half of the pen. Conversations shouted willy-nilly across the open floor plan. They called that the "best practice". "Best" is in the eyes of whoever's calling it a "best practice".