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Cube farms (with high walls) are probably 100x to 1000x better than a fully open plan office.

• maxxxxx 8y ago
  I would say they are maybe 1.5x better. I work in a cube with high walls and it's still really noisy and it;s really awkward to yell over walls so there is almost no direct conversation even with neighbors. In addition I hate staring at a grey wall the whole day. It feels like prison.
  • SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
    What does staring across your paired desks at your tea-slurping coworker feel like?
    • maxxxxx 8y ago
      We shouldn't limit ourselves only to either staring at a wall or a tea slurping coworker. They both suck. There are other ways to set up an office like having a window for example. For some reason the people higher up the chain don't work in cubes or open space. So they shouldn't tell us that these are the only options.
      • visarga 8y ago
        > They both suck. :-)
  • s73v3r_ 8y ago
    "In addition I hate staring at a grey wall the whole day. It feels like prison." You can cover that up with stuff. One of the benefits of a fabric covered cube wall is that you can use pins to stick things up. I went to a fabric shop, got a bunch of the remnants that they sell cheaply, and put them all up over the gray.