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while I was there I detested the open plan cube farm horror of their offices (at least the SF ones) they weren't even full cubes, being only half height so cons
by olliej 6y ago
while I was there I detested the open plan cube farm horror of their offices (at least the SF ones) they weren't even full cubes, being only half height so constant visual distraction, and they didn't completely surround you so you had people always moving around behind you.
Changing how the open plan is arranged is just pointless, accept that you have made an unpleasant work environment and leave it alone so at least people don't have to track whatever new fad you're on. Hotseating makes it even worse, so I can't see why anyone who respected their employees would consider it.
- jeffbee 6y agoWe were all nostalgic for the half-height cubes of Google SF after it was all converted to no-height non-cubes, just desks on the floor (and they kept making the desks narrower, an inch at a time!).
- olliej 6y agowhen did that happen? while I was there I had a "wall" around two sides of my desk but was in a pod (?) of four
- jeffbee 6y agoWhen I got moved from SPE-2 to -6, I went from a four-desk half-height team cube to just rows of desks in the open. That would have been 2012 I guess.
- kingsuper20 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS5WLkb_Cxk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS5WLkb_Cxk
- barrkel 6y agohttps://youtu.be/tSY1VnNUJzQ?t=110 https://youtu.be/tSY1VnNUJzQ?t=110 may be better for folks who can't view this video in their geography. (I, for one, can't see it, but I reckon it's the fight over the desk in Brazil.)