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When people think "private office" they think "corner office." But I've worked at places with private offices, and they aren't really that nice. Just cubicles w

When people think "private office" they think "corner office." But I've worked at places with private offices, and they aren't really that nice. Just cubicles where the walls go all the way to the ceiling basically, and maybe a bit more square feet. No natural light, etc. Maybe there are places with really nice private offices, but I think not many.

dijit 5y ago
Doesn’t have to be nice. I just don’t want to be distracted with noise or people walking by and waving at someone else. Having some visual privacy and ability to talk on the phone guilt free is nice too.
rich_sasha 5y ago
I think the good trade-off is small-ish rooms with O(4) desks/people, ideally ones you work with. It is still sociable, reasonably private, but without the constant droning sound of the open floor.
- toxik 5y ago
  Nitpicking here but O(4) is nonsense, that simply means “constant”, and would be written O(1).
  - dekhn 5y ago
    only in CS order, not in physics approximations.
    - toxik 5y ago
      Following this comment, I looked up the definition on the nearest Wikipedia server, and it seems that you are simply wrong.
      - dekhn 5y ago
        U sure?I work with physicists
MattGaiser 5y ago
Is it quiet? That's what I care about. Until my company fired everyone else in my department,there was just an endless stream of meetings going on in this one room.
moftz 5y ago
My building has a lot of "private offices" but due to overcrowding, you end up doubling or tripling up in offices meant for one person. These are traditional offices with a window and solid wood door. Honestly, I'd rather just have my big cubicle from before the last time I got moved around. I don't need an actual private office, I just want some sort of semi-enclosed space where I can't hear my neighbor on the phone and just enough room for my desk, some boxes of hardware, and maybe a guest chair. If that means a cubicle with great soundproofing, so be it. A window would be great but I'm also content with just some natural sunlight somehow entering my space.

dijit 5y ago

Doesn’t have to be nice. I just don’t want to be distracted with noise or people walking by and waving at someone else. Having some visual privacy and ability to talk on the phone guilt free is nice too.

rich_sasha 5y ago

I think the good trade-off is small-ish rooms with O(4) desks/people, ideally ones you work with. It is still sociable, reasonably private, but without the constant droning sound of the open floor.

toxik 5y ago
Nitpicking here but O(4) is nonsense, that simply means “constant”, and would be written O(1).
- dekhn 5y ago
  only in CS order, not in physics approximations.
  - toxik 5y ago
    Following this comment, I looked up the definition on the nearest Wikipedia server, and it seems that you are simply wrong.
    - dekhn 5y ago
      U sure?I work with physicists

MattGaiser 5y ago

Is it quiet? That's what I care about. Until my company fired everyone else in my department,there was just an endless stream of meetings going on in this one room.

moftz 5y ago

My building has a lot of "private offices" but due to overcrowding, you end up doubling or tripling up in offices meant for one person. These are traditional offices with a window and solid wood door. Honestly, I'd rather just have my big cubicle from before the last time I got moved around. I don't need an actual private office, I just want some sort of semi-enclosed space where I can't hear my neighbor on the phone and just enough room for my desk, some boxes of hardware, and maybe a guest chair. If that means a cubicle with great soundproofing, so be it. A window would be great but I'm also content with just some natural sunlight somehow entering my space.