IMHO it's all about proximity + access to windows (although I don't really have the right experience to know). Offices are great! Unless they're internal and d

IMHO it's all about proximity + access to windows (although I don't really have the right experience to know). Offices are great! Unless they're internal and don't have windows (although some people definitely still like them). Cubicles are great! Unless they're in giant internal rooms that don't have windows, or don't have enough windows / the right kind of windows for the space (although some people definitely still like them). AFAICT it's not that cubicles sucked, it's that they correlated with a bunch of things that made the job also suck, but cubicles were an easy thing to refer to about that kind of workplace culture. ...arguably, the same can be said about a chunk (but not all) of the complaints around open offices.