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The cubicle was invented in the 60s as a way of liberating workers from the tyranny of the open plan. To give people their own space. Ironic that it became it
by gumby 3y ago
The cubicle was invented in the 60s as a way of liberating workers from the tyranny of the open plan. To give people their own space.
Ironic that it became its own oppression.
- porknubbins 3y agoIn retrospect, cubicles were just aesthetically unfortunate and a convenient target for those who wanted to mock business culture (a la Office Space). But full size cubicles were vastly superior in visual privacy and sound dampening to the hell of “open office” seating at long benches that came after.
- rightbyte 3y agoCubicles were mocked into being removed for no good reason. A programmer analogy would be the goto-statememt. Mental institutions are another.