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If you work in a cubicle farm you are not making the big bucks, meaning that your house is probably not that big and comfortable. I prefer going to the office b
by Almondsetat 3y ago
If you work in a cubicle farm you are not making the big bucks, meaning that your house is probably not that big and comfortable. I prefer going to the office because there I have a big desk with multiple monitors and a powerful desktop computer, a set up that I really can't afford at home without sacrificing precious space. Sure, if you work at Google you can a afford a nice big home with a dedicated WFH space and you might rightly feel that going back to the office is a downgrade, but that's not for everyone.
- hkxer 3y agoNot true. I work at FAANG and my colleagues making 400k work in a “cubicle farm” and also cannot afford a nice house bc we are in an HCOL area.
- ctrw 3y agoGet a load of this boomer thinking you still have the luxury of a cubicle. Open offices are the norm in tech regardless of salary.
- patch_cable 3y agoI was going to say…I would absolutely love a cubicle.
- galdosdi 3y agoGOD I KNOW RIGHT. Elder millenial here, I got the luxury of a cubicle ONCE, briefly at the start of my career.... never again. Never understood Dilbert poking fun of cubicles so much till I realized what they replaced was widespread private offices! For most or all engineering staff, not just the executives! What really confuses me is -- isn't corporate america in 2025 way way way way more profitable than in 1980? So why can't we afford private offices or even cubicles anymore?
- mijowi 3y agoMaybe it’s way way way way more profitable because they got rid of cubicles
- galdosdi 3y agoYes, I briefly considered that idea and immediately discarded it. It would only make any sense at all in industries where the cubicles were a big part of the costs and margins were thin. I'd say most industries do not match this description, and that most of the increase in the S&P500 over the last 40 years was due to real revenue growth, not cost cutting
- politelemon 3y agoBecause the bare minimum employers can get away with is increasing. They see they can cram more people into a space with poorer conditions and it's not causing a huge backlash, so that's how it becomes common everywhere.
- ctrw 3y agoWe need a Benjamin button movie set in the work place where you have a 20 something starting today and working back till the 1960s so people can see what we've lost.