> I have no idea why tech companies would pay engineers gobs of money,[1] spend gobs of money on huge office campuses,[2] then inflict open plan or cubicles on

> I have no idea why tech companies would pay engineers gobs of money,[1] spend gobs of money on huge office campuses,[2] then inflict open plan or cubicles on said engineers It's because cubicles can be depreciated as furniture, over 10 (or 7, I've never been clear on the difference) years, whereas internal walls and doors get depreciated as real estate over a 27.5 year schedule. The CFO has to do something. http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.318767.12 http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.318767....