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A cubicle farm is not an open office. An open office is like a cubicle farm without the cubicles.
by bitJericho 12y ago
A cubicle farm is not an open office. An open office is like a cubicle farm without the cubicles.
- wlesieutre 12y agoDepends on the cubicles. They used to be 78" high, but low panel heights are much more popular now. 42" panels don't afford much privacy.
- jcromartie 12y agoBecause... drumroll please: low panels are cheaper!
- derekp7 12y agoThe place I work at had just recently (a couple years ago) moved from an older office with 6 ft cubical walls, to an open office with the short cubical walls. You can see over the top of them when sitting down, but they also have a frosted glass piece (1 ft high) stuck on top to maintain privacy (but still let light through). Big thing I notice -- in the old office, it was pretty noisy, as it was all too easy for people to think they had privacy when they were in a high-walled cubical. The new office is a bit quieter, as people tend to talk in hushed voices more, since they can see everyone around them that would otherwise hear them.
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