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I've been on both sides, cube vs open plan. I used to liken cubes to prisons, but now I look at them the same way a cat will look at a box that it tries to sque
by artmageddon 12y ago
I've been on both sides, cube vs open plan. I used to liken cubes to prisons, but now I look at them the same way a cat will look at a box that it tries to squeeze itself tightly into, because the cat wants to be there.
- NittLion78 12y agoYeah, I never realized how much I would miss having my own office with a door until I moved to an open floor plan. Utterly impossible to concentrate on things w/out headphones.
- anon13839 12y agoI work in an open office, and everyone wears headphones for hours when they need to concentrate. The thing is, these people are doing irreversible damage to their hearing. Listening to headphones at a volume that will drown out conversation is not a good thing. Furthermore, I've never experienced as many migraines as I have before switching to an open office. I have to keep pills at my desk. Never had to do that before.
- bduerst 12y agoHuh, I'm the opposite. I've had my own office, been in cubicles, and currently work in an open office. I would detest getting trapped in a stuffy, carpet-walled cubicle again, and kind of disliked how isolated the office makes you. I'm also a little clueless about all the disruptions that everyone is talking about - I think the team I work with now probably has some kind of has an unspoken rule to keep disruptions to a minimum. It's mostly heads down working all day, and when disruptions happen, I usually enjoy them because it's usually the break I need to get out of a mental tunnel.