Comments on: What’s so bad about cubicles?

By: Janie W

Janie W — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:33:09 +0000

I also came upon this when I was researching whether or not I had the worst cubical situation in the world. I am a technology worker. I share a low-walled, meant for two people cubicle with three people. I sit in the middle. Not a glimmer of natural light. I have an auto-immune disease — I catch everything and they both have kids. I’m sick for the 5th time in six and half months. Loud talking, smelly food, chewing on ice…. not to mention curry smells from adjacent cubicles. And what do I read this month? That I should be glad I am not housed on campus where my employer can wake me in the middle of the night and put me to work so that some fat cat miles higher up the company chain can make his deadline and thus get his big bonus.

By: Cubitonomaton

Cubitonomaton — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:12:45 +0000

Found this article when searching for proof that I do not work in the worst environment humanly possible. Now I hate you. hahahaha! Kidding, of course. Really though, I wish corporations and call centers realized what they put people through with the short walls and lack of personal space. I never had “anxiety” symptoms in my life until I worked in a call center where, no lie, everyone is forced to share a long desk with another person and the only way to pretend you have your own space is to turn and face the end of the cube with your back completely to the other person. Good luck if you get stuck with someone chatty, smelly, rude, unprofessional, messy, or who eats gross things at their desk. Have fun sitting next to the office busy-body who knows everyone’s business and feels it necessary to share with you daily for hours. Down with sharing cubicles! Up with taller walls! Cube workers of the world UNITE! lolz

By: What Do Workers Like Best? Cubicles That Feel Roomy | San Diego Cubicles Blog

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:42:53 +0000

[...] really need to be able to concentrate. Now, here’s a different opinion from an IT professional at The Brain of Werkkrew blog. The author argues that he has had several different cubes and enjoyed each one. Of course, [...]

By: S.D. Office Furnitur

S.D. Office Furnitur — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:50:58 +0000

One way companies are trying to create a more spacious feel for cubicles is to use a honeycomb layout. It’s possible to fit a large number of these half-hexagon workspaces into a fairly small foot print while still giving employees the sense that they aren’t “boxed in”. It is nice to hear from someone who is thriving in a cubicle environment. If you’re lucky enough to have one that really is the size of a private office, their not bad.

D. McCarty
San Diego Office Furniture

By: L K Tucker

L K Tucker — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:39:02 +0000

Although many despise the confinement they feel in a cubicle the alternative is worse. Forty years ago designers hired to modernize the business office accidentally discovered that a normal feature in everyone’s physiology of sight could cause mental breaks. Designers see only light exposure from Subliminal Distraction in offices and believe the “episode” is only harmless confusion. My wife had a full psychotic break when the University of Alabama changed her office eliminating Cubicle Level Protection.

The “special circumstances” to cause exposure are so simple you can create them at home or in a dorm room. Every semester there is a new list of student disappearances and strange suicides. Schools do not provide Cubicle Level Protection everywhere it is needed nor do they warn students.

By: What are you thinkin

What are you thinkin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:45:22 +0000

You are lucky… You sound like you have a wonderful space to “live in” for 8 hours a day while you collect a paycheck. My partner is in IT; he is respected, sought after and consulted with. I know most of his co-workers and it is an easy ride. You get paid for what you know not what you do in IT. I am in a call center that is loud, short walled cubicles that I can hear co workers screaming at customers about their bills. I come home wiped out and feeling down. So enjoy your space, your window and your 7 foot walls, your quiet and stop worrying about others think, they are just envious for not having a cushy job.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:32:19 +0000

I work as an in-house software engineer, under the umbrella of the IT department, and I agree here. Sure, I’m in a cubicle but it’s a good working environment. It’s about 24′ by 24′, partially split down the middle with a half-height wall and with a single entrance. I share this space with 5 other developers (which helps foster a collaborative environment) and it’s so large that we all have plenty of room.

By: ‘Education’, or, ‘Escaping The Handbasket?’ « Truth Before Dishonor

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:47:22 +0000

[...] a classic school. I can see options ranging from homeschooling-but-with-a-proffessional-teacher to cubicle farms to the classic classroom but with a [...]

By: Business Opportunity

Business Opportunity — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:17:20 +0000

I agree 100% with the last paragraph! Most people would keep their other jobs. The way to really get away from a controlled environment, or “cube farm,” is to start your own business! My cube was a van I drove around everywhere. Now, it’s wherever my feet take me!

By: Ben Dover

Ben Dover — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:47:28 +0000

oh, my, poor little IT person…..wah, wah, wah! A lot of us in tech-centric companies don’t have a palatial cubicle like you do. Consider your pompous a$$ lucky.