Cubicals?

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LOL - for my group low wall or no wall is bad thing! cause I myself get so board my head hit my monitor from falling asleep! the young manager plays games on his cell and looks at pictures on the internet pretty much all day. another assistant does a bunch of on-line shopping, another assistant plays card games

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So nobody at your place of employment (including you), actually does any work? You just goof off or kill time all day? That might explain why your cubicle walls are getting shorter. They want to keep a closer eye on their slackers.

The one time only when working in Engineering where I did have to work in a cubicle, my back was never to the cube entrance. My computer monitor was always to one one side of the cube so I could see the entrance and know if someone was coming in to get a file, ask a question or get a project update, so I wouldn't surprised or startled by someone quietly walking in. But then again, I was actually working - so my focus was either on the monitor or paperwork on my desk.

[skubikky]

In the mid 80's I worked at a defense division of GE.  They had the open workspace design.    Kind of like a zig-zag pattern down each aisle of L-shaped work areas.

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We have an open floor plan here and I HATE it! Thankfully I found some online distractions to keep me sane. 

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Jul 5, 2013 15:44:26 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Jul 5, 2013 15:41:39 GMT -5 @mmc said:

We also raised the bar on who gets an office. A few titles were dropped off the list.

Did that cause any angst in the office?

A few people who already had offices at those titles were grandfathered in.  People who don't have those titles yet, but expect to, probably don't know the change in policy yet.  Because of space problems, a promotion to those titles didn't mean automatic office anyway.  They went on a waiting list until one opened up.  I sat in a cube for 6 months when I first started for that reason.

[swasat]

The open floor plan is mostly present in IT departments in big companies.

I work in IT and in a layout thyme described. We have almost no walls but everyone has their own set work area with thwir personal phone, co puters, headphones, drawers etc. Think of it as a huge desk with columns sperating workarea at every 7 feet. It works for the whole team  There are tons of meeting rooms and small enclosed workstations if you need some silence.


Yes, you are privy to all converstion but with time you learn to tune everything out. And and someone else mentioned, IT folks wear headphones most of the time, they are notorious for listening to music while they work. So it works for most

[gooddecisions]

If I'm not working at home, I have space I can use that is open in a site and it doesn't bother me at all. There are no computers, only phones. Otherwise you bring your own equipment. A cleaning company cleans desks, floors and empties trash every night, so it's not gross at all. There is enough room on the floor for at least 100 people and no desks are assigned. There are also desks behind glass doors that you can use if you have a confidential meeting. And, there are about 4 larger fish-bowl rooms behind glass doors and walls if you need a bigger space.

The future is here, embrace it.

[Bob Ross]

My previous employer spent beaucoup bucks mowing down their cube rows and replacing them with this lamewad open workspace.

It sucked because there was no buffer zone to insulate one from coworker babblings and rantings, and plus someone was always in a position to directly view your computer screen, which really hurt slacking productivity.

[movingforward]

Sounds like complete misery.  I love having my own office.  I guess I can see where an open area office might work for certain jobs but not for what I do.  

[souldoubt]

I read an article not that long ago talking about this setup in an office and how it's growing in certain industries.  One of the main things I remember was how it talked about the productivity in was lower than when there were cubicles in place.  Considering the information I work with and the fact that I do want some amount of privacy I much prefer a cubicle.   

[kgb18]

I don't know what is different or changing. I work in a news room. They have always been big, open rooms with everyone's desks crammed together. Everyone needs to be able to see/hear the televisions, hear the scanner, hear each other. We couldn't function if we were all separated by walls.

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Jul 5, 2013 17:20:40 GMT -5 Miss Tequila said:

I'm very easily distracted so this would not work for me. I had hard enough time when I put my time in as a cube dweller. I much prefer an office to a cube so I know I would struggle with an open floor plan. I can't even listen to music while working because it breaks my concentration. Hearing people on the phone or talking would drive me insane

Same here.  I could never function like that.  I have a hard enough time in a cube blocking everything out that's going on.

[Nazgul Girl]

   Give me my cubicles.     My coworkers have little wars at work, and wouldn't play well together in a big open sandbox.   

[share88]

Jul 5, 2013 11:01:53 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Is this a sign that companies are putting more people in less space?

Is this a sign that companies are trusting their people less, and therefore giving them less privacy?

Is this the wave of the future?

 Yes, yes, yes. It doesn't even make sense for my job as I require very little communication with people. (I'm a geek). And sharing germs does not appeal. . .