I’d prefer this over the open-floor plan with shared desks we get currently
I like our open space plan, personally. It’s full of plants and green, which makes it less clinical, full kf sound dampening, which makes it less oppressively noisy and also full of people I get along with well, which makes quick across-the-desks banter more fun.
Yeah, well designed open space is great. One that gives a semblance of privacy and “personality”. But 99% of open spaces are not that, so cubicles win most of the time.
I prefer working at home. I’ve got the home part currently, but not so much the working.
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Seriously. Neurodivergent folks like myself stand an iota of a chance of being successful with a cubicle. Open floor plans are an assault on our senses and the wet dream of micromanagers. They are awful and the reason I exclusively work from home.
Would have to agree. I WFH now, with occasional lab testing and site visits for clients. Last place I worked, I shared a “quad” cube with a filing cabinet/table in the middle while everyone faced into their corner. Main problems: I shared it with an intern who constantly asked questions and two admin ladies constantly talking in said quad with all the other admin ladies about little league baseball games and one’s ongoing ugly divorce…yikes lol
Holy shit, they get a LAMP?!
The ability to control your own lighting, that’s how I know this image is AI
Sure, that’s how it starts but then all of a sudden you’re a Jesus allegory.
This is just corp-speak for “we will burn you the fuck out”
The state of office desks has been continuously getting worse my entire career.
The very first place I interviewed had small private offices with a door for everyone. They weren’t any bigger than a decent sized cubicle but were real separate rooms and most of them had exterior windows. I didn’t get that job though.
My first desk at my first engineering job was in a cubicle with real six foot tall walls, a window with a nice view, big L desk, shelves, filing cabinets, etc.
Then I got the same setup, but in a fabric cube. Honestly, not really a downgrade. I had that setup three times, and the only difference was how good the view was.
Then the same but no windows.
Then a smaller cube with a simple 6 foot desk and a single cabinet.
Then a line of 6 foot wide desks with privacy screens on three sides.
Then privacy screen on left and right only.
Then no screens.
Then four foot desks.
My current office is four foot desks that are hotdesked for most people. But we are also completely remote if you want, so I use my nice desk that I built at home 90% of the time.
Maybe the building starts sailing through the city like the opener to that one Monty Python film. 🤷♂️
The crimson financial assurance I think it was? Probably my fave python bit
Oh, the heart attack telephone.
During the 12 years I had those, one once rang and I almost died of shock.
Yeah but the dpi on the mouse is crazy high and no one knows how to slow the pointer down
Fast Paced: Deadlines and requirements change on a whim for no discernible reason at all.
Exciting Environment: Your job is constantly on the line so you need to deliver on whatever bullshit we give you. Have to work nights to do it? Too fucking bad. You’re just grist to us.
One monitor? You monsters.
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May I ask what you do for a living?
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What does that even mean?
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Real question: You yourself call it “the edge,” so does it feel sustainable enough that you’d start a family and pass your way of life on to your kids? Is it stable enough that it can handle unplanned expenses? Just my opinion here, but if your lifestyle can’t accomodate creating the next generation is it actually better? I’m talking from a position of privilege, with a 9-5 that I enjoy and pays well, which maybe also isn’t realistic for the next generation, of course.
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What, you’d rather fight supervillains?
Some people consider “may you have an exciting life” a curse
