On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Eugen Leitl <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 04:36:07PM +0100, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > > > In these depressing times of layoffs where jam packed offices are a > > rarity, it maybe be possible to get a de-densified work place (open > > Culture thing. Cube farms are a rarity here. > > > plan or otherwise). I can tell you that sitting in a room all alone > > isn't helpful for your health either, the sheer boredom is killing. > > Can't relate. Home office would still be better, of course. > Should have done the self-employed route while I was young. > I have thought about it, and I feel that it is the feeling of "having private space yet not having it" that is the problem with cubes. In government offices, everyone works in a large hall without issues; but it is in a cube, where there is a semblance of privacy without really having it, that stresses seem to result. The advent of mobile phones, which enable completely private conversations in an office without going through a switchboard, has added to "cube stress" as a private conversation is feasible but not really possible. Perhaps others have different ideas about this? -Deepa.
