On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:01:32PM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: > 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
The problem with cubes is that you need some 30-40 min to get into the mental state necessary for high-concentration tasks. Whenever there's an interruption, you'll need that time again. The result is that in a cube farm you almost never enter that state. Same applies for a quiet office with the phone ringing, or people coming in every few minutes. Of course management is mostly clueless about this problem. > 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? -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
