Comments on: Cubicle http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/06/16/cubicle/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: libhomo http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/06/16/cubicle/comment-page-1/#comment-127124 libhomo Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:30:03 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2838#comment-127124 rob: I work in one of those open workspaces you lionize. They are absolutely terrible. They are completely dehumanizing. Everyone, from top to bottom, should get an office. rob: I work in one of those open workspaces you lionize. They are absolutely terrible. They are completely dehumanizing. Everyone, from top to bottom, should get an office.

]]> By: DJRainDog http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/06/16/cubicle/comment-page-1/#comment-127083 DJRainDog Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:17:04 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2838#comment-127083 Rob, you may be right. I openly admit that I'm an anti-social elitist. And apparently, I'm not particularly productive, either. I've never been a "team-player", and I never will. What a disappointment I must be to all those who heralded my great potential back when I was a puppy. But fuck them, and fuck all the team-players, too; I'm happy this way! Rob, you may be right. I openly admit that I’m an anti-social elitist. And apparently, I’m not particularly productive, either. I’ve never been a “team-player”, and I never will. What a disappointment I must be to all those who heralded my great potential back when I was a puppy. But fuck them, and fuck all the team-players, too; I’m happy this way!

]]> By: Jonathan Howse http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/06/16/cubicle/comment-page-1/#comment-127070 Jonathan Howse Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:38:14 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2838#comment-127070 Ummmm...yeah...we got sort of a...ahh...problem here. You see, your forgot to put the cover on your TPS report! ;) If you haven't seen "Office Space," please consider watching it! Ummmm…yeah…we got sort of a…ahh…problem here. You see, your forgot to put the cover on your TPS report! ;)

If you haven’t seen “Office Space,” please consider watching it!

]]> By: rob adams http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/06/16/cubicle/comment-page-1/#comment-127067 rob adams Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:28:57 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2838#comment-127067 It's always amazed me how flagrantly undemocratic and non-egalitarian the American work environment is in this modern era. The idea of seniority somehow bestowing carnal benefits is preposterous and beckons backwards to the fundamentals of feudalism, a system best relegated to the eras where might-was-right and basic brutalism. Cubicles, if properly designed and implemented, provide enough audio and visual shielding to perform most contemporary business tasks; when they do not, a lesson in basic group etiquette is usually adequate. And for private meetings, one-on-one or grouped, enclosed meeting rooms fill the gaps. Sure, those entrenched in a culture of privilege and constant stroking might get a bit miffed, but such evolved group-work office styles have worked for years in many businesses where fellow colleagues know what constitutes proper/improper public behavior. The need for an enclosed, cauterized work space is more psychological than empirically necessary for good productivity. The generations that follow us will look at private work environments as not only potentially elitist but innately anti-social and anti-productive to a high caliber of work. The most productive humans work best together. rob@egoz.org It’s always amazed me how flagrantly undemocratic and non-egalitarian the American work environment is in this modern era. The idea of seniority somehow bestowing carnal benefits is preposterous and beckons backwards to the fundamentals of feudalism, a system best relegated to the eras where might-was-right and basic brutalism.

Cubicles, if properly designed and implemented, provide enough audio and visual shielding to perform most contemporary business tasks; when they do not, a lesson in basic group etiquette is usually adequate. And for private meetings, one-on-one or grouped, enclosed meeting rooms fill the gaps.

Sure, those entrenched in a culture of privilege and constant stroking might get a bit miffed, but such evolved group-work office styles have worked for years in many businesses where fellow colleagues know what constitutes proper/improper public behavior.

The need for an enclosed, cauterized work space is more psychological than empirically necessary for good productivity. The generations that follow us will look at private work environments as not only potentially elitist but innately anti-social and anti-productive to a high caliber of work. The most productive humans work best together.

rob@egoz.org

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