Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques

Re:Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques by lewisl9029 on Sunday May 15, 2016 @07:22PM (#11703253)

I'd honestly prefer cubicles to an open office layout... At least the former offers some degree of privacy and protection from visual distractions.

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Re:Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques by maxxxxx on Sunday May 15, 2016 @08:02PM (#11703399)

Please don't promote cubicles. I hate sitting in a little box the whole day. It feels like prison.

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Re:Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques by abecedarius on Sunday May 15, 2016 @08:16PM (#11703445)

I've worked in both, and the open office was far worse for me.

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Re:Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques by maxxxxx on Sunday May 15, 2016 @08:22PM (#11703468)

On a scale from 1 to 10, open office is 2 and cubicle 3, an office is 10. Maybe it's a little better but it still sucks.

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Re:Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques by lewisl9029 on Monday May 16, 2016 @12:28AM (#11704250)

Yeah, I'm not exactly a huge fan of cubicles either, but I definitely consider it the lesser of two evils if I had to choose between cubicles and open offices. Private offices would be amazing, of course, but it's not realistic to expect most startups to be able to provide one for every developer given the real estate market in SF.

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Re:Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques by maxxxxx on Monday May 16, 2016 @12:47PM (#11707589)

If they cared they could provide smaller offices, maybe one for 4 people or so. This works pretty well too.

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Re:Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques by stock_toaster on Sunday May 15, 2016 @08:43PM (#11703537)

And an office with a nice plant (rubber, snake, spider, palm, etc) in it really turns things up to 11.

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