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Re:The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration by maxxxxx on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @08:42PM (#18297721)
No way. In cubes you still get plenty of noise. You can't have a quiet private conversation in cubes. You still have people walking behind your back. And you have a gray wall to stare at.
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Re:The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration by olliej on Thursday October 25, 2018 @12:49AM (#18298605)
Noise exists in both, but a cubicle does have enough wall to remove peripheral movement while you're trying to focus.

But I get your point - you can arrange to have your back to a cubicle wall, but then you get more peripheral movement, or you end up with people walking behind you (which I find much worse)

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