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Re:The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration by newnewpdro on Thursday October 25, 2018 @03:09PM (#18303638)
YMMV is not a contradiction.

You're applying a worst case experience with a cubicle to all cubicles. I've had offices that sucked too, it doesn't mean offices are universally bad.

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Re:The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration by pdonis on Thursday October 25, 2018 @04:20PM (#18304240)
> YMMV is not a contradiction

YMMV was your second statement. Your first statement was a flat assertion that is false for many people, including me.

> You're applying a worst case experience with a cubicle to all cubicles

No, I'm saying that the worst case experience exists and is basically the same as no cubicles. Your statement that I objected to was "There's a whole lot more noise isolation than no cubicles at all", which is simply false for the worst case (which I think is fairly common actually).

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