Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work

Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by dougdonohoe on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:21PM (#19092138)

I can't disagree more. Having worked in cubicles (at Netscape), those were far superior to open office. We could get work done and we still were able to socialize and have cross-team interaction. These days I eschew open office, preferring to work from home. At most open-office environments, people trying to get work done wear headphones, which is like a virtual cubicle (minus the personal space).

The reboot of office space would have everyone in an open office, that is for certain.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by TeMPOraL on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:19AM (#19093352)

> people trying to get work done wear headphones, which is like a virtual cubicle (minus the personal space).

And strategic positioning of computer screens (+ books and fillers) to kill line-of-sight to other people. My last open-office job, almost everyone did that quite naturally, probably even unconsciously. Not always possible, and were we sitting in the ridiculous shoulder-to-shoulder setting I see in photos of some hip software houses, I'm not sure how long I would last there.

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