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Re:Can we ever go back? by Apocryphon on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @12:23AM (#22862729)
> Every open office has meeting rooms or phone booths in case you need quiet space.

They usually frown upon people using them for the entire work day. More's the pity.

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Re:Can we ever go back? by erik_seaberg on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @12:34AM (#22862782)
We don't have enough meeting rooms to let half the office spend half the day thinking. We don't even have enough meeting rooms for our meetings.
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Re:Can we ever go back? by Apocryphon on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @01:51AM (#22863098)
Shame. One wonders what allowed for the space for the cubicle culture of the '90s. Cubicles were at least semi-individual offices. Maybe because tech companies were based in the South Bay, where land was more abundant?
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