Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans
by xemdetia on Sunday August 13, 2023 @09:28AM
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I unironically miss my cube. They were natural sound breaks and sound absorbing so you could talk and not intrude horrifically on people adjacent. I had a place for my things so I didn't have to shuttle them in and out every day. I had a phone that worked, an Ethernet jack that was not temperamental, and a whiteboard that was ready to go. I also had a few different ways I could sit at my cube so I wouldn't get the same pains I get sitting in an open office plan because there is no way to customize anything for comfort in many cases. I have seriously considered packing a drill and a set of bits to tear off idiot things like keyboard trays (when nobody has an external keyboard) but I am resisting only just.
Cubes, with hot-desking, is pretty great actually. IBM has it in their drop-in “business centers” for WFH employees.