As Office Space Shrinks, So Does Privacy for Workers

Re:As Office Space Shrinks, So Does Privacy for Workers by fragsworth on Monday February 23, 2015 @01:22PM (#9095889)

I can't speak for the original commenter, but it seems reasonable to me, because if your monitor is facing away from a wall, there is a constant burden of wondering who might be behind you and what they might think of what is on your screen. And this is when you're doing actual work.

When you're not doing work, it makes goofing off on the Internet less of a mental relief, and things are overall more stressful.

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Re:As Office Space Shrinks, So Does Privacy for Workers by spiritplumber on Monday February 23, 2015 @01:26PM (#9095906)

Same here. It's important to not feel like someone may hit you in the back of the head with no warning. Admittedly, it's not something that happens in most workplaces... most not all.

It's a primal fear kind of thing, and doesn't have to be rational.

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Re:As Office Space Shrinks, So Does Privacy for Workers by bcbrown on Monday February 23, 2015 @01:57PM (#9096163)

Yep, pretty much.

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Re:As Office Space Shrinks, So Does Privacy for Workers by freehunter on Monday February 23, 2015 @01:59PM (#9096174)

Exactly. Take something like looking at documentation to see if C# uses printf(), print(), or print "". It's 100% work related, but it's kind of embarrassing that I forgot. I don't need my coworkers or boss seeing that.

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