Being in a room with 15,000 fans spinning at 10,000 rpm is like being trapped inside a vacuum cleaner. Mandatory hearing protection. Alternating rows of 70 degrees and 100+ degrees.
It’s not always so fun, but being better than a cubicle is a low bar.
I work remote, but the in-office guys in my department have cubicles. They like them pretty well, but they might also not be the best judges, because when they go into the office, they’re usually totally alone
Beats the shit out of being on your feet 8 hours a day in an Amazon warehouse, stuck at a front desk dealing with the public, or having literal passers by tattling to your boss that what they saw on your screen didn’t look work related because they don’t respect your department as a whole and find you subservient. Point is that there’s a hell of a lot worse.
Man, that last one. It’s a miracle I never throttled the exec who was the biggest offender. He was one of the people that gave that department so much more work to do than take calls, yet every time he walked by he had some comment about work ethic to make to whoever wasn’t on the phone. We have the numbers you chode! Check that work logging system you fucking bought us the last time you weren’t convinced we were doing our jobs!
Anyway.
I find the whole idea of how telecommuting allows you to work in different surroundings also cuts the other way.
When I’m working in the office, I’m usually focused on my work enough that my surroundings don’t matter. After that, I’m likely conversing with my co-workers and that’s also enjoyable regardless of surroundings. If neither of those are the case, I have just enough privacy that I don’t get random passers by glancing over my shoulder at me on my phone.
Additionally, I can do whatever the hell I want in my cubical space (within reason) without needing anyone’s approval. It’s my space.
That all said, if I didn’t have an engaging job, if the people with view of my screens were nosy, if I was bound by restrictive rules about how I could use the space… in short, it wouldn’t take much to turn cubeville into hell.
But in my opinion, a lot of that stuff would make working in the prettiest office hell too.
Seriously, after working fast food and as a cashier a cubicle is godsend. Company I work for is putting standing desks in for every employee this month too.
Very nice!! Mine didn’t supply standing desks but I got a nice converter top thing to go on my desk and it’s very nice. Working on my feet for 10+ years I did hate sitting all the time lol.
I’m genuinely curious as to whether people actually work in these things.
I’ve worked in 9 roles across 3 companies.
Never got my own cubicle
They stuck me alone in the server room. 10/10
honestly… sounds heavenly
Been great except that time the AC went out. No one bothers you unless they need something fixed.
No AC in the server room sounds like a recipe for cooked servers hot and fresh.
Only one rack and it was a few weeks ago. I’m sure something would have died if it was middle of summer, though.
Being in a room with 15,000 fans spinning at 10,000 rpm is like being trapped inside a vacuum cleaner. Mandatory hearing protection. Alternating rows of 70 degrees and 100+ degrees.
It’s not always so fun, but being better than a cubicle is a low bar.
Can confirm. That’s what did it. Ideally, in just a few decades, my age will catch up with my hearing, though.
I had a cubicle in my first job out of college, but most workspaces I’ve been in have been open
luckyyyyy
I work remote, but the in-office guys in my department have cubicles. They like them pretty well, but they might also not be the best judges, because when they go into the office, they’re usually totally alone
Beats the shit out of being on your feet 8 hours a day in an Amazon warehouse, stuck at a front desk dealing with the public, or having literal passers by tattling to your boss that what they saw on your screen didn’t look work related because they don’t respect your department as a whole and find you subservient. Point is that there’s a hell of a lot worse.
Man, that last one. It’s a miracle I never throttled the exec who was the biggest offender. He was one of the people that gave that department so much more work to do than take calls, yet every time he walked by he had some comment about work ethic to make to whoever wasn’t on the phone. We have the numbers you chode! Check that work logging system you fucking bought us the last time you weren’t convinced we were doing our jobs!
Anyway.
I find the whole idea of how telecommuting allows you to work in different surroundings also cuts the other way.
When I’m working in the office, I’m usually focused on my work enough that my surroundings don’t matter. After that, I’m likely conversing with my co-workers and that’s also enjoyable regardless of surroundings. If neither of those are the case, I have just enough privacy that I don’t get random passers by glancing over my shoulder at me on my phone.
Additionally, I can do whatever the hell I want in my cubical space (within reason) without needing anyone’s approval. It’s my space.
That all said, if I didn’t have an engaging job, if the people with view of my screens were nosy, if I was bound by restrictive rules about how I could use the space… in short, it wouldn’t take much to turn cubeville into hell.
But in my opinion, a lot of that stuff would make working in the prettiest office hell too.
EE - I have a cubicle but don’t even use it bc I’m at a workbench elsewhere 90% of the time
I work in a cubicle! I don’t mind it at all after over 10 years working retail/customer-facing positions.
Seriously, after working fast food and as a cashier a cubicle is godsend. Company I work for is putting standing desks in for every employee this month too.
Very nice!! Mine didn’t supply standing desks but I got a nice converter top thing to go on my desk and it’s very nice. Working on my feet for 10+ years I did hate sitting all the time lol.