Re: Open Office Layout Survey

[Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>]

We're prettier, so they don't want us hidden?

Yeah, I think I'll go with that.

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
wrote:

> I find it interesting that we are "housed" openly while brooms and vacuum
> cleaners get their own "office" with a door that closes.
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> Except for a stint at Telcordia, I've always been in cubicle land. The
> worst it ever got was a contract job, when I didn't even have a cubicle. I
> had half of a table that was a cubicle wide. Oh, and a file cabinet.
>
> At Telcordia, I shared an actual OFFICE. Concrete block walls (reminded me
> of my college dorm). A solid door. And my office mate was a quiet guy. I
> was pretty productive on that job, and I think the quality of my work was
> better, also. How I miss that! Most of what I overhear these days (I sit in
> the middle of the team I support) isn't really useful to what I'm doing,
> but it is very, very distracting.
>
> I suppose I should be grateful I even have a cube that's only mine. And
> this one has loads of storage space, including a little closet so I have
> someplace to hang up my coat.
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> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 2:52 PM, INKtopia Admin <admin -at- inktopia -dot- net>
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> > Thanks for bringing this up Paul!
> >
> > We run a monthly poll on TechWhirl.com, and rarely close them, so feel
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> > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Paul Hanson
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> > > Just noticed that there's a survey about working in an Open Office
> > > layout on the Techwr-L site. There are only 55 votes. Are there
> > > really only 55
> > people
> > > on this list that have an opinion about an Open Office layout?!?
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