Fortune magazine is running an article called Cubicles: The great mistake. It’s as if I am playing tee-ball here with Unnecessary Things…
Highlights of the article include the inventor of the cubicle, Robert Propst, calling them a “monolithic insanity”, the history of the cubicle from Hermann Miller to now, and the hilarious observation that
It is the Fidel Castro of office furniture.
The cubicle is so hated, that state-employed attorneys in California went so far as include the following in Title 13.3 of their Labor Contract:
“The State agrees to make a reasonable effort to provide private enclosed office space to each permanent full-time attorney who has confidentiality needs.” Should an attorney be assigned to “other than enclosed private offices,” the union must be notified.
Is it any wonder then that any time workers are given the option of escaping them, through flex-time, wireless access in the company cafeteria, or telecommuting, they take advantgae of it immediately?
Tags: cubicle, unnecessary, Unnecessary Things, work
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