As the white-collar workforce migrated from gleaming downtown office towers to squat suburban business parks in every shade of beige, the blandly utilitarian cubicle became a symbol of daily ...
A 27-year-old who works in marketing said she thought of cubicles as dreary. After working in them, she realized they can be social and bright.
Cubicles are good for deep work and privacy ... I decided to focus full-time on my own consulting business. I work in a coworking space for a company I consult for. It has an open floor plan ...
The government also helped the cubicle take off. Back in the 1960s, hoping to stimulate business spending, the Treasury made new rules for depreciating assets - the way businesses can write off ...
While the cubicle is today seen as a symbol of the drudgery of office work and the control companies have over their employees, the design was originally meant to give workers more freedom when it ...