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Fast-paced and exciting environment (europe.pub)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 118 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A genuine cubicle like that would be a luxury

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  • [–] 57 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I don't know. My first job was in a cubicle and it was in the middle of a large floor. There wasn't any natural light and the cubicles spread in all directions for what felt like forever. Like, its nice to have your personal space but it sucks to have the hours blend together because you're in a liminal space where you can't tell if you're alive or dead.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Oof, that's rough. Makes me appreciate the law here in germany that employees work stations in an office must be exposed to daylight. Cubicles like you described wouldn't be allowed here.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Then you get the other perfect combination. Window right above your screen, facing west without any blinds or curtains. And you spend half the day with the sun in your face.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    There are plenty of open plan offices with no natural light either - it's really a function of how big the floor is whether light can reach to the middle of it (without a lightwell or something)

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    True. It all depends. That's no better.

    The open floors that I've experienced typically have a long tables parallel to the window where everyone is crammed into, with meeting rooms towards the inside of the building.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I had a QA position at a game company and there weren't any windows on the open dev floor, only the break room and lobby. On top of that, they kept us testers in a freezing/sweaty separate room. Crunch dinners in that cramped hell were so fragrant.

    It was interesting, but never again.

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