A genuine cubicle like that would be a luxury

Fast paced = we have understaffed and expect you to do more than your share of the work. Exciting = as people with better prospects leave our untenable work environment you will be expected to take on their responsibilities with no extra pay.

I'd prefer this over the open-floor plan with shared desks we get currently

It gets fast-paced and exciting when the boss has An Idea on a Friday afternoon that must be completed before the end of the week.

That is a management cubicle.

This is the cubicle you are applying for: (chair not included)

Sure, that's how it starts but then all of a sudden you're a Jesus allegory.

Holy shit, they get a LAMP?!

This is just corp-speak for “we will burn you the fuck out”

Fast pace environments = we didn't do any planning or architecture so you'll be fire fighting 24/7. Oh and our management doesn't understand software development so they'll be blind to the issues

Oh, the heart attack telephone.

During the 12 years I had those, one once rang and I almost died of shock.

Maybe the building starts sailing through the city like the opener to that one Monty Python film. 🤷‍♂️

The state of office desks has been continuously getting worse my entire career.

The very first place I interviewed had small private offices with a door for everyone. They weren’t any bigger than a decent sized cubicle but were real separate rooms and most of them had exterior windows. I didn’t get that job though.

My first desk at my first engineering job was in a cubicle with real six foot tall walls, a window with a nice view, big L desk, shelves, filing cabinets, etc.

Then I got the same setup, but in a fabric cube. Honestly, not really a downgrade. I had that setup three times, and the only difference was how good the view was.

Then the same but no windows.

Then a smaller cube with a simple 6 foot desk and a single cabinet.

Then a line of 6 foot wide desks with privacy screens on three sides.

Then privacy screen on left and right only.

Then no screens.

Then four foot desks.

My current office is four foot desks that are hotdesked for most people. But we are also completely remote if you want, so I use my nice desk that I built at home 90% of the time.

Just think of all the TPS reports you could process with that sweet setup.

Yeah but the dpi on the mouse is crazy high and no one knows how to slow the pointer down

At least this one is clean and tidy. My colleagues like to "decorate" with old dusty circuit boards, cables and stacks of paper

One monitor? You monsters.

(⌐■_■)

Fast Paced: Deadlines and requirements change on a whim for no discernible reason at all.

Exciting Environment: Your job is constantly on the line so you need to deliver on whatever bullshit we give you. Have to work nights to do it? Too fucking bad. You're just grist to us.

my old cubical had a big window view of a hallway block wall painted white.

We have free sitting at our office, so I sit in different floors throughout the workweek and sometimes get "the bad chair" if all the good ones are taken. It sucks. I would rather be in a cubicle.

What, you'd rather fight supervillains?

You guys are getting privacy dividers and drawers?

Some people consider "may you have an exciting life" a curse