Xref: utzoo comp.software-eng:1865 misc.jobs.misc:3870 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!root From: bks@alfa.berkeley.edu (Brad Sherman) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,misc.jobs.misc Subject: Office/cubicle revisited Message-ID: <1989Aug10.172129.24542@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 10 Aug 89 17:21:29 GMT Reply-To: bks@alfa.berkeley.edu (Brad Sherman) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 33 As the office/cubicle discussions just won't die, let me get in one lash at the dead horse: Reprinted without permission from the _San_Francisco_Chronicle_ 8/10/89 p.C3 NEXT MOVE Can Steve Jobs revolutionize the high-tech workspace? He seems to be trying at the Redwood City headquarters that Next Inc. will move into late next week. Instead of sterile "open office" partitions, the computer company has come up with a way to five employees greater privacy, along with light and a view of the harbor. Workers will get offices with a noise cutting wooden door and glass walls --opaque for the bottom 48 inches and clear above that, according to Next Vice President Dan'l [sic] Lewin. A counter point to the privacy-enhancing workstations is a series of open spaces that encourages workers to congregate. An unusual hardwood-floor corrisor connecting two adjoing buildings is the focal point for "public" rooms, including restrooms, conference rooms and eating space. A cafe with an expresso bar helps complete the piazza effect. "Forcing people to gather is an important concept for Steve," said Thomas Carlisle, Next's facilities designer. ----- Brad Sherman "Under communism, man enslaves his fellow man. Under capitalism the situation is reversed." --Someone, somewhere in _New_Scientist_.