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From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.software-eng,comp.edu
Subject: Re: Offices versus Cubicles (LONG)
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Date: 25 Jan 88 14:30:50 GMT
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In article <861@ur-tut.UUCP> msir@tut.cc.rochester.edu (Mark Sirota) writes:

>Perhaps I'm being a little idealistic, but I believe people work best in a
>cooperative environment, and walls of any size or type only serve to
>destroy cooperation.

    Nonsense!  Cooperation is not a function of how many people you stuff
into a single room.  Lack of cooperation is due to other factors, like
personality conflicts.  When you have several people grouped into a single
room, all it takes is one LOUD and annoying person to reduce the productivity
of everyone.


    I have been in just about every kind of configuration you can think of
(we almost had to use bunk desks at one time :-) ), including rooms with one
roommate, several, and none.  I have been in several types of cubicals with
varying numbers of people.  The ideal environment is an office with four
walls and a door!  As for the argument about windows, for those who do not
have windows you compensate in other ways, eg. larger office or different
pieces of office furniture.


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