Companies Move Away From Cubicle Culture

Makarand writes "According to this Mercury News article companies are freeing employees from their cubicles to save on corporate real estate costs. By eliminating the need for offices for thousands of employees they are reducing their building needs by thousands of square feet. Employees now work in shared areas or from home or elsewhere outside the traditional cubicle. Those who prove to be unproductive when they have to share space with others risk getting fired. This trend is expected to accelerate as wireless technologies are making workers more mobile and capable of working from anywhere. About 13000 of Sun Microsystems' 35000 employees working in Santa Clara (CA) currently lack offices."

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Re:No, bad - it may violate federal laws

[Schezar]

Not to sound mean, but if a disability makes someone less able to do a job, they should not get that job over someone else who is otherwise equally qualified.

ADD, for example, makes someone less able to work in open, group environments, and thus makes one less suitable for certain jobs. A quadraplegic can't be a fighter jet pilot: it would be insane to require the Air Force to implement "adaptive technology" for that.