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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I would love this

[Apreche]

This is the awesome. I always wondered why they made cubicles. I mean, you could just arrange the desks the way they are and save money by not purchasing those cubicle walls.

There just have to be three rules. No loud clicky keyboards, no speakerphone voicemail (shouldn't do this anyway) and headphones for winamp/xmms.

Open workspaces are awesome, I hope lots of people who can't handle it get fired so I can get a job more easily when I graduate.