would you work better in the supercubicle?

[Liberal_in_LA]

Would you work better in the supercubicle? Furniture company designs work lounge featuring privacy screen and foot rest in bid to help employees focus in an open office











Furniture company, Steelcase, has created the Brody WorkLounge
Lounges are designed to 'be good for your body and good for your brain'
Brody provides shelter from visual distractions with privacy screens while featuring cushion that adapts to each person's size
In recent years many companies have embraced open offices with about 70 per cent of U.S. offices having no or low partitions
A 2013 study revealed noise and privacy loss are the main source of workspace dissatisfaction


In recent years, many companies have embraced open offices with about 70 per cent of U.S. offices having no or low partitions, according to the International Facility Management Association.
However, a 2013 study revealed that workers are frustrated by the distractions in open offices which lead to poorer work performance, according to the Washington Post.
That study also found that nearly half of the surveyed workers in open offices said the lack of sound privacy proved to be a problem for them while more than 30 per cent complained about the lack of visual privacy.
Another study revealed that having a sense of privacy actually boosts performance.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3055580/Office-furniture-company-designs-alternative-enclaves-office.html#ixzz3YR3OkKLx

[KittyWampus]

1. If stand w/ computer keyboard swung against back "wall" and rose up so you could ALSO

opt to work standing up it'd be great.

I think cube-rats need that option.

[Nay]

2. This wouldn't have helped me much because it was noise that bothered me the most.

Visual privacy is great, but I see that 50% complained of lack of sound privacy while only 30% complained of lack of visual privacy. Truly, there's nothing more disruptive to concentration than having to listen to people talk on the phone, sniffle every 3 seconds all day, cough, whistle, sing, etc. I can easily tolerate the glimpse of someone walking by, but sounds just destroy my concentration. For example, sitting in a room with some quiet people will not disrupt my reading a book; turn on the TV, and I'll have to take my book elsewhere.

[FLPanhandle]

4. Noise cancelling headphones?

I see many people wearing them now in cubile environments.

[Nay]

6. Couldn't have used them in my work environment -- needed to answer the phone, interact, etc.

Luckily I am now retired and don't have to put up with any of it.

[FLPanhandle]

7. Lucky!

I have 7 years to go, then I'm out on a sailboat fulltime.

[MADem]

3. I was lucky in my work years, I worked in an office with a door!

I had my own space with my own desk and in some jobs, I even got a conference table! Yee-haw!

I think I'd go nuts if I had to work in that open concept type of environment. Way too many distractions. I suppose people get used to it, and politely pretend to not listen in to one another's conversations, but I wouldn't like it...!

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. it sucks

[RebelOne]

8. I also had my own office.

But before that I worked in a cubicle for a few years. It was very roomy though and not as confining as those "super cubicles".

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. I have experienced it all.from private office to cube

[DawgHouse]

14. Me too but my most recent job was a cubicle

I hated it. Not to mention the physical damage I'm not experiencing from sitting at a desk for the majority of my career. At least when I had my own office, I could lie down on the floor and stretch out my back during the day.

[Initech]

9. That actually makes me want to go to sleep more than work harder.

[LWolf]

11. No, but many of my students might. nt

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. No.

My work has always involved books, papers and often large drawings.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

13. It looks to me like it combines the worst features of offices and open-plan

Neither the chunk of private space, nor the ability to lean across and ask colleagues questions.

[ileus]

15. looks like a nice break area.

Not worth a damn for actual work.

Now if my employer actually paid me to surf the net all day that may be great.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. Their building better rat traps.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative. Albert Camus

[tblue37]

17. Our public library has small work desks enclosed like that among the open tables in the

reading room, and university libraries (ours included) have such enclosed desks in the stacks.

I use those enclosed spaces a lot, and so do many others. But It is nice to have a choice rather than always having to feel "penned in."

[1939]

18. Problem

The cubicle walls are too low. Once I worked in an office with very low cube walls. Nothing as irritating as having someone lean their elbows on your cube wall and talk over the wall to you.

A problem that i see with the setup is no place for desk files, desk supplies, spreading out books and papers to read from while you are typing. How about reviewing a four inch thick document and trying to type comments on the document into your computer in that rig.

Now if that was the design for airplane seating on long flights, i could really go for it.