STORM2K

Our company remodeled another part of the building and moved two departments, including mine, into it. Not sure I like it. The building is a former factory and they did a nice job of re-using it. I think that the architect who designed it is shooting for an award though. The area is probably 300 feet long and 100 feet wide. It's all open now like a gymnasium - with the roof trusses exposed. The walls of the cubicles are translucent plastic and only 3 1/2 feet high, so there's no privacy at all. It's going to be noisy and everyone will hear everyone else's business.
I liked it better where we were. The cubicle walls were 5 1/2 feet high and were solid and covered with fabric. Now I can't pretend to not hear my boss anymore. He's right next to me, and as I sit at my work station, I'm looking right at him. I think that it's time to invest in some headphones.

Psst...did you hear what Ed did today to the vending machine? Psst...have you noticed Ed's cluttered desk?

You could say that my desk is cluttered, but I know where to find everything. My boss's desk is way more cluttered. I'm going to post a new thread about some rules of thumb for at work, that I've learned over the years.