Intel Corp. is often credited, or blamed, for popularizing the office cubicle. Now it is joining some prominent Silicon Valley peers in reconsidering the concept.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nSun Microsystems Inc. is particularly aggressive about flexible work styles; the computer maker estimated that about 55% of its employees work from home or a remote office as many as two days a week. To accommodate these workers when they are in the office, Sun offers drop-in desks and places terminals in offices, cafeterias and other common spaces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Now that definitely is a trend I foresee taking off over the next 10 years. We already have customers that have these areas and they allow us to use them when we are onsite for a day of interviews. This convenience is much appreciated since the PDA phone can get old when you are trying to read attachments and write out long emails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a resident in many cube farms for many years of my career, I have a fondness for stories involving this topic. This article – Why Silicon Valley Firms Are Rethinking the Cubicle – provides probably more insight than the average person cares to know about this topic. But this caught my attention: Intel Corp. is often credited, or blamed, for popularizing the office cubicle. Now it is joining some prominent Silicon Valley peers in reconsidering the concept. I didn’t know that, but later in the article you find this statistic: Sun Microsystems Inc. is particularly aggressive about flexible work styles; the computer maker estimated that about 55% of its employees… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-management","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-ka","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1336,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/cube-rage\/","url_meta":{"origin":1250,"position":0},"title":"Cube Rage","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 13, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"ManageSmarter.com offers up this article - Cubicle Conniptions - that discusses office behavior that mirrors road rage (emphasis mine): Workplace violence is increasingly common in offices, and it isn't limited to physical injury or assault, but includes any act in which a person is abused, threatened, intimidated or assaulted at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Trends"","block_context":{"text":"Trends","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/trends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1539,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/telecommuting-is-old-school-nomadism-is-new-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":1250,"position":1},"title":"Telecommuting Is Old School, Nomadism Is New School","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The modern workplace is shifting towards a more ad hoc approach vs. a scheduled interaction according this The Economist's excellent article Labour movement.\u00a0 This article defines nomadism in the current work world: Today's work nomadism descends from, but otherwise bears little resemblance to, the older model of \u201ctelecommuting\u201d, says Mr\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Trends"","block_context":{"text":"Trends","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/trends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":510,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/european-vacation\/","url_meta":{"origin":1250,"position":2},"title":"European Vacation","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 18, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Millions of vacation days go unused caught my eye this morning. 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