Yeah honestly cubes were hell, but still nothing compared to an open office. Especially a well lit ““vibrant”” one.

Good for socialising. Absolute shit for actually working.

Nailed it. I was going to say scary because it looks like Morpheus is about to call you. But yes. This.

Same. We don’t have the room in my office for everyone to be there all at once so I’m hoping we go hybrid instead. My wife’s office is the same. They have 7 rooms for 35 people in her team so unless they stack em shoulder to shoulder, there’s no way. Meanwhile, everyone in leadership has their own office. Ain’t that some shit?

As for me, my job involves a lot of salary discussions. Now, I don’t mind speaking openly about salaries. My personal belief is that salary discussions should be open and public. Not everyone thinks the way I do. And I know that if I’m placed in an open cubicle in a hallway, people to whom I report will not want to talk to me as often. I don’t mind either way. I like these people. But if leadership in my organization wants to do that to me, that’s probably what’s going to happen. It’s the nature of my job. I help write budgets and then do entry for nearly $60,000,000 of annual spending, including salaries for about a thousand positions. Nearly half of the entire organization falls under my purview. From division directors making $160k a year all the way down to part time housekeepers making 13 bucks an hour. So if they want me in a cubicle, that’s fine. I’ve done lots of time in cubicles. It doesn’t bother me much. But that could be a consequence of doing that to me.

I have an interview coming up for a job that pays twice as much and looks to be about as much work as I do now. I hope I get it. I think that my departure from this place will cause a hell of a fire. Maybe if I’d have got that promotion I’d been hinting at for some time, I wouldn’t have updated my resume. But here we are. I am no longer gruntled.