The open workroom was a relatively short fad pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright. If you look at office buildings before that, they're much more similar to houses and apartments. Lots of rooms connected by hallways, staircases, and atriums. You can imagine the difficulty and expense of lighting a large open space without electricity.
Indeed it’s telling how bad things haven gotten that many would yearn for the cubicle now
There are still many companies with cubicles, although they do seem to be getting rarer.
Well, and pre-cubicles, it was just a bunch of tables in a big room surrounded by managers in offices.
The open workroom was a relatively short fad pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright. If you look at office buildings before that, they're much more similar to houses and apartments. Lots of rooms connected by hallways, staircases, and atriums. You can imagine the difficulty and expense of lighting a large open space without electricity.
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No, it wasn't. Most companies had separate offices, individual or with 2-4 desks in them.
With clean desk policies in some organizations, you would be lucky to have a seat. Initial 5-10 minutes are spent on finding a place to sit.
even worse lol
it's like "I hear you hate cubicles, so we can solve the cubicle problem and save money at the same time"