[988747]

Speaking from short, few months experience, cubicles are actually quite nice compared to open office plans.

- You get plenty of personal space

- My cubicle got both a whiteboard and a bulletin board, a locker, two trash bins, and enough desk space to comfortably fit a co-worker for short sessions of working together

- high walls discourage conversations, so it is actually quiet

The biggest disadvantage is artificial lighting - my cubicle was quite removed from the windows.

[ghaff]

I had a classic cubicle for over a decade. Dilbert stereotypes aside, it was pretty much OK. The company had offices--mostly for managers--but to be honest we also had an open door convention (keep the door open unless you really needed it closed for some reason--generally related to having a private conversation). So you really didn't have a situation where people with offices generally closed the doors.

[abraxas]

Nice high spectrum lamps can alleviate a lot of the lighting issues with cubicles. Yeah the fluorescent lamps hanging from the ceiling are shit but it's nothing that can't be fixed with a nice high CRI uplight.