Cubicle Workplace = Bad Company?
IT employees will do good to avoid companies offering cubicles as workplaces, according to the ACM Technews/Sys-Con Media (France) article, “When to Leave Your First IT Job”.
A bad work environment (i.e. “cubicle farms”) is a clear warning sign for you to leave the job. As the article says:
“Working in cubicles is the sure sign that you’re not working for a successful company. If the company will not or can not spend the money to create offices for its knowledge workers, so they can get into the zone, the odds of it creating a successful software product and capitalizing on it are about the same as you becoming a millionaire by going to Las Vegas…”
Well, the above scenario might not apply to Philippine IT companies, but it’s still worth thinking about if you’re a present IT employee or one who’s looking to land an IT job.
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October 31st, 2005 at 12:52 am
To work in a cubicles is actually an upgrade for some here in the Philippines. Not all IT companies, at least the one’s I’ve worked for, can afford to have separate cubicles for each employee. Money is still the strongest motivating factor. Pay me 2x my salary and I’ll “get it on” even if you force me to work on the floor! hehe
October 31st, 2005 at 2:02 am
I’ve actually visited some of the better IT companies (I hope so) in the country, and yep, they do have cubicle farms..you’re right about that, marc.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:33 pm
If I’m going to be materialistic and all that, I won’t mind a cubicle job at all if I earn enough to buy myself the things I need and want, and possibly even bring them to work. But I also know that eight-to-five jobs are not that feasible for IT-related jobs. Anyway.
November 1st, 2005 at 2:25 am
argh…speaking of 8-5 jobs, I don’t know if my persona/attitude can survive them.
i know you can relate
November 1st, 2005 at 2:10 pm
I meant “to work in a cubicle..”
It isn’t the 8 hours. It’s who you spend those 8 hours with that’s critical
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:50 am
have you watched Office Space Mr. Corsarius? For me it’s my bible on repressive I.T. company work places. Highly recommended viewing
November 2nd, 2005 at 1:06 pm
to marc: hehe, that too
to gabriel: i’ll take your word for it
November 6th, 2005 at 12:15 pm
“To work in a cubicles is actually an upgrade for some here in the Philippines.”
-kurek.
“Pay me 2x my salary and I’ll “get it on…”
-kuerk again. pay me $10 million and i’ll force myself to coach kobe.
November 6th, 2005 at 7:06 pm
to olrayt: “pay me $10 million and i’ll force myself to coach kobe.” kurek ka dyan. unfortunately, i’m for the Bulls. Shaq’s Heat, too.
December 9th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
well, cubicle workspace really provides a bad environment. take a look at the office space of Ferrari, they even got a garden inside.