Originally Posted by Eggplant Jeff
We have offices
. Cubes are a MUCH more social setup. I've had two jobs with offices and three with cubes and overall I'd say I prefer cubes.
have to admit i do too, but not so much for the social factor. it's just irritatingly inefficient to run a multi-person project when the right hand sitteth not where the left hand sitteth. if it weren't for cubes i'd never know what the heck was going on.
i dunno though about 'social slacking'. you have to be an extrovert to think like that. for us more normal introvert types, the very concept is an oxymoron.