The cubicle's exterior was covered with carpet rolls like the logs pf a cabin. — -- Two employees from a small business near Philadelphia recently transformed their cubicle into a cozy Christmas ...

Once ridiculed as a symbol of homogeneity and ennui, the work space is popular again as employees seek privacy and quiet in the office. How have you decorated your cubicle? Share your photos with us.

After an extended period working from home during the pandemic, some workers are beginning to return to the workplace and saying goodbye to their home offices. One employee took their return to the ...

We’ve all seen those sunlit corner offices with impressive plant life, but what about those of us who work in more “light-challenged” office environments (a.k.a. cubicles)? Do we have to just settle ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rodd Wagner is a Minneapolis-based writer who covers worker happiness. This article is more than 5 years old. “The cubiclizing of ...

More folks are working outside of a conventional office than ever before, with telecommuting rising in popularity due to lower costs to the employer. New telecommuters are discovering what home ...

Scratchy walls. Confining space with no windows. Being able to hear the constant pen tapping of the person next to you–it’s not hard to see why cubicles get a bad rap. In fact, the cubicle has become ...

While the cubicle is today seen as a symbol of the drudgery of office work and the control companies have over their employees, the design was originally meant to give workers more freedom when it was ...

There’s a scene in the classic 1999 movie Office Space where the increasingly carefree protagonist Peter takes out the screws from his cubicle and pushes down its wall, letting sunlight into his space ...

The new book, Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace, is a look at how the white-collar world came to be the way it is, and what it might become. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with author Nikil Saval.

“I’ll take the cubicle,” I say, pointing to the floor plan. “Number 9881A. By the window.” My colleagues gasp. A minute ago they were chatting by the conference room door. Now they lean over me and ...