Saddest Cubicle Contest

By Miss Cellania in Pictures on Nov 5, 2007 at 1:32 am

David Gunnells of the University of Alabama at Birmingham won Wired’s recent Saddest Cubicle contest. He had to send in two pictures of his cubicle, because you can’t tell there’s really an “office” tucked behind those filing cabinets!

His desk is penned in by heavily used filing cabinets in a windowless conference room, near a poorly ventilated bathroom and a microwave. The overhead light doesn’t work — his mother-in-law was so saddened by his cube that she gave him a lamp — and the other side of the wall is a parking garage.

Wired also has pictures of ten runners-up. Link

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Vonskippy
Nov 5th, 2007 at 2:24 am
Whats so sad is not the moronic management types that think these work spaces are usable (because you just accept that PHB’s are going to be that stupid) but instead it’s the pathetic losers that actually show up to work and accept these unbelievable crap situations on a day to day basis. Have some pride people – quit – Today!
heather
Nov 5th, 2007 at 5:28 am
It’s images like this that make me glad I’m a cook. I can’t think of a punishment more hellish than having to work in a cubicle.
Hollywood
Nov 5th, 2007 at 6:20 am
Compared to the cubicles I’ve worked in, that’s actually not too bad. Sure there’s not much room to move, but with that wall of metal, there’s privacy at least.
algonkin
Nov 5th, 2007 at 8:59 am
I wonder what they did to deserve such comfort.LOL!
MrPumpernickel
Nov 5th, 2007 at 9:38 am
That’s not so bad at all. I think the endless office landscapes with five feet tall cubicle walls are by far worse. No privacy, no space that you can feel is your own, just crap. In comparison I’d love to work in a place boxed in to such a degree. Privacy is worth gold in an office environment.
ted
Nov 5th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
I remember working across from a girl who would listen to many of my phone calls and comment on how well I handled particular calls. It was nice to be complimented, but also utterly lacking in privacy.

I remember strategically placing a foil balloon so my boss wouldn’t have a clear view of me from several desks over. The endless sea of desks was a depressing sight.
Dave
Nov 5th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Crud; I could have so won that, if I’d known about it. The cube pictured looks pretty nice next to what I endured for the last 18 months. The company I work for just moved to a new building (where I have a nice office with a view!) after spending way too long in the old building. It was worth the wait.

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