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I start feeling antsy being "locked" up in a cubicle all day. Starting next Monday I will be working 9 hours and I can't take being stuck in a box. I guess office work is not for me. I feel like an animal in its pen. The person who invented cubicles needs to be slapped. LOL I feel like when lunch time comes around the gates open to let me out, then come back and the "gates" close until my next break then closes again until it is time to go home. I am just becoming so inpatient can't stand going to work but I have to.
Please watch the old 90s cult classic CLOCKWATCHERS- it described my life then, all cubicle, depression and generally the world of cubicles. It may be hard to find it on Netflix but I'm sure some torrent site will let you stream it.
Also, about a decade ago I've read about a research that indicated that workers who spend at lease 50% of their work day sitting at a desk, are more likely prone to depression and have shorter life spans (the latter had to do with developing cardio problems from sitting, so things like circulation and blood clotting...)
This resonates with me because when I did outside sales years ago, I truly felt my mood was just fine.
I start feeling antsy being "locked" up in a cubicle all day. Starting next Monday I will be working 9 hours and I can't take being stuck in a box. I guess office work is not for me. I feel like an animal in its pen. The person who invented cubicles needs to be slapped. LOL I feel like when lunch time comes around the gates open to let me out, then come back and the "gates" close until my next break then closes again until it is time to go home. I am just becoming so inpatient can't stand going to work but I have to.
Does anyone out there feel the same?
try getting up for a short walk every few hours - makes it more manageable; plus it's healthy to at least stand and stretch once an hour (just a minute or two)
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I now have a roomy office with large window and great views, but have worked in both cubicle and open office situations before. I'll take the cube any day. Back then, as now, I will get up and walk around now and then, and always take a walk outside at lunchtime.
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Cubicles are much better than open offices. I need my privacy. I am lucky that I happen to work next to a window so it helps me feel less "trapped." But in general, desk jobs suck the big one.
this is why i want to work from home 1-2 days a week. so i can go for a walk on my lunch break... or take a 10 min break and sit outside weather permitting of course... but i don't know if i'll ever find the opportunity.
Give me a cubicle any day over an open office plan! At least in a cubicle, I have some level of privacy. God forbid if I have a lactose intolerance "attack" sitting in an open office area. ugh.
I am also growing to despise sitting in a cubicle all day. As others have mentioned the open office environment is much worse (I've worked in both). That being said I personally generalize and say I hate sitting in an office all day, it just isn't for me. Staring at spreadsheets all day feels pointless sometimes, and I can just feel myself getting unhealthier sitting here like a blob. I'm far enough into my career that it would be difficult to make a change but I am contemplating it. I can't imagine doing this for another 25 years.
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weather permitting of course... but i don't know if i'll ever find the opportunity.
