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JUNE 3, 2019

It tends to really disrupt our chain of thought — would it be possible to do these meetings away from your desk and computer so that we’re not interrupted so frequently?”. Is there a way to schedule our meetings at times when that will be more likely, or even to meet away from your computer if that would solve it?” ” 2.

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APRIL 4, 2018

The woman who sits near me, with an empty cubicle in between us, bought tons of soda and junk food from Costco and sold it during the challenge, with the proceeds going to the charity. She kept the merchandise in the empty cubicle between us. Most teams raised money via raffles or by selling stuff. How can you work without a contract?

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AUGUST 8, 2018

Other people might suspect, but I’m the only person with a direct line of sight into her cubicle. It’s also not likely to be especially helpful, since you’d be watching someone work at a computer most of the day. The way they’re doing it isn’t legal. This has been happening at least once a week for the last month.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

One of the leads — I’ll call her Julie — shares cubicle space with my coworker and me and is new to the role, less than six months. If an opportunity presents itself, I am not sure her computer skills would be up to par and, frankly, her attitude makes it difficult to want to see her in a position I could possibly hire for.

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SnackNation

MARCH 24, 2017

You’ll need: An unlocked computer screen. Step 1: When they aren’t looking, sneak onto your victim’s computer. Fake Computer Update. Fakeupdate.net has created realistic looking update animations to make your coworkers think their computer is in the middle of an important, frustratingly slow system update. The kicker?

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JULY 9, 2015

That in and of itself wouldn’t normally be considered sexual harassment in the legal sense (it would need to be “severe or pervasive,” and this doesn’t sound like it rises to that level). I work in a cubicle with two other people in cubes near me. My company provides computers, keyboards, mouses, etc.,

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AUGUST 17, 2022

They were used when we used typewriters or typesetting to make a visual break after a sentence; that’s no longer needed now that we have computers with proportional fonts. And having this rule is legal under the laws here and so is letting people go for breaking it. A single space after a period is the rule and has been for a while.

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JUNE 8, 2017

and you didn’t have a legally binding contract committing to staying for a specific period of time or provide a certain amount of notice (which would be an unusual thing to have in the U.S.), I work several cubicles away from my manager who prefers to print out work to review rather than review it on a computer.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

After a week, one person came into my cubicle where everyone could hear and demanded to know why I worked here when I clearly wasn’t a cultural fit. The company then announced that we were going from cubicles to an open floor plan to promote communication between teams. I was never anywhere near the cubicle farm to see any dogs.

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