Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Because of the availability of cubicles (or lack thereof), I ended up in the desk that’s right in front of my boss’s office. People will call me asking me to schedule a meeting with my boss, the front desk will call me first when he has a guest, and the shipping department drops off his mail/packages at my desk.

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Launch Work Places

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Would a traditional office setup with cubicles work best, or would an open, flexible space be more conducive to collaboration and productivity? Brainstorm Your Ideal Work Environment Before you move forward, think about the type of work environment that would best support your remote team.

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Retail Transportation Office Lease Networking 52

Launch Work Places

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Would a traditional office setup with cubicles work best, or would an open, flexible space be more conducive to collaboration and productivity? Brainstorm Your Ideal Work Environment Before you move forward, think about the type of work environment that would best support your remote team.

Retail 52

Retail Transportation Office Lease Networking 52

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 18, 2018

There is a bunch of cubicles outside of the CFO’s office where about eight of us sit. Not everyone choose to allow their mail to send read receipts, and some email programs don’t even give the option. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. Our CFO is obsessed with shooting rubber bands at people.

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Advertising Sales Cubicle Controlling 55

Vantage Circle

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Related: Appreciation Mail To Team For Better Morale. Recognize "Chasing Hobby" Employees have their own likes or hobbies to keep themselves stress-free and motivated outside their cubicles. Everybody craves for some appreciation and the impact of a verbal or handwritten “Thank You” is unparalleled to any other form.

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Creativity Flexibility Flexibility Food 86

Workplace Psychology

AUGUST 22, 2015

Indeed, one disadvantage of telecommuting is that you have no “tech support,” at least not in the sense of physically running down the hall to the IT department and asking the IT folks for help or calling them on the phone and have them come to your cubicle 30 minutes later to correct a problem with your laptop. Harvard Business Review.

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 3, 2015

I sit at my computer and do research and compile reports all day long in a cubicle very close to the front of our office’s door. I’m on the 11th floor, where our Development headquarters’ mail room is, but our Donor Services department is on the 10th floor.

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Cubicle Problem-Solving Salary Mailing 38

Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Our office “Nosey Rosey” has recently been going into peoples cubicles/offices when they aren’t around. The convention of listing a street address goes back to the days when employers might contact you by postal mail — it’s really no longer necessary at all, and loads of people have stopped doing it.

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Planning Cubicle Legal Problem-Solving 49

Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 18, 2014

To give you a glimpse into her personality, she sends (via snail mail) handwritten thank you notes for everything–she even sent me a handwritten thank you note for a grocery bag full of my kids’ books that I thought her (younger than mine) kids might enjoy.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’m thinking that I would need accommodation regarding workspace (ergonomic chair, keyboard, adjustment of cubicle) and the ability to flex my work from home days. They are aware I have the autoimmune disorder, but I haven’t really needed any accommodations because I work from home mostly. Do I wait until they offer me the job? Or prior?

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Salary Promotion Cubicle Payroll 33

SnackNation

AUGUST 24, 2018

Who wouldn’t want a cubicle guest book ? You might still fear this option might make you look cheap, but don’t worry…people love receiving handwritten letters in the mail. To summarize, people love receiving old-fashioned letters in the mail and even find them more meaningful than other forms of communication.

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Purchasing Food Mailing Supplies 68

Ask a Manager

JANUARY 15, 2015

The former accounting lady at my old company called me a week ago, asking me to mail her a business card (I was a freelancer there for about a 1-1/2 years; I work in recording studios). However, anyone with an office or who sits in a cubicle away from the front counter can. A cagey and vague request from my old employer. ” WTF?

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Cubicle Legal Payroll Mailing 42

Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

’ Cue everyone popping up out of their chairs like meerkats to see who it was (it was a cubicle farm, so no privacy at all). She walked towards her desk to grab her personal belongings, but on the way she stopped by each cubicle… ‘Did you hear, I was just fired!’ But I never saw them come back. It was spectacular.”

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 8, 2017

I work several cubicles away from my manager who prefers to print out work to review rather than review it on a computer. It is my university’s policy to mail diplomas 6-8 weeks after graduation, so no one has received theirs yet. … followed by, “It does need to stop, and I need to count on you to respect that.”.

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Interviewing Problem-Solving Cubicle Legal 34

SnackNation

AUGUST 24, 2018

Who wouldn’t want a cubicle guest book ? You might still fear this option might make you look cheap, but don’t worry…people love receiving handwritten letters in the mail. To summarize, people love receiving old-fashioned letters in the mail and even find them more meaningful than other forms of communication.

Purchasing 28

Purchasing Food Mailing Supplies 28

Ask a Manager

JANUARY 7, 2018

I recently started taking the pill around noon at my cubicle and I’m not embarrassed if someone sees me and I obviously don’t announce what I’m doing to the whole company, but I wanted to check to see if this is something that is okay to do in the office or if I should zip off to the bathroom or other private location.

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Controlling Cubicle Legal Mailing 37

Ask a Manager

MARCH 30, 2022

The New Guy sat behind me, in the other half of the shared cubicle. After he was done with me he moved on to my supervisor in the next cubicle, who had heard the whole thing and repeated everything I told him. A coffee river started rolling by our cubicles and everybody but New Guy rushed in with paper towels. The disaster.

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