<story><title>The damaging effects of &apos;boreout&apos; at work</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210701-the-damaging-effects-of-boreout-at-work</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>commandlinefan</author><text>&amp;gt; working in a demoralising physical environment like a cubicle farm&lt;p&gt;Since the rise of the open office, I yearn for the cubicle farm.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Aeolun</author><text>The cubicle farm only looked like hell because everyone was coming from private offices. Going from open office to cubicle would be fantastic.</text></comment>
<story><title>The damaging effects of &apos;boreout&apos; at work</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210701-the-damaging-effects-of-boreout-at-work</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>commandlinefan</author><text>&amp;gt; working in a demoralising physical environment like a cubicle farm&lt;p&gt;Since the rise of the open office, I yearn for the cubicle farm.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>graton</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m with you. Used to work in a cubicle with 5 foot tall walls. So nice compared to the current open office environment we currently have. Benefits were lack of visual distractions and much fewer audible distractions. We had plenty of opportunities to collaborate when needed.</text></comment>