Posted by Dave Lorenzo - Business Coach

Described and showcased in this article and slide show is the history of the cubicle:

“Robert Oppenheimer agonized over building the A-bomb. Alfred Nobel got queasy about creating dynamite. Robert Propst invented nothing so destructive. Yet before he died in 2000, he lamented his unwitting contribution to what he called ‘monolithic insanity.’

Propst is the father of the cubicle. More than 30 years after he unleashed it on the world, we are still trying to get out of the box. The cubicle has been called many things in its long and terrible reign. But what it has lacked in beauty and amenity, it has made up for in crabgrass-like persistence.”

The article touches upon the theme of telecommuting:

“Congressman Frank Wolf, a Republican whose Virginia district is home to many federal worker bees, has made telecommuting his pet project. ‘There is nothing magic in strapping ourselves into a metal box every day only to drive to an office where we sit behind a desk working on a computer,’ he told a congressional committee.”

These days, we are not bound to cubicles or even office buildings. Your career and work situation are what you make them. Full- and part-time telecommuting, freelancing, and running your own business are all feasible options that may offer more benefits to you than traditional employment schemes.

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